r/lurebuilding

Been experimenting with some more natural patterns lately. Pretty happy with how these koi and rainbow trout swimbaits turned out

1 inch and 1.5 inch wooden lures for trout fishing. I'm still figuring out airbrush painting but I thought this batch turned out interesting. Which one are you throwing first?

What are yalls opinions on the tail? Its just not totally doing it for me, should i have gone with a wooden tail or am i trippin?😂

Long time lurker first time poster. So stoked to be on this sidequest style hobby within the hobby! Really enjoying prototyping more niche designs from big brands, like the berkley rawler, i call mine the "brawler" cause its a double blade. For the most part focused on more finese presentations, but last pic is nearly an ounce pre-trailer lol

The pièce de résistance would probably have to be the bfs A-rig I finished last night at 3am lol.. 3.2g pre-trailer

All this started with silicone skirts for premade jig heads and an inline spinner kit for throwing on my singular abu max sx 4000 spinning combo. Now ive got the sdg goto and goto finese molds from epic bait molds, and hardware components for days to be thrown on one of my 8 combos lololol..!

PB pic for tax. LMB 3.04lbs on a 1/8 underspin with a 3" sakamata shad in champagne pepper, coincidentaly my first bfs fish of substance.

Love this sub, love this hobby, love this at home activity that keeps me connected to the thing i love when i cant be doin the thing.

Hi I created a full parametric Crankbait Generator for all fishing fans, you can change it to a paddle one or a 2 hook one or whatever you want

Bass or red buster

this is one of the new colors ive been experimenting with the craw mold. it changes from the brown to blue depending on the lighting and angle. Also added some blue and black flake to give it a little more texture and pop.

Popper and rad

I had some pearl white soft plastic leftover so I decided to make some 5 inch hammers 😉

What kind of fish would love these the most?

Ive caught a pike and a few bass with them so far!

So i tried making my own swimbaits using my 3d printer and some 3d software (fusion 360) and printed them. i made couple prototypes but they all just like twist in the water instead of doing the s shape glide. i tried different positions of the weights, bigger air tanks inside but nothing really works. i would be greatful for any suggestions on how to fix this issue !

greetings from germany

I believe the Dakota blade is simply not suited to inline spinners like this. Anyone else tried these blades?

So this is my first lure. Decided to utilize wine corks because it seemed easy to work with. Think it wasn't a bad choice, but everything else was seemingly a disaster. Sanded it into form, cut it in half successfully, but completely failed on the throughwire. Couldn't really figure out a proper bending method. Think I actually ended up making a proper wire for the body, though it was a bit scuffed. Tried to carve out a channel for it to sit in, but that ended up being way more complicated than I thought. Didn't think I could carve any further without potentially breaking the whole lure, so I opted to gluing the whole thing together after placing a small split shot inside (probably needs more weight most likely.)

So, now I'm left with what can basically be described as a super glue cork nugget. Pencil and bottlecap for scale. Now I guess I just need eye screws, but not sure what size. The lure is about the size of a Strike King Bitsy Minnow, so need something about that size. Any other advice beyond that would be lovely.

This is my very first attempt am I really far off or is this not bad also ALL tips and welcome😭

First time making tubes with the new mold. A lot easier than I thought it would be!

What’s your favorite color tube and why?

What kind of fish do you target?