Synopses & Reviews
Make Your Own Lures and Start Catching Fish To catch a fish with a lure that you made yourself is one of the most satisfying experiences an angler can have. This book explains, with detailed instructions and hundreds of superb illustrations, how to craft fishing lures that are more effective than those you buy. By making your own lures you'll beat the high cost of tackle, while developing a creative and satisfying hobby that requires just a few tools and easily obtained materials. Lurecraft shows how to design lures for local waters, so they're better suited to regional conditions and catch more fish. The author explains the science of fish attraction-why lures appeal to fish-and covers tools, materials, and basic techniques for working with wood, metal, wire, and paint. You'll learn to build plugs, surface lures and poppers, spinners, spoons and buzzers, jigs, trout lures, steelhead and salmon lures, and lures for big water fishing. This classic book, newly updated for the twenty-first century fisherman, includes an illuminating step-by-step guide to carving, painting and finishing lures, along with a colorful photo gallery of hand-carved lures based on the author's designs. Make your own lures to beat the high cost of tackle and catch more fish! - Step-by-step guide to carving, painting and finishing lures - The science of attraction--what makes lures appeal to fish? - Advice on tools, techniques and materials. Hundreds of superb diagrams and illustrations - Colorful gallery of finished hand-crafted lures
Review
"Packs in details woodworkers will find essential to crafting effective lures, and is a pick for both crafts and sports shelves alike. . . . a 'must' for any fisherman or woodworker."
--California Bookwatch, The Crafts Shelf, October 2013
Synopsis
To catch a fish with a lure that you made yourself is one of the most satisfying experiences an angler can have. This book explains, in text and drawings, how to craft fishing lures that are more effective than those you buy. By making your own lures you’ll beat the high cost of tackle, while developing a creative and satisfying hobby that requires just a few tools and easily obtained materials.
Lurecraft shows you how to design lures for your hometown waters, so they’re better suited to local conditions and catch more fish. Another advantage of carrying handmade lures is purely psychological: it’s only human to not want to lose expensive tackle, so when we fish with store-bought lures we tend to hesitate before casting around rocks, branches, and other obstructions. But it’s the risky spots that offer the most fish, and with a good supply of handmade lures you’ll have the confidence to take those chances and reap the rewards.
Here you'll find instructions for building plugs, surface lures and poppers, spinners, spoons and buzzers, jigs, trout lures, steelhead and salmon lures, and lures for big water fishing. The author explains the science of fish attraction - why lures appeal to fish - and covers tools, materials, and basic techniques for working with wood, metal, wire, and paint. Clear illustrations and detailed instructions show you the design of each lure, the materials with which to build it, the procedure for crafting and finishing it, and the appearance of the finished product.
Synopsis
Make your own lures to beat the high cost of tackle and develop a creative and satisfying hobby. Learn how to craft fishing lures that are more effective than those you buy, with detailed instructions and hundreds of superb illustrations. Covers plugs, surface lures and poppers, spinners, spoons and buzzers, jigs, trout lures, steelhead and salmon lures, and lures for big water fishing. Includes a step-by-step guide to carving, painting and finishing lures, along with a colorful photo gallery of hand-carved lures.
About the Author
Russ Mohney was a freelance writer on outdoor subjects. Trained as a naturalist, he specialized in fish behavior, which led to his becoming an ardent angler and lure maker. He had published over 300 articles in outdoor magazines, as well as eight books on the outdoors including, Why Wild Edibles?, Master Backpacker, and Make It and Take It. He had fished over most of the West, as well as Alaska, Asia, and South America. He wrote and broadcasted a daily program on the outdoors for radio stations in Centralia, Washington.
Table of Contents
1. The History of the Lure 2. The Science of Fish Attraction 3. Tools and Techniques 4. Materials for Lurecrafting 5. Finishing and Detailing 6. Constructing Freshwater Plugs 7. Constructing Surface Lures and Poppers 8. Making Spinners, Spoons, and Buzzers 9. Freshwater Jigs 10. Building Trout Lures 11. Building Steelhead and Salmon Lures 12. Making Bigwater Lures 13. Using Factory Components Index