Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) > Tackle & Techniques
Home-made creations
Travis Heaps:
--- Quote from: Chris Young on January 16, 2009, 11:05:52 PM ---Hi Angus
They look the goods mate, certainly as good as anything I did when I was starting out. And they are getting eaten which is the very best evidence you could wish for. ;D I still have a couple of my original lures in the shed, man there's some fuglies in there, one of which is about the same size as the one in your pic(above the Cubera), that particular lure was mauled by many GT's and Whalers up to 9ft but had a shocking hook-up rate, even a 10/0 treble was too small to fit around its belly (no hook exposure) .
I can see by the sticks that you have got the wire down to a fine art now.
Looks like I might have some competition.
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Cheers
Hey Chris - your lures do look great, congrats on getting them up and going, any tips you'd like to share with us amateurs would be greatly appreciated! :D I couldn't believe my eyes when you released them - I had a sketch drawn up for a proto that was near identical shape (ie the design idea was castability, weight focused towards the rear to streamline the casting energy yet providing enough bouyancy to keep the cup exposed for maximum bloop, close?? :P) - congrats on releasing it first but damn, its frustrating when you're second!
Chris Young:
Hey Travis , it's interesting you say that about the shape of the Kongs.
The very first lure I made was basically "that" shape and it worked, Unfortunatly Duncan donated it to the GT pool room in Weipa. Since then it has been tweeked and changed many times to come up with the current shape.
As far as tips go...probably the best tip is to make what YOU like to fish with and use the very best materials you can find, be prepared to throw out (or give away) the failures,
I know there are hundreds of my old creations out there that will come back to haunt me one day ::)I currently have about a dozen new shapes and sizes in the spray booth, one of which is a very special one for Donkey :-X
Nathan Cefai:
Mate great job on the poppers,well done and may many big GT's come upon them..
They look tha goods and wish i had my own little room to make my own,the only part that would get me a bit worried is the wire twisting!!
Any hints?
Ivan Verhage:
thoughs are nice poppers
if you want to mix things up a bit...
a nother excelent finish can be acheived by seeling the wood with something like flowcoat which does not eaven itself out when it dries so you can see the brush strokes and rises and bumpes then paint the lure with a fluro colour then paint a darker colour over it
when it is dry lightley sand the darker colour back to reveile the fluro colour at the tops of the brush strokes
flow coat is also very durable
ill post a pic
cheers
ivan
Angus Hulme:
Hi all, thanks for your comments
Travis, and those who were interested in the wire twisting, in fact there is no special tools I use, just a set of normal pliers, a set of long nose pliers, and a standard bench vice. I form the loop with a long nose pliers, and then when it's nearly closed,I clamp it into the vice tightly, and twist the tag around around the standing section of wire in 2-3 tight barrel rolls. Trust me, many practice runs went into getting wire eyelets that look decent enough to hang hooks off. ;) And even now, it's a bit messy! However, I have read somewhere that round-nose pliers get an even more professional result when it comes to forming the wire loop. Sadly, I have not tracked down a pair of those pliers yet.
Travis, yeah, I have a few fishing mates who have suggested similar things regarding selling lures, but I am always quick to point out (as you rightly have also) that i would need to get a lot more professional finishes, paint jobs and all-round refinements to sell anything I make. Plus, no 2 lures I make are identical! . That would be a major issue for keen-eyed lure purchasers, I suspect :) So, in order to reach a professional standard, I would need to obtain specialized and professional tools (not to mention knowledge). So then the costs would mount up.
Chris, don't worry about any competition from me at this stage mate, I am probably years away (in terms of knowledge), and thousands of dollars away (in terms of equipment) from any of your work :D
Ivan, thanks for that tip on the flowcoat, sounds like something I will try for sure. Anything that produces a smoother basic lure body is going to be a great help to my final products. Technique is safely filed away in my tips book! Please do post a pic if you can manage it.
Nathan, yeah, I have only set up a wobbly little work bench under my house, which is unbelievably basic.....so it doesn't take much to start up such an operation.
Cheers fellas
Angus
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