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 Buoyancy
in Soft Baits
If you're interested in making or using soft plastic fishing lures,
you may want to read our quick primer about buoyancy. It provides a quick
tutorial for lure makers interested in understanding what causes a soft
plastic fishing lure to rise or fall, and how to leverage that property
to make fishing lures that catch fish! Read
the full article
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Latest YouTube 10-Minute Tackle Making Tutorial |
Through-Wire
Lure Construction on YouTube
Through-wire
construction is a great alternative to eye-screws for lure makers going
after larger species of fish. By weaving a single wire through your bait
to create the line tie and hook hangers, you can create the strongest
possible rigging for your lures. Our latest YouTube
video walks you through each step, and also describes a handy way to paint
your fishing lures using the through-wire as a lure holder! View
the 10 Minute Video on YouTube
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Lure Making Instructions (view
all how-to guides)... |
 Lure
Making 101: How to Make a Wooden Fishing Lure - This instuctional
guide will walk you through making a wooden lure from start to finish. To
get started, you'll need a wooden block to use as the body of the lure we'll
be making. The lure's body block should be a rectangular block of wood slightly
larger than the dimensions of the fishing lure you want to make. In this
case, we will be making a 4" (inch) crankbait, so we will need to create
a body block...read more
 How
to Make a Wire Fishing Lure - Learn how to make wire baits
such as an inline spinner, spinnerbait, or buzzbait. This lure making instructional
guide will walk you the process of making an inline spinner lure. To create
a wire shaft, cut a 4" (inch) strand of wire from your wire bundle.
Although the actual size of the spinner we are creating is 2 1/2",
we will need the extra inch and a half for bending and accident recovery.....read
more
View All How-To Guides for Lure Making
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Featured Product Recommendation (view
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 Iwata
Revolution HP-CR Airbrush - Ask any lure maker and they'll
tell you that having an airbrush is critical to painting fishing lures.
Unfortunately, figuring out which airbrush to buy can be a confusing process
for folks who have never used one. Here's our advice...buy the Iwata Revolution
CR, Dual Action Airbrush for around $70.
Learn
more: Read Our Full Product Review
& Purchasing Tips
Where
to Get the Best Price: Blick
Art Materials 
Link to
Exact Product:
Iwata Revolution CR Series Airbrushes 
 Ranger
Embossing Powder - Heat embossing has always been popular among
scrapbook and stamping enthusiasts, but it wasn't until recently that it
started to gain popularity among lure and tackle makers. For those who've
never heard of it, embossing is a technique where you stamp ink on something,
quickly add powder to the ink, and then warm the powder and ink combination
with a special heat source. As the temperature of the powder/ink combination
rises, it will start to "puff" up and harden, leaving you with
a raised version of your original ink pattern. Lure makers and rod builders
use the technique to create raised eyes, logos, and water-flow grooves on
lures and to sign rods in raised ink. To learn more about embossing, click
here.
Learn
more: Read Our Full Product Review
& Purchasing Tips
 Where to
Buy: MisterArt.com
Link to
the Exact Product:
Ranger Embossing Powders 1 oz. black sparkle 
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If you're just getting into making your
own fishing tackle, you should buy The
Complete Book of Tackle Making
by C. Boyd Pfeiffer. It's about $13 on sale
at Amazon.com and it includes instructions
for beginners about making many types of
fishing tackle.
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you know that different size lures attract
different size fish? Scientists have studied
the frequency of strikes by fish of specific
sizes & weights and have developed graphs
that show the ideal lure length for different
sizes of fish. For a 2 pound largemouth bass,
they found that 6" long is the ideal
length for a crankbait...but anything longer
will likely not get a strike by a fish of
this size.
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