T h re e Q u e s t i o n s t o An sw e r B e f o re
Ma ki n g a n y L u re s
W h a t K i n d o f L u re t o Ma ke ?
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1.What kind of material will be used to make the lure? To answer ques2.What type of lure will be made from the chosen ma- tion number two
above - the type
terial?
of lure to be
3.What species of fish is the lure intended to catch?
made - a jerkbait. I have
three reasons
W h a t L u re Ma ki n g Ma t e r i a l ?
for choosing to
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build some jerkbaits. My main
Broadly speaking the first question can have one of
reason for wantfour answers - lures are generally made from either
ing to make
wood, hard plastic, soft plastic or metal. Now lures
some jerkbaits
can of course be made from a combination of any of
these materials but usually either wood, metal or plas- is that I recently
tic will make up the main body or majority of the lure. read a great artiWhen it came to choosing which material I would use cle in 'Pike and
for my first attempt at lure making the decision was a Predators' magazine all about how to make your own
fairly easy one - as I am a carpenter by trade and off- jerkbaits and could plainly see how easy they are to
cuts of wood of many different kinds are readily avail- make - cut out a fish-like shape, round over the edges,
attach hooks and some weight, sand smooth, paint and
able to me my first lures would be made from wood.
hardcoat - simple right! The second reason I'm interested in jerkbaits is that I have read up on jerkbait
fishing quite a bit recently and from what I have read
they would seem to be one of the most versatile and
effective types of lure around today. My third reason
is simple - I don't have any and would much prefer to
make my own than buy some!
.W h a t S p e c i e s o f Fi s h a re t h e L u re s
t o Ca t c h ?
The answer to the third question above for me is simple - the majority of my lures will be made to catch
pike. I do fish for other species on occasion and will
no doubt move on to making lures to catch them but I
am chiefly a pike angler and most of the lures I intend
to make will be for pike fishing. The main consideration with regard to the lures being made to catch pike
would be the size of the lures. In general pike lures are
larger than lures made for other more common freshwater species such as trout, perch, bass, walleye, zan-