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Pakulas do not have lead inserts. The suction from the concave face helps keep the lure stuck to the water. I would also think if you weigh down the head it can slow down the head shaking movement of a cup face lure which is part of their attraction to fish.  But anything with a slant face, if you want to fish it in rough water, a lead insert helps.  A slant face lure swims straighter and more cleanly through the water.  The exact weight depends on how rough it's going to be.  Although you do have some longer heads like plungers that fish quite well in moderate conditions even with no weight. 

TM - I would make each mould separately.  It's easier to work with them that way. 

My stuff has done well for myself and friends, I don't want to toot my horn but let's just say I'm normally very confident fishing with my stuff, once it is tuned right anyway because I do still occasionally turn out a duff one that won't run correctly, that's the nature of hand production I guess.  I normally run just one or two of mine in a four or five lure spread. That way you can get some kind of comparison how the lures are working.

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yeah dustin send me a peanut ay, seems to do the bizzo.
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how do you boys wright the names etc in the bottomof the lure ????
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Any ideas on how to make a limo head?
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I would really like to find a black marker pen that allows me to write custom stuff on the bottom edge of the insert.  But all the ones I've tried the ink disappears once the resin is poured. Any recommendations?

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.....I made a copy of a JY501 and put 50 in the head for his 50th birthday."

is supposed to read.. for a mates 50th birthday.

a label maker should do the trick and perspec works fine for inserts too.

lumo head....no never tried that....yet    
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Quote: Originally posted by dustin on 06 April 2006

I would really like to find a black marker pen that allows me to write custom stuff on the bottom edge of the insert. But all the ones I've tried the ink disappears once the resin is poured. Any recommendations?

cheers - dustin





Dustin try a graphic store and get some rub on letters they come in different fonts, colours and sizes, I use them to label the rods i build.
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Yeah, I know about those, but what I really want is to be able to write something personally for the custom touch. But thanks anyway mate..

Saturday one of my mates fishing Madeira had 2 hookups on a mini-peanut lure I made for him and released one white marlin about 65 lbs.  It's a tiny little jet black head which I often use to dump excess resin from big lures.  It fits a 6 1/2" skirt, ideally a thin "featherlite" like a Yamasheeta or Korean skirt, you can even skirt it with a 5 3/4" and most NZ guys would probably consider it just a skippy lure but this sort of thing is real effective on mahi, white marlin and spearfish. 

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Dustin what about putting clear cellotape over the black marker as that would protect it
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You're on to it Dean.

Dustin, Deans idea does work, I was baffled at some stage by the same problem. Other than that you can get label makers these days with some really flash font's.

The best way I found to get my ( or your ) hand writing in to a lure head for a real custom job was to write the inscription or half a dozen different ones for later use and go to a graphics shop, especially one that specialises in decals for shop windows and custom vehicles etc, they'll scan it and produce it as many times as you want on clear sticky backed vinyl..........looks groovy, they can increase or decrease the font size or even space it out more whilst still reproducing your personal style of hand writing.

It cost me $100 including the meter long decals I had fitted to the boat.

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Great stuff guys, thanks for that idea, I'll try it out this weekend. I was a little worried about resin leaking under the sellotape but it seems to work so we'll see how it goes.

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Use the clear 3M thick tape Dustin as bog standard sellotape may dissolve, it will if you use any acetone in the mix as a retarding agent.
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I've been looking at how to make my own heads for awhile now and this is awesome stuff! But I have to say I'm gonna try shaping some out of wood. May not look as good but me thinks I could get creative with some of the shaping a lot easier that way. Does anyone else do this?

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This used to be the way lures were made before plastics.  Poke around Peter Goadby's "Big Fish and Blue Water" and you can see old Hawaiian wooden heads with assorted skirting materials including rubber from tyre inner tubes, vinyl seat cover material and feathers. 

Wood is a relatively light material so you'll need to consider shapes and skirting that will hold the water well.  Cup faces should be good and so should lures with a flatter or blunt face.  A longer head (super plunger style) also helps stability.  If you give the lure a more aggressive cut you may need to use heavier skirts, hooks, leader etc to keep it tracking properly in the water.  I don't see why a lure head lathe turned from good heavy hardwood and given a good marine varnish finish shouldn't look and perform well.  <SCRIPT language=javascript>postamble();

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Cheers Dustin thats just the sorta stuff I need to know. Am looking for a lathe at the moment can't wait to start having a go!

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I did a Rex Hunt segment early in his career on how we made Pakula lures. It was all shown in detail. I don't have a copy and can't get one since there was a partnership split. But if somjeone has a copy of early Rex Hunt stuff they may just have a copy.
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can you remember the name of the video??
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i don't think tv shows have episode names.
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Do you think that many people would be interested in a 'how to make lures' article in Bluewater?
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Peter...Im sure there would be interest, I for one would be and Im sure most others on the website would be interested..
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