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TJC
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Posted: 13 May 2017 at 6:19pm |
To make making homemade blades a little easier and faster I had a crack at making a few moulds and pouring my own rather than gluing lead weight on as I had in the past. Made on 1mm polycarbonate and scrap lead. Made the moulds from auto body filler. The moulds are a little rough but do the job, I don't think the fish will care if there are a few imperfections. I have also made a mould for spinnerbaits and have a learnt a few things to improve the next moulds I make.
These are based off 40mm switchblades and 35mm breamer vibes. Beats paying $13 -$20+ for a blade to snag! |
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TJC
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Here is a picture of the moulds for the the blades above.
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hooknose
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MAN I LOVE FISHING ! ! !
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Screamingreel
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Great idea. Do you use them for fresh water or salt water fishing.
I have not had a great deal of success with that type of lure. Do they perform better with very light line 4- 6 lb or can you get away with using slightly heavier line. They certainly can find snags. I ended up locating some on eBay very cheap I thought and then rested them. Might be better fishing over sand. (whiting bream) Regards John |
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horrorhead
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Nothing wrong with those mate
I have fished with a mate from Townsville off Magnetic Island and the fish were only taking his homemade blades, including one that had stripped off over 150 metres of my 7 kilo line with no signs of stopping (put more pressure on the drag and the line popped before it spooled me).
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Ducks
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Very versatile. Can slow roll them over flats. Jig them vertically on a deep school. Hop them like you would a plastic. The issue with some of the cheaper ones is that the action doesn't seem to kick in until they are moving quite quickly. These ones look great. And beats snagging $15 at a time. |
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Jeff
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Thats awesome ! Those blades do get bloody expensive for what they are ! Just paying for a name with the ZX blades !
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I like pretty painted sticks
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puglee62
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that's no how ye make porridge!
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puglee62
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that's no how ye make porridge!
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