My Super Shad Rap Copy
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| 'Shad Rap' Type Crankbait |
Well unfortunately it has been quite some time since I have put pen to paper, or rather fingers to key board, to add something new to this blog of mine. A busy work and family lifestyle along with my involvement in other sports has meant that opportunities to get any lure making or indeed lure fishing done have been few and far between this year.
Although this particular project is not quite yet completed (the lure needs testing) it is almost there. If you are a fan of the very well known Rapala Super Shad Rap or similar type of crankbaits then this project will be of great interest to you. The idea for this lure was simple. A local estate lake which is very much choked to death with weed growth contains pike and roach.
Those pike can regularly be seen chasing the resident roach to the water's surface and snatching at them as they try to to escape. I need a lure that will imitate a roach, float above the weed and dive just deep enough beneath the surface with an enticing action to tempt any mid water pike that are on the prowl. Reading the manufacturers description of the Rapala Super Shad Rap this lure would seem to fit the bill nicely so I decided to try and make my own.
When I started this lure making blog back in late 2011 (it's well into 2014 now) my plan was that I would try to write something that might be of interest to other lure makers/fishermen every couple of weeks or so or at least once a month at any rate. Back then I used to do a reasonable amount of fishing - mostly deadbaiting for pike and as such caught fish on a fairly regular basis. It was reasonable to assume that getting into lure making which would make my pike fishing a whole lot more interesting should give me plenty to write about.
Now, with that out of the way let's get back to the important business of building lures, testing those lures and even more importantly, catching some fish. My lure making story so far goes like this - I made four jerkbaits out of poplar wood. The four of them were finished in the same perch pattern but had four very different actions - a surface slider type, a surface glider type, a sinking slider type and a sinking glider type (you can read about how I made them by clicking here)..jpg)
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Although a thoroughly enjoyable hobby there is no doubt that making your own fishing lures can be a very messy business. Getting your fingers burnt, covered in paint or even epoxy coated are some of the most common problems that lure makers everywhere have to deal with. These all too common problems are usually the result of an ineffective or poorly thought out method of holding the lure being worked on for the job at hand. .jpg)
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