Lures,flies,floats and anything else your making for fishing

[kanny 20,611]

Moving on from lifelong cumbrian fantastic spoon thread  I thought it would be a good idea to have a dedicated thread for all things fishing that we make ourselves. 

I've just started making some of my own pike lures, here's a couple of jointed swimbaits and a couple of glide baits  at various  stages but none finished yet  as I constantly seem to be waiting  for stuff to  be delivered. I've just got myself a airbrush but not used it yet as I'm waiting for paints to arrive but  looking forward to having a go........anyway get your own creations up

[kanny 20,611]

Done a bit more on one of the glide baits, nearly ready for some paint 

[forest of dean redneck 11,608]

Just now, W. Katchum said:

I cannae even make shop bought tackle work

Yeah I'm bit like that

Years ago a spoon got broke I put the bit in my toolbox to file it down and drill 2 holes in make a flounder type spoon, it's still in my toolbox probably been there 8 year. 

[kanny 20,611]

Dace and a roach  glide baits ready for some paint 

[steve66 3,465]

They look spot on , what do they weigh ? 

[kanny 20,611]

2 minutes ago, steve66 said:

They look spot on , what do they weigh ? 

Roach is 70g and the dace is 60g  both slow sinking  half a foot per second  and balanced

[steve66 3,465]

Seen some nice hand made lures on facebook , some to nice to put in water 

[kanny 20,611]

3 minutes ago, steve66 said:

Seen some nice hand made lures on facebook , some to nice to put in water 

Yeah I know what you mean there's a lot of work goes into them ,some lures are to catch fishermen not fish lol 

[kanny 20,611]

On to the next one,  a flat sided crank bait this time,  plenty of area to practice my airbrushing lol

[comanche 3,024]

kanny   those plugs are little works of art!

Ive been making bits and bobs but my floats ,while they work ,only look decent from a distance(except when they are hanging in a tree !). I suppose it's partly because l'm lazy and a bit of a numpty with tools but also because in my case floats tend to be fairly temporary possessions !

 l'm determined to make fishing fun this Season and go a bit primitive. So l've made a horse hair fly line and some shorter lengths for fishing with a stick and hook lengths.

I've even made some bone and thorn hooks but bone is not a good material for tiny hooks and l won't  use either because they will be rough on a fish's mouth. The bone hair rigs are a joke l couldn't resist

Instead l've made some little metal hooks from pins just to keep the DIY theme going. I'm not going after anything big but just want the satisfaction of  catching a  tiddler or two on basic peasant gear.

There are also a couple of bamboo swim feeders in one picture. I actually used one last year to catch my first barbel.

[kanny 20,611]

@comanche thanks mate theres something extra satisfying about catching something on something you have put time and effort in yourself to do the job I reckon...I like the stuff you are doing I wouldn't know where to start making hooks ect, real bare bones survival stuff excuse the pun lol 

[stumfelter 3,034]

You'll be well p*ssed when you bury one in a snag on the Trent!    Almost too good to use.

[kanny 20,611]

I got the crank bait roughed out I'll start shaping it up tomorrow that'll do for tonight 

[kanny 20,611]

2 minutes ago, stumfelter said:

You'll be well p*ssed when you bury one in a snag on the Trent!    Almost too good to use.

I can guarantee it first cast   ahh well I'll just make another then 

[kanny 20,611]

5 minutes ago, W. Katchum said:

Just got me lads some whips, don’t suppose any of you know how to make idiot proof little floats from scratch with shit I don’t have to wait a month in post for just summat I can do with kids, now I got em hooked Here youngest learning the trade while his older brother back at school

Smile says it all bud