Fishing Lures

[Naptown]

Last thing I needed was a new hobby, but I have been a woodworker and a fisherman for decades so this is a bit of a 2 fer. Had to learn airbrushing. Some are from kits with pre-turned unfinished wood. Others are made from a dowel. My recent photo shooting has been of our granddaughter. Will get back to photography soon, I hope.

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[Bob Coutant]

Interesting collection. I used to tie flies for trout and panfish. Often, my simplest creations were the most effective at attracting a variety of species.

 

[Naptown]

Interesting collection. I used to tie flies for trout and panfish. Often, my simplest creations were the most effective at attracting a variety of species.

Agree. Paint schemes attract more fishermen than fish. Without hooks they could be Christmas tree ornaments.

 

[Pa]

These look like saltwater lures. For what species are they intended?

 

[Naptown]

These look like saltwater lures. For what species are they intended?

Fishing for stripers mostly. Thinking the plainer looking ones may be more likely to actually catch. But you never know...

 

[Pa]

Fishing for stripers mostly. Thinking the plainer looking ones may be more likely to actually catch. But you never know...

As a lifetime flyfisher, I've bought many flies that look so detailed and lifelike you can't believe a fish wouldn't take it, but those are usually ignored.

 

[rick_reno]

Beautiful job with those lures. Years ago I was invited to go steelhead fishing with a friend, he showed me how to tie some flies that would catch them. I got home, tried it and quickly found it impossible, so I ended up using a hot glue gun to stick the stuff to the hook. Didn't catch any fish, but I had a good time. He didn't care for my flies. I'm not a fisher person, never went again.

 

[Kingfisher]

Very nice! Now all you gotta do is get them wet. I've never had much luck with poppers so I always went with plain old ordinary spinners such as CP/Swiss Swing when not fly fishing. I haven't tied any flies in over 30 years, though.

 

[Mitchell]

These look great, but do they catch fish? Please report back with your findings.

 

[Naptown]

These look great, but do they catch fish? Please report back with your findings.

I will find out when the weather warms up here If they don't, I can remove the hooks and put them on the Christmas tree.

 

[Dennis R]

Excellent job!! They will definitely catch fish, stripers will love them and unfortunately bluefish will probably destroy them.

 

[Darrell C]

Being a Commercial Salmon fisher for 25 years, I have used my share of plugs, Tomic, Lil Joe, Big Joe, etc. those plugs will fish, and work well at that, there is a group of Brown trout guys that have their own click on custom plugs, and bring in avg. of $25 each........make what they want and they will come.

 

[Naptown]

Thanks. I like to use double hooks rather than trebles when I can, but of course they can swivel into an unshakable orientation against the plug. So I embedded some rare earth magnets in position to hold the hook in place unless a significant force pulls it free.

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Excellent job!! They will definitely catch fish, stripers will love them and unfortunately bluefish will probably destroy them.

That's when I'll start throwing tins

 

[Naptown]

That would be unhookable, not unshakable. Darn autocorrect.

 

[Naptown]

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Tested all these today. Magnets keep the double hooks in place during the cast. The silver/orange one dives nicely on retrieve. The poppers pop.