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Nice looking timberies daniel, like the profile. It's probably detailed in the lure making books, but another usefull thing to use for the timberies, is a 2d outline of the lure which you trace straight onto the timber. I made a couple from 2mm polycarbonate, especially useful if you plan to make a few of the same lure. Few minutes on the ban saw, then belt sander and youre half way there. Some then draw the top profile as a sanding line reference.

statesquider, it is great fun and there is nothing better than catching a fish on a lure you have made yourself. If you plan to make a few timber lures, best advice I can give you would be to get yourself a belt sander and either a ban saw or a scroll saw as it will make the whole process a lot easier and less tedious. 240, 360 and 400 grit sandpaper, super strength araldite, some 2mm polycarbonate sheet, stainless steel wire, and a few basic tools and you will be set. Some use rattle can paints, others airbrushes, depends how serious you are, or how fussy!But let me just say it is a love hate relationship at times, and it will take over you once the bug of catching one on your own has bitten and the back shed will become your home.Shoot me PM if you get stuck at any stage!Heres a custom job I did up the up the other day for a bloke in one of the 110mm cod lures. All good fun.Cheers.

Sensational pics mate

Hopefully find a nice camp spot on the river somewhere

Good on ya Matt, but be carefull, lure making can become a bit of an addiction. When your out in the shed at 2am in 5degrees, sanding blanks and bending wire, its all too late. Nah mate, its an awesome hobby and very rewarding to catch a fish on a lure you have made.I started off making them from timber, pine just as you are using, but these days im using polyurethane. With the bib slot, it is best to mark and cut that while you still have a flat peice of timber. Otherwise, it gets tricky. When I was using timber, I was using a ban saw to cut the slots, but a hacksaw will get you by. For hook hangers I use stainless steel mig and tig welding wire. If you are going to make a number of lures, you can make up a jig with some nails into a bit of timber to form the hangers.Some guys will make a loop, put it in the vice, the twist the stands to get a twisted hanger, which essentially srews into the body with the right size hole. Or you can cut the blank in half, and run use a thru-wire right through the lure, rather than separate hangers.For bib material, 2mm polycarbonate is best, depending on the size of the lure your making. Do a search for Acrylix Plastics on google.Do as much reading as you can, search lure making, and DIY lures.There are a lot of factors that you need to consider to actully get a lure to swim the way you want- the size and shape of the bib, where the tow point is placed in the bib, the angle of the bib to the lure body, the shape of the body itself, bouyancy, etc, so have a good read around.Good luck!

Well done to the little man. Looks pretty chuffed with himself, and so he should be. I took my gfs 9yo cousin out on Sunday and she caught her first callop on a lure. Will cya Sunday mate

They look awesome mate, especially like the blue/silver with black stripes. Excellent results from the pics too!

Nice silvers guys. Willy- was that the fish that broke ya rod?

Cheers pillie, yeah it may take me a while to beat that one But its all good fun- got a number in my head to beat now. Haha. Its the right time of year for the winter biggies, so we should see some more monsters before it warms up.

@ Shauno- we had been casting all morning and had a few small hits, but no hookups and decided to go for a troll, and got the callop within the first 50m or so.@Shark_Fisho- We fished mosty HBs but we threw some spinners around at times. The fish me and willy did get were on HBs.

56.5cm & 2.74kg. Caught on a hardbody.