How Do You Make Personalized Fishing Lures?
Spoon lures have been around for a couple thousand years. They can be casted, trolled or jigged and are easily made for a few cents. Step 1 Locate some scrap sheet, pipe or tube pieces of aluminum, copper, brass or nickel. Aluminum is the easiest to work with. It doesn’t cast as well because it is so light. However, this is also an asset when the fish are sluggish, you are fishing over green lights at night or you are trolling in very shallow water. Step 2 Go to a source of fishing tackle and get some medium or small size split rings and some treble hooks if you don’t already have some in your tackle box. Step 3 Take a spoon lure that you like, remove the split rings (top and bottom) and hook. Put it on a piece of paper, trace around the edge of the spoon and cut out the pattern. Make several while you are at it. Step 4 Cut through tubing or pipe lengthwise with metal shears or a hacksaw so you can bend or hammer the material more or less flat. Be sure the piece is big enough for the p
