My final say here!
The DIY-Lures forum as far as I'm concerned is a place where we can make our own lures, home built, discuss them and share information so we can all make improvements and ultimately catch more fish. It is a place where we don't so much showcase lures but ask for opinions. Because of your arrogance and general rude behaviour, there is a few guys who won't post their stuff here. That means we have lost a wealth of information, and trust me I have seen some of these goodies!Myself included, whether good or bad builds, I have not posted the last 4 of my builds. We really have lost out!
Furthermore, your lures are built with the intention of selling them for a profit, collecting money from prospective customers. You can choose whom you wish to sell them to, but people (customer) have a right to ask you how do they swim and do they work! You are not selling showcase trophies here, you are selling fishing lures which you would want to fetch a good price for and customers would want to catch fish with. You owe them some information. I noticed the avoidance of the question on other sites too.
In closing I want to quote an exert from one of the leaders in lure building. He has over 30 years experience in lure making and is by far one of the leading authorities on the subject! You know him and you even referred to him as your "mate".
You can use this or choose to ignore it... up to you!
Have a pleasant day!
Words by Denis AKA DenisB...
"pretty looking lures only count for something if the size, shape & action are right anyway.............get any of them off target & the lure is not going to perform optimally when the fish are not biting on just anything that moves.
........He He.[/QUOTE]
As previously quoted above.
I think as lurebuilders that we create an image of prey where the lure attributes are first & foremost ;-
size, shape, & action
we have discussed the relative ranking of other attributes of lures in previous threads, and that we yearn for those days where the fish strike anything that moves.
Sadly they are far too infrequent & the predators tend to be switched on to particular prey on different days & different locations.
So, frequently the most critical aspect of the lure of choice needs to be a representation of the approximate size , general shape, and importantly action of the lure that the angler can use to entice the predator to strike when its focussed on a particular prey.
My observations have been that there are particular colouration patterns that act as strike triggers for different prey species.
( anglers that I respect from a wide variety of fishing fields find the same situation ).
We find that there is considerable value in accentuating the image of those strike triggers in our lures that represent particular prey.
All that goes for nothing if the lure is not able to be worked by the angler to represent the swimming action of the particular prey ...............and particularly the swimming action & colouration of stressed/ fleeing prey or in other cases injured prey.
A flyfisherman is pretty much wasting his time flogging a dry fly when the trout is switched on to nymphs.
similarly a lure fisherman is pretty much wasting his time flogging a lure that is nothing like the prey that the predator is switched on to
.............and that lure had sure better have an inherent swimming action that is representative of the prey it is imitating or its just not worth having in your bag ...........irrespective of how pretty that lure might look .
builders of stickbaits & bibbed lures don't always get it right ( & that includes me ) when making working prototypes & there is usually a lot of fit & fiddle tuning lure shape , buoyancy, and ballast to achieve an appropriate action.
One thing I found along the way is that super realistic lure shapes in hardbody lures virtually never provide a swimming action anything like the real thing.
I've put that down to the fact that the real animal generates its swimming action from the rear with its tail & musculature................whereas a hardbody lure generates its action from being pulled ( not pushed ) and the hydrodynamics of the water moving past the lure body. Very different detail required to achieve the action required from a hardbody lure representing a particular species.
A case in point is a shibuki / brabus ..............an excellent representation in action of a number of longer slimmer bodied prey species.............but how many of those real prey species possess the arched back of a shibuki / brabus.
..............that arched back is a very necessary design criteria of that type of lure that enables the angler to generate the appropriate swimming action .
- the curved upper surface generates hydrodynamic forces
- the arched body shape provides a particular distribution of ballast vs buoyancy, water resistance from the hooks, and towpoint location relative to centre of gravity & centre of buoyancy..............that is not achievable from a more realistic shape of the prey species.
- the small bib generates additional necessary water resistance
- the relative level of hydrodynamic forces generated by body shape vs bib size, angle, and location relative to the towpoint creates a situation where the angler can achieve a different action from the lure by the way they work the lure.
None of which is achievable with a more realistic body shape in a hardbody lure.
None of which is seen by eye...........its only seen in results in the water.
Nice artwork is one thing ( I struggle with the artwork )...........its got to be married to an appropriate body shape to generate a good action in the lure when its pulled thru the water."
P.S. I highlighted some of the more important aspects!
Mikey, please stop being an ass. You were asked a simple question, no need to be so obnoxious!
@RR, We don't know who you are, but you only seem to come here to stir! If I need tips, I'll mail Denis.
