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Sealiner
I have all the materials listed in this tutorial available if you cannot find it.
I want to start by saying I am no John Williamson, but I have made a few lures in the past and some quite successful. I have also spent many hours using various lures and do consider how and why certain lures work in various conditions. My goal this season is to make my own lures and to avoid buying anything I don't need to. Trolling lures aka conas are probably the easiest lures to make. They require very little moulding preparation and all lures will work in various conditions. Work to cost ratio, they are also the most over priced lures available.
I am not going to discuss what lure shapes do what here. We can discuss this later on via questions and discussions but I will talk about weighting lures later on.
For now, lets just concentrate on the building process.
The first step is to make a plug. The plug is a dummy that we will use to make the mould. These are usually made from wood, sanded, painted, sanded, polished etc. etc. What I now do, is I cast plugs from F16 / F19 PU. I have made a silicone mould and when I have excess PU resin, I pour slugs in various diameters for use later on. The advantage of this is I can machine, sand and polish the plug in one go without and paint in between. Also, the PU is consistent and easy to machine and sand. Then as a bonus, you basically have a prototype to test before moulding for the final product.
Bear in mind though, this is only a guide. If you do not have facilities to machine your lure then copy your favourite lure. Maybe you have a lure that you really like the shape but would like to make it lighter or in different colours etc. Just skip to the moulding part.
Here is the slug I make.
I want to start by saying I am no John Williamson, but I have made a few lures in the past and some quite successful. I have also spent many hours using various lures and do consider how and why certain lures work in various conditions. My goal this season is to make my own lures and to avoid buying anything I don't need to. Trolling lures aka conas are probably the easiest lures to make. They require very little moulding preparation and all lures will work in various conditions. Work to cost ratio, they are also the most over priced lures available.
I am not going to discuss what lure shapes do what here. We can discuss this later on via questions and discussions but I will talk about weighting lures later on.
For now, lets just concentrate on the building process.
The first step is to make a plug. The plug is a dummy that we will use to make the mould. These are usually made from wood, sanded, painted, sanded, polished etc. etc. What I now do, is I cast plugs from F16 / F19 PU. I have made a silicone mould and when I have excess PU resin, I pour slugs in various diameters for use later on. The advantage of this is I can machine, sand and polish the plug in one go without and paint in between. Also, the PU is consistent and easy to machine and sand. Then as a bonus, you basically have a prototype to test before moulding for the final product.
Bear in mind though, this is only a guide. If you do not have facilities to machine your lure then copy your favourite lure. Maybe you have a lure that you really like the shape but would like to make it lighter or in different colours etc. Just skip to the moulding part.
Here is the slug I make.
