this is what i have been up to over the last few m

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chokka 123

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this is what i have been up to over the last few months while I should have been studying .These lures only require a few coats of clear then they are ready to fish. U may notice thhe lack of bling on these and that is due to me being fed up with kitchen foil! I have however sourced a roll of aluminium tape and bennie and andre sent me a bit of holo tape so i'm looking forward to adding a bit of shine in my upcoming lures ::S

I'm very busy making lures at the moment for our trip next January to Pomene in Moz. So I've decided to buy some silicon to start molding and I'm in progress with my first pattern to make a mold out of . I couldnt get Mould max 60 so i'm a bit bummed and will have to try some yellow gipsum or cretestone to make a few spoons , maby someone can point me in the right direction?

Here is my flying fish stickbait. It is 19cm long and I haven't weighed it yet . It has a nice wide side to side , diving action and is good on a medium retrieve .





Here is the natural shad , it has a frantic action that is very unlike anything I've ever seen. It only pop's at reasonably high speeds and its overall action isn't skew. It is 12cm long.






This is one of my favorite patterns I've ever done a little redhead with a few purple spripes. It is best slow retrieved and has a wide diving action. It is 10 cm long.





This lure was originally going to be a plug but then i messed up with the knife and made it in to a flat sided stickbait . It has a nice tight action and can be fished fast . Since it was going to be a plug i figured that I could experiment with it and gave it a nice high contrast paint job.




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Sorry for the crappy quality pics the photos was taken at night in my attempt of a photo booth:SSS
 
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Thanks Andre , I would like to show you guys my new blank I'm carving for molding . I cant wait to cast a few of these and be able to experiment a bit with colors and weight placement .


 
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Super_Daav wrote:
Awesome stuff Chokka! Are you hand carving them? What wood are you using there?
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I use poplar wood that I cut off the trees . I then drill holes in the wood and carve out a shape around them. Poplar isn't ideal but its good enough and doesn't have a prominent grain .Poplar also has moisture absorbing issues and is a hardish wood . Jelutong aswell as balsa is ideal but is more difficult to come by and more expensive .

I use a carving knife, a file, a sanding blade on a grinder and lots of sand paper for shaping my wooden lures.

Sorry for the late reply I'm on holiday at the moment :SSS:SSS
 
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