Lures

[Tru-Cru]

Thinking of making a few copper spoons of different sizes.
Anyone on here make there own lures?

[Kevanf1]

I have made a few out of copper pipe. I just slit it down the middle, open it out and cut out the shape I want. I have hammered them using a small ball pein hammer and then polished them using a mini drill, polishing mop and Brasso. These are generally Toby style or traditional 'spoon' shape. I have not made any full on proper spinners.

I do have a few real 'spoons' that I am going to try drilling etc.

Oh, I haven't tried it but I have an idea for using aluminium foil glued to one side to give a shiny 'chrome like' finish. I don't know how this would work out..

[Martin]

I used to make and sell jerkbaits made from beech and maple

[Scott]

I whittled a surface popper, you can see it here, it fishes like a dream too!

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[Estaban]

I've made a few spoons from copper, stainless and brass sheet, you can texture on face of the spoon with a small ball peen hammer to give it a scale like texture before you dap the curve into it.


(phone picture, sorry about the quality)

[Nobby]

Ah, we call that 'planishing' here in the UK, Estaban, there used to be a special hammer to do it and it had to be kept spotless.

Scott, I'd completely missed that thread in August.

Awesome popper!

[Paddex]

If you take the word spoon literally - you end up with something like this,
both work perfectly, the second treble position alters balance and motion significantly

these are made from quite thick copper sheet, 3 mm, as I wanted small but heavy spoons
they are 1 3/4" - 20 g, and 2" - 30 g, the longer is 3", also 30 g - 3mm copper needs some hefty whacking

the silver spoon is a replica of a swedish Leidesdorff spoon (got it today from the german bay)
7" - 2 oz, 1 mm brass sheet, silverplated, a real piece of jewellery

beware you pikes out there

here are my planishing tools, Nobby (not spotless, I fear )

[Estaban]

Very nice Paddex

[Nobby]

I think I'd have got 'the slipper' If I'd have returned a planishing hammer in that condition at the nd of metalwork class, Paddex!


Not seen one of those in 40 years!

[Wagtail]

I've made a few lures in my time and whilst the recent ones are not exactly the most traditional lures, they are never the less effective in the right place