Boundary Waters Quetico Forum :: Fishing Forum :: Making fishing baits
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Savage Voyageur |
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YetiJedi |
Savage Voyageur: "I’ve made hundreds of fly fishing flies, maybe thousands of them. I’ve made hundreds of spinner rigs for minnows, leeches, and night crawlers. I’ve made a dozen cork poppers for panfish. I’ve made about a hundred flies for tarpon and bonefish. " I also tie my own flies for fly-fishing. My brother is more talented...I'll post a few pics later. |
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arnesr |
Lots of good YT channels with info too. In addition to Marling Baits, check out Solar Baits, Worlds Worst Fishing and Lure Up. |
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senkosam |
video example: Making lures (not jig heads) puts me in touch with 'what' fish strike and 'why' they strike it that puts it apart from other lure shapes and actions. Most important is knowing that any one of them can consistently catch fish no matter the day, month or season. You don't even have to have molds to pour the lures, just a bunch of old plastics lying around that you can modify or shorten using a knife and candle to fuse parts together. I call these 'hybrids'. For example, I had bags of French Fry stick sitting in a closest for years and decided, 'why not cut a segment and attach it to a curl tail cut from another lure?' This was the result: It caught a few hundred fish the first year cast such as the above crappie and out-caught round body curl tails. (Mr Twister). This Fr Fry segment has a flat, thin, straight-tail added and did just as well: same for cone tail added: |
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cyclones30 |
Other friends and relatives pour their own jigs and some tie hair on them and paint and such. My uncle ties flies and has for a long time. I can't say I know anyone doing their own hard baits. A few pour their own plastics |
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HayRiverDrifter |
Stumbled onto this guy. Marling Baits |