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Offline flatlander

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« on: November 23, 2003, 02:34:15 AM »
I know that we have a lot of fly tying going on, but what else do you all do that could be considered tackle craft? I build fishing rods, tie flies and have made my own sinkers on occasion. I even made the molds from scratch out of some old 2x4's because I didn't have any money. I'll give the details of that whole experiment later. It turned out pretty good, though. Anyone tried net making, pouring your own plastic or ???
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« Reply #1 on: November 25, 2003, 09:01:21 AM »
I never have tried making my own lead or plastics but I have friends that do it for me.  I have gotten into making knives.  I will be making a fillet knife soon so maybe that qualifies as tacklecraft.
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« Reply #2 on: November 25, 2003, 03:14:13 PM »
i have tried making my own plastic tails--it was fun but the end results were not what i wanted. they were ok, however i never found a formula that would make em soft and tough. the boys that make em commeercially got it down pat and makin em yourself is not less expensive.
did have some success with bead baits.
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« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2003, 02:46:15 AM »
I did the sinker experiment back in high school. I didn't have any money, but I had a can full of old lead printer's type and some scrap 2x4's. I took the 2x4 and drilled 3 rows of holes partway through of different diameters. Then I made 3 slices with a band saw through the center of each row of holes. I clamped the board back together, and melted the lead, took off the slag (lots of it) and poured it into the holes in the board. After it cooled, I took off the clamps, got the lead cylinders out and then drilled the centers out with a drill press. Cheap sinkers. Plus it kept a high school kid out of trouble for a couple of hours.
I've tried the knife making out also. It made a decent blade, but I lost it and all the guns when I was burglarized 10 years ago or so. I've been meaning to try it again.
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« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2003, 11:30:47 AM »
I haven't gotten into making spinners myself but have met a few folks who do.  One guy was really good at it and had some great equipment.

I'm thinking of getting into it.  The source my friend used is in Oregon:

  http://www.fishermanshack.net/contact.htm

they have a great spinner making tool and it looks like a lot of fun.
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« Reply #5 on: November 26, 2003, 12:06:14 PM »
Try Cabela's or Jann's Netcraft also. Jann's is one I use alot since they seem to have pretty good pricing overall (at least at the things I buy.) I'm sure there are a couple of other places I'm overlooking.

www.cabelas.com
www.jannsnetcraft.com
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« Reply #6 on: November 26, 2003, 05:23:30 PM »
I'm a steady Cabela's customer so I was aware of their offerings.  Had forgotten Netcraft.  Its been a real long time since I did business with them.  

Fisherman's Shack offers a serious heavy duty lure making tool that is nicer than any I've seen offered elsewhere - but it isn't cheap - $60 or so new I think.  I've been wondering if someone has one of those tools laying around that they would part with for less than new.

Thanks again.
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« Reply #7 on: November 27, 2003, 03:10:03 PM »
Post is on the classifieds section also.  You never know what you might come up with.
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« Reply #8 on: November 28, 2003, 09:05:26 AM »
good idea flatland - I'll try it

Hope you and everyone else had a good and safe Thanksgiving.
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« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2003, 02:54:12 AM »
I make all my sinkers and jigs. Molds are around 40 years old but they don't wear out. I used to do the plastic wigglie things years ago. Got the molds and plastic from Herter's, but I haven't made any since Herter's went under, cutting off my source of plastic. Probably couldn't even find the molds anymore. A few years ago I got one of my sons a book on lure making and he's turned out some really nice plugs in the "old time" patterns - River Runt, Lazy Ike, Bassereno and some jointed Pike-Minnows, all in wood. They even catch fish.
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« Reply #10 on: January 15, 2004, 06:55:04 PM »
I occassionally make my own plastics...and also make crankbaits, and sinker lures , also lures out of wood (River runt-ish, Bass Oreno-ish)...have made a few nets a time of two....but rarely have the time anymore.
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« Reply #11 on: August 02, 2004, 08:57:22 AM »
I make my own Bottom Bouncer weights using piano wire and a mold from Cabela's.  I also make nightcrawler harnesses for walleye and saugeye  fishing.
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« Reply #12 on: August 02, 2004, 02:34:44 PM »
whats the best wood to make a plug with? i like those old time river runts but they're expensive now and are made from plastic.
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« Reply #13 on: August 03, 2004, 05:39:53 AM »
I'll bet that basswood would be good to carve and you should be able to get it at any hobby shop that sells model airplanes.
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« Reply #14 on: August 03, 2004, 04:07:40 PM »
i'm also a model railroader and last time i was at the local hobby shop i checked out what they had for wood. most of it was was scale balsa stripwood and the proper size for a plug was to expensive. i'll just stick with casting weights
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« Reply #15 on: August 04, 2004, 03:45:01 AM »
I used to tie flies, cast sinkers & jig heads, pour plastic worms, make my own spinners, custom build rods & carve my own plugs out of red cedar. Unfortunately all that cut into my fishing time so I scaled back to about zip on the tackle crafting.
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« Reply #16 on: August 04, 2004, 05:31:41 AM »
Kevin, I once built rubber powered model airplanes and we carved our props from basswood.  Good balsa is very expensive, but I was able to buy basswood for props at a reasonable price.

BTW:  Before retiring I had a video production company and we were hired to shoot and edit many of Alan Keller's model railroad videos.  We did several of them.
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« Reply #17 on: August 04, 2004, 11:57:15 AM »
neat! :grin:

i've tried to make spinners using spent rifle and pistol casings.  haven't used em much so i don't know if they'd work good
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