ryan123 0 Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 thinking of attempting to create some myself anyone craft their own and have some ideas? Quote Link to post
Daniel cain 45,300 Posted July 17, 2016 Report Share Posted July 17, 2016 I've never made my own yet,but an old boy who used to take me poaching as a kid gave me a few he knocked up.atb dcthe minnows he carves and punches milk bottles for the fins. 1 Quote Link to post
neil r 1,858 Posted July 18, 2016 Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 Have a look at a bloke called Paul Adams on YouTube , he does lure making vids . Quote Link to post
ryan123 0 Posted July 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2016 cheers dc they look the part,ill have a look tonight neil thanks Quote Link to post
jeppi26 1,855 Posted July 20, 2016 Report Share Posted July 20, 2016 Seen a vid on YouTube some time ago where he used beer bottle tops Quote Link to post
Devon Minnow 152 Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 I make my own floating Devon minnows catch far more trout and sea trout on them then shop bought ones. Dead easy to make. All you need is hacksaw,electric drill, 3mm+8mm drill bit, wood file and glue. Get some narrow garden cane cut it to what ever length you want, I like 1 1/4" for trout. Place in drill and use wood file to shape ends. Then use the hacksaw to cut the slots for the fins, I use the small plastic fins from Devon minnows shop and glue them in place, with the 3mm drill bit run it down centre of cane. At this point I some times put a small length of 3mm plastic tube down centre of cane to act as a bush because my Devon's run on mono (spin better). Use the 8mm bit to counter sink hole at the front of the minnow (this allow the minnow to catch the small currents in the water and dart from side to side). Then just paint in your favourite colours my is electric blue with a thin silver strip, place small 3-4mm plastic bead and tie on treble. 2 Quote Link to post
MASSY FERGUSON 2012 21 Posted July 24, 2016 Report Share Posted July 24, 2016 (edited) I make my own floating Devon minnows catch far more trout and sea trout on them then shop bought ones. Dead easy to make. All you need is hacksaw,electric drill, 3mm+8mm drill bit, wood file and glue. Get some narrow garden cane cut it to what ever length you want, I like 1 1/4" for trout. Place in drill and use wood file to shape ends. Then use the hacksaw to cut the slots for the fins, I use the small plastic fins from Devon minnows shop and glue them in place, with the 3mm drill bit run it down centre of cane. At this point I some times put a small length of 3mm plastic tube down centre of cane to act as a bush because my Devon's run on mono (spin better). Use the 8mm bit to counter sink hole at the front of the minnow (this allow the minnow to catch the small currents in the water and dart from side to side). Then just paint in your favourite colours my is electric blue with a thin silver strip, place small 3-4mm plastic bead and tie on treble. I make my own floating Devon minnows catch far more trout and sea trout on them then shop bought ones. Dead easy to make. All you need is hacksaw,electric drill, 3mm+8mm drill bit, wood file and glue. Get some narrow garden cane cut it to what ever length you want, I like 1 1/4" for trout. Place in drill and use wood file to shape ends. Then use the hacksaw to cut the slots for the fins, I use the small plastic fins from Devon minnows shop and glue them in place, with the 3mm drill bit run it down centre of cane. At this point I some times put a small length of 3mm plastic tube down centre of cane to act as a bush because my Devon's run on mono (spin better). Use the 8mm bit to counter sink hole at the front of the minnow (this allow the minnow to catch the small currents in the water and dart from side to side). Then just paint in your favourite colours my is electric blue with a thin silver strip, place small 3-4mm plastic bead and tie on treble. cheers for that DM might give it ago Edited July 24, 2016 by MASSY FERGUSON 2012 Quote Link to post
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