some wooden poppers and lures for summer...

[Lofty]

this is what the through wire looks like...the little green lure(actually blue and yellow)with green glitter,weighs about 1 ounce with a 3/0 4xh/duty Bandit hook...last pic the three hanging around till they go for their first swim...

[REEFMAN]

Very nice! Well done! 

[Lofty]

just a quick report on my swimmers... just got back from Kleinbrakriver and the redhead pops beautifully with a splash and a dive and then a bubble trail underwater...worked a little slower it's got a nice side to side action at the rear and still pushes/splashes water with the cupface .The topwater lure(greenish top,silver/white stomach)also swims nicely with a bit of a side to side dart in front and pulled a bit faster it dives and darts...can't wait to try them at Gouritzriver when the kobbies and leeries start biting...got others that dive deeper too... the bucktails and other lipped lures,and paddletails etc.must first wait a while I think till I land something on my creations... we need a kob thingiemajiek too...

[Lofty]

We were planning a camping/fishing trip to Gouritzriver this weekend where I wanted to test my "creations"....now the bad weather has pulled in and looks like it's here to stay till around Sunday... now we gotta do  to stay warm..

[Prego]

Good work, hope you get some bite marks on them soon.

  for the effort of posting

[Lofty]

was hoping to get some tooth marks on them...but now... till Sunday...

[Fishersteve]

Well done, great work. What clear coat do you use Lofty.

[Lofty]

Well done, great work. What clear coat do you use Lofty.

If you go back and look at the 12th pic I posted you'll see the clearcoat I used..the one on the right with the seethrough cap... I don't know if it's the best clearcoat to use but it looked good after 3 coats...gives the lures a nice shine/finish... are you making your own poppers/lures too..?

[Shivaan]

Great post lofty  . Makes me want to make my own also!

[Fishersteve]

Well done, great work. What clear coat do you use Lofty.

If you go back and look at the 12th pic I posted you'll see the clearcoat I used..the one on the right with the seethrough cap... I don't know if it's the best clearcoat to use but it looked good after 3 coats...gives the lures a nice shine/finish... are you making your own poppers/lures too..?

Yes Lofty but haven't made any for a while as we made quite a few last year.Mainly lures for night time use with a few top water hand carves.Always trying to find the next best clear coat tho.

[LGF]

Guys, we use 2K automotive for a clear coat, but recently the wife brought home some stuff that is self-levelling (Clear and glass) that is to be used on serving trays once she decop'ed something something it. Anyhow, its called Pratley-glo or Pratley-fix. Its a two part product and hardens really clear and even. They claim it can withstand serious scratches and so forth, also waterproof apparently, will see if I can get some from her hobby box and see if the claims are true.

[Lofty]

Guys, we use 2K automotive for a clear coat, but recently the wife brought home some stuff that is self-levelling (Clear and glass) that is to be used on serving trays once she decop'ed something something it. Anyhow, its called Pratley-glo or Pratley-fix. Its a two part product and hardens really clear and even. They claim it can withstand serious scratches and so forth, also waterproof apparently, will see if I can get some from her hobby box and see if the claims are true.

that's interesting,I'll be waiting for your response...or better yet I'll make another popper/stickbait or w.h.y.and then try find these clearcoats that you mentioned... the clearcoat spray that I used gives a nice finish,but it's not very scratch resistant

[LGF]

kay so it is called Pratliglo and sells for around R70 which covers roughly 1m2 if memory serves me at all. have not yet tried it on any of my kazillion poppers and sticks, purely because I could not decide on good colour schemes yet.
 
This is their claim " PratligloŽ is a self-leveling, pour-on finish for trays, table tops, plaques, clocks and figurines. It sets to a high-build, ultra-gloss finish which is absolutely breathtaking! This one coat, non shrinking, impact resistant product is also cigarette burn and alcohol resistant."

[Fishersteve]

Very interesting stuff LGF thanks , let us know how it turns out.

[LGF]

Very interesting stuff LGF thanks , let us know how it turns out.

Will do, need to dust off the airbrushes and shake the paint bottles very good, and do some prep work, these poppers and sticks have been lying around and have been moved back and forth in the weasel worx and have gathered various scratches and some dirt.


Personally I think this stuff will be a lot quicker and a lot easier than 2k, will just have to take care in continuos rotation whilst it is curing, otherwise it might form a blob/drop at the lowest point of the lure!