DOES ANYONE ELSE HERE MAKE ANY WOOD FISHING LURES? I HAVENT BEEN ON IN YEARS IS WHITTLER STILL AROUND?

If we're thinking of the same person, sad to report that Whittler passed away several years ago ?

his name was ben mask I believe

6 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

If we're thinking of the same person, sad to report that Whittler passed away several years ago ?

 

6 minutes ago, Team9nine said:

If we're thinking of the same person, sad to report that Whittler passed away several years ago ?

 

ben mask was his name I hate to here this 

 

thank you for telling me

 

Different person then perhaps. There was a crankbait carver here in Indiana who went by the name "Whittler" online, whose real name was John Mills. John passed away a few years ago.

i knew him as well ben mask is fish whittler thank you for letting me know bless his family and friends

 

Baitmaker makes the best wood lures I have ever used.and he's right here on this forum.

I make wooden topwater lures! I really enjoy it and hope to meet more crafters on here!

I haven’t made them in quite some time but I have made poppers, prop baits and what I call a popper-prop. Imagine a popper with a propeller on the tail and that’s it. 

 

I also made one floating minnow and few that resemble somewhat the rapala dt flats. 

 

Just don’t really have the time anymore. 

I make all kinds of wood stuff whatcha wanna know

 

I make several types of wooden lures for my personal use. Hard to beat the feeling of catching a big bass on a lure you made with your bare hands.

I used to make lures back in the 80’s when I only worked part-time. Now that I am retired I might take it up again. I didn’t just make topwater baits, I made some Rapela-like lures as well. Tuning them was a challenge it took a while to learn.

On 9/25/2017 at 9:45 PM, Team9nine said:

Different person then perhaps. There was a crankbait carver here in Indiana who went by the name "Whittler" online, whose real name was John Mills. John passed away a few years ago.

Yes John passed away.  I have about a half dozen of his lures.

 

Allen 

I made several back in the day when I had lots of free time, but then life kinda got in the way and I pretty much quit for the last 15-20 years. 

 

However,  I am trying to get back into it.  Picked up a little lathe a few months ago and I just ordered some airbrush paint, sealers and clearcoat, as well as a good selection of hardware.  With any luck I'll be able to start turning out some lures in the very near future. 

 

These are a few I made back then.  Hopefully my future lures look a little more polished!

 

I love those.  Kind of retro, but man, I bet they work!  Love the red head one.  

15 hours ago, thinkingredneck said:

I love those.  Kind of retro, but man, I bet they work!  Love the red head one.  

Thanks!

 

I based a few of them off old lures and a couple are my own ideas.  All carved from cedar.  All of them have caught fish but the green and blue prop baits at upper left and top center have caught the most.  There is NOTHING quite like catching a fish on a lure that you made yourself! 

I have some cedar and hope to carve some.  I hope mine look half that good.

I still do.