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    Posted: 27 Oct 2010 at 2:36pm
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Hey guys and gals,
 
Just putting the feelers out to see what interest there would be in handmade wooden lure kits. Kits with all you need to make the lure minus the paint and hooks, just paint and rig. Would these be of interest to Kiwi Fisho's? Will keep the lure range to topwater at the moment for arguments sake.
 
Any advice or feedback welcome,
 
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Originally posted by ReelAppealLures ReelAppealLures wrote:

Would these be of interest to Kiwi Fisho's?


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Great, I will make up a few trial kits and go from there. Hopefully have some ready to go in a couple of weeks as I will need to make a mold for casting weights. Will post on the For Sale thread when ready.
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Turned a half a dozen lure bodies up this arvo with more to come, I personally use a lighter weight lure but what weights would suit the masses? Also lengths, again I like most of my lures around 150-160mm but there is no limit... Suggestions?
 
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150mm is perfect, how much weight could they take and still have positive bouyancy?

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stickbaits or poppers or both?
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Originally posted by Xtoad Xtoad wrote:

150mm is perfect, how much weight could they take and still have positive bouyancy?

 
About 3-4 oz, but it does depend on where the weight is in relation to the shape. The blank lure weight will also affect how much and where it is added.
 
 
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Originally posted by 2cold 2cold wrote:

stickbaits or poppers or both?
 
Poppers at this stage 2cold, I will be working on these and hopefully get a few pics up with a few different styles shortly.
 
In the future I will work on a kit style stickbait, there is alot more work in stickbaits when trying to reproduce each bait by hand, but I will see how we get on.
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Here is two styles of poppers that I will be making up in kit form. Hopefully this week I will be able to get into the engineering shop and see if I can get a custom mold cnc'd for casting the lead tail weights for these lures.....Nothing ever happens quickly enough!Angry
 
 
Top Popper is 130mm ( 5") long and will be around the 3oz mark without hooks. 10 degree angle in the face ( hard to see in pictures )
 
Bottom Popper is 200mm ( 8") long and will be in the area of 4.5oz - 5oz without hooks. 5 degree angle in the face. Both should put up a nice splashWink
 
I have been working on a stick bait model on the side and hopefully will be able to include this option in the near future also.
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pending on price 
 
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do you have any footage how they work in the water
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Yeah stikck bait for me, something long and thin that I can paint up like a piper - would make an awesome Xmas prezzie for the DIY fisher in the family (meLOL)
I waste most of my money on fishing tackle. The rest I invest in women and booze.
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Originally posted by dirtyharry dirtyharry wrote:

Yeah stikck bait for me, something long and thin that I can paint up like a piper - would make an awesome Xmas prezzie for the DIY fisher in the family (meLOL)
 
Hey DH, I have made up piper style lures before, here is a pic of a jointed spook/stickbait I made a while ago. By memory it was 20-25mm in diameter and 240mm long and was weighted to sink slowly when not retrieved. Would something the same or similar suit?
 
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Originally posted by unlimited unlimited wrote:

do you have any footage how they work in the water
 
Hey Unlimited,  Not as yet, once I have the weight sorted for the above lures, I will get some footage. I will be sending out some trial kits for evaluation to some F.net members and hopefully they can give some feedback.
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