Home Made Jigs

Bait Fish Style Jigs

As I’ve mentioned I make my own squid jigs and unlike my lures I’m very good at making them. I make two types each in three different sizes. The shrimp style and the bait fish style. Today I’ll show you some pics and a video on the fish type.

Notice how the bait fish swimming around are attracted to the jig. I myself was unaware of this until I saw the videos (I have several videos). In all of them the bait fish suddenly appear and follow the jig around. I had never noticed this until I got the Go Pro as you can’t actually see this activity from the surface.

I tried for a short while to catch a squid for the video but the weather was terrible and they don't attack as well during the day as they do at night.

Happy Fishing

Home Made Lures Update

Here is a short post on my slim type lure. As you can see I painted it bright yellow with a white belly. It was painted with a brush and the result is just about ok.

The swimming action is a wobble "a la Rapala Original" which is what I was after. Some adjustments have to be made to the future models because it is slightly tail heavy and doesn't swim completely horizontally as I wanted.

As I couldn't just sit there watching the paint dry I started another model still in a slim style but this time I wanted a 17 cm floating lure. Being a prototype I kept it rather square so as to keep as much wood as possible to make sure it floated.

It has the same wobble swimming action and weighs about 22 grs. When it came down to painting I went for a suggestion made by "Mrkinfisher3" and also varnished it with an epoxy varnish for durability.

Remember these are prototypes so the finishes aren't top quality. I have now developed a way of completely hiding the wood grain. New versions are in the production line and I hope to unveil them early in the week.

Happy Fishing

D.I.Y. FSC Lures - Take 2

After making the first lure it gave me the confidence to make another more in line with the lures I generally use.

I've corrected a couple of things such as the distance between hooks and using a continuous stainless steel wire from front to back for the hooks.

This one is a "Slim" 14 cm Sinking (20 gr). It will have a bib which I've been practising making out of CD covers. I glue 2 bits together for strength and give the front a concave shape with my Dremel. The angle, width and length is something I'm still testing to see the difference in swimming action produced.

This time I'll be painting it bright yellow with a white belly ready for the coming season.

As they say, the proof is in the pudding.

Happy Fishing