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Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) => Tackle & Techniques => Topic started by: Angus Hulme on October 13, 2010, 11:41:47 AM
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G'day Fellas,
Some new poppers and sticks are rolling off my workbench at home, in readiness for another Whitsunday mission in early November. Thought you guys might be interested to have a look.
This motley bunch are made with a variety of timbers, most of which I don't even know the name of! As usual, my lure making methods continue to be an extremely inexact science. This batch still haven't received a clear top coat or the wiring system, so it's a work in progress.
Cheers
Angus
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Seem to be getting better finishes each time Angus.
Some Very nice work there.
Pete
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Cheers Pete, after preliminary testing (in my swimming pool ;)), the swimming action of the stickbaits is somewhat erratic and varies from lure to lure, which is a sign that my construction methods don't allow any two lures to look or behave the same. No problem there though, I think that sometimes erratic stickbaits can be a trigger for wary GTs to have a chew on some timber.
Quite confident they will catch fish anyway. 8)
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nice paint job mate !
what wood did you make them out of ?
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Some really nice looking work there Angus and I look forward to seeing pics of the completely finished product.
How are you coping with the drilling particularly with the longer pencils and sticks?
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As Peter said Angus - looking better and better each time. Are you weighting your sticks at all? Makes a huge difference, PM me if you want some pointers, we've probably talked all about it before though!
Where in the Sundays are you off to, same little get away spot? My boat is getting an overhaul atm...can't wait to get back out and into them though. Later,
Travis
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Thanks Fellas.
Mario, as I said in my original post, I don't really know what sort of timber most of them are. This is because I source the wood from some very unreliable sources, such as my Dads shed, and so mostly wouldn't have a clue what I'm using. Some of the stickbaits were some kind of pine, while the poppers are a reddish coloured hardwood. Sorry, that's not very helpful, I know! :-\
Mark, yeah, that drilling is a challenge, cos I still don't have a drill press, so I'm using an extra long drill bit in a standard hand drill, (drilled from both ends of the lure body). So by doing all the drilling by eye, this obviously leads to the aforementioned inaccuracies! ;)
But in the absence of any better system, it's what I'm currently putting up with. :)
G'day Trav, long time, no hear. Hope you're well. Yeah mate, I am weighting the stickbaits, they will get a tail weight, and some lead inserted in the front wire hole as well which keeps the nose down a bit. Actually, by varying the amount of lead from lure to lure, I can make the lure float, sink, or even have it neutral in buoyancy with a little practice. I'll PM you.
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I dunno Angus, just dunno about them at all.
Though, if you weight them and wire them up, I'll give you $20 for the lot just to try them out for you ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Makes some of my home made stuff I made 20 years ago look like puss!
Keep it up mate and I promise, I am good for the $20.
Aaron.
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tidy work, very tidy.
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Thanks fellas, I have applied clear coats and done the wiring on some of them now, so will add more up to date photos in the next few days.
Aaron, it may surprise you, but you are not the first person to offer such a ludicrous deal for my lures mate! ;D And like the others before you, I will politely decline ;)
Cheers
Angus
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A handful more pics showing a bit of progress.....
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$25????????????????????? ;D
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$25????????????????????? ;D
Are you actually Mick Cunningham, having stolen Aaron's login details? ;D
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Angus!
I just caught up to the thread and I nearly peed myself I laughed so hard!
I actually laughed that loud I woke the baby and Marie gave me a fair talking to!
Now I have to explain to her who Mick is :o
Bwahahahahahahahaahahahahahahah cough cough ahahahahahahahahah!
Aaron.
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Nice job Angus.last week the GTs preferd stick baits in New Cal,only had a handfull,craft baits worked well and Orions..weather was a little glassy on some days,stick baits came handy...