Homemade lures

[Osprey]

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Oh I've got one.....It has to do with fishin for Gators.....guess who's the bait http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/shocked.gif

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[Greg]

Hey Osprey, is that like the old bear hunting story....you don't have to be faster than the bear, just faster than your huntin'partner? http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif I use backer rod, maribou, and crystal flash to make homemade "aero-fly" type drift lures. I thread the maribou and the crystal flash thru the backer rod with a large needle, and hold it in place with a dab of superglue. Then I thread the lure onto a pre-tied hook and leader. Works great!
Greg


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[THE REEL HEY_YALL]

I wanted to hear what contraptions as far as lures/customizations folks have come up with in the past or may be working on in the present. You should have seen some of the bass plugs I came up with for topwater...surprisingly lots of em caught fish. The other night while using my dremel, I got out a large spin n glow and removed the white wings. I cut a slit into a large orange-scale corkie, placed the wings in the slot, and with a dab of glue...WA LA. Gonna see how this ghetto lure pays off. http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[smilesforu]

I break out the dremel, wire spinner, paint can, plastic liquids, sponges....I just love making my own crap...Best way to test it is to let it sit for a month, then ask yourself if you really want to use it.
Speaking of ghetto spinglow uses....how about putting one on a jig http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif. I heard you say dremmel....I Will let you figure out how.
Tight Lines

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Marty M
Steelheader.net (http://www.steelheader.net/)

[Deleted User]

Good post 'Yall. If we use our imaginations, the sky is the limit for fishing lures that could work. BTW 'Yall, your first steelhead invention on here is similar to a Glo-Go or Birdie. Should work well.

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Know fish or no fish. - RT

[BUGLEMAN]

This one is about improvisation. While fishing Bager lake (about 15 acres near Lake of the Woods by Klamath Falls). I was using a mosquito with a clear torpedo bobber. You know the weighted type. I noticed there was alot of fat dragon flies zipping around. And as soon as one would settle on the water one would inevittably get sucked up by a 16+" brook trout. They were even trying to eat my bobber. No kidding they were big fat suckers.

All I was catching was 10 or 12" rainbows every hour or so and didn't have any Dragon flies. I was up there for a over night backpack trip with a lady friend-platonic and another friend from OIT. She had a brand new set of thongs with a black sole and I had some long shanked worm hooks. I finally convinced her to let me cut a 2" strip off of a thong to use as the body. So, I threaded the strip of thong onto the hook and 1/2 hitched on a blade of grass and voila. A dragon "fly". I cought a 16er within 20 min. and lost one and broke off an even larger one. Oh, well dinner time. http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/smile.gif

[THE REEL HEY_YALL]

If she cut 2" off of a thong and while you were out fishing...I would be thinking dinner time too....umm because of that nice trout you caught http://www.ifish.net/forum/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Tanner]

Two years ago while fishing for shad on the willamette at Oregon City, the guy anchored right next to me was catching about 6 fish to my one. I asked him what he was using and he showed me a tab from a beer can that he had attached two split rings to. One for the hook and one for the swivel to tie on to.

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[This message has been edited by Tanner (edited 12-14-2000).]