I haven't posted in a while, but I've been back in the shop. I made the stencil for

the craw pattern and a blue gill.

 

 

Three others now have a finish on them but no pictures with finish just yet.

 

Those look great!

Those are really well done. Nice work!

Nice. I think I saw these on T.U. bass guy is it?

Where do you buy the bodies or do you make them?  I'd love to get into this.

Nice. I think I saw these on T.U. bass guy is it?

 

Yep, ya caught me. LOL

Where do you buy the bodies or do you make them?  I'd love to get into this.

 

I carve them from a block of PVC, sand them down smooth, ballast them, make the hook hangers and

the line ties from ss wire, cut the diving lips from Lexan then shape them to a template. Epoxy the hangers, ties

ballast and then paint. Once the paint is finished, install the eyes, and diving bill, then cover the painted bodies

with epoxy, let cure. After the epoxy is cured, install split rings, and hooks. From shaping to finish about 6 hours

counting cure time for the epoxy for the line tie and hook hangers, etc.

Where do you obtain the components and how are they listed? Thank-you!

Kind Regards,

Charlie47

Where do you obtain the components and how are they listed? Thank-you!

Kind Regards,

Charlie47

 

I purchase the PVC from Lowe's trim section. It is a brick molding. I cut the material to size on my

table saw and with a template I made, I draw the shapes on the material and then them in to chunks.

I buy the Lexan at H Depot and have a template for the diving bills and shape them on my sander, the

stainless steel wire I pick up at an ACE Hardware not far from my house. I cut the ss wire into pieces

aprox 3" long and use a pair of vice grips and a 1/8" shaft in my vice and twist the ss wire around the shaft

for the hook hangers and line ties. The ballast for my baits are just egg sinkers with a hole and the

hook hanger goes through the egg sinker. That's pretty much it......

 

Jerry

Look Great

That bluegill one looks sweet!

they are filthy

Those really look good