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Yake Bait |
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| needa70lber |
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| Some more baits I can't wait to try! Attachments ----------------  web3.JPG (87KB - 134 downloads) | |||
| ron f |
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| muskellunged |
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| lambeau |
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| i finally got enough "practice" done taking/remaking old bucktails and broke out the new components. i wish i'd started doing this years ago...pretty easy, saves a lot of money, and it's a fun way to pass the winter. on the double-10s i too like to put a hook (5/0) near the blades, just far enough down to not hang up in the blades. i'd added a hook like this to any double-10s i was throwing that didn't come with one, and i've got a few blades with teeth mark dents... 1) rubber/rubber/tinsel 2) tinsel 3) firefly flashabou/rubber 4) marabou/firefly 5) tinsel/shakertail we'll see if the cheapo tinsel holds up. if not, i'll just replace it with real flash and reassemble the lure on a new wire. Attachments ---------------- 08-01-20 001.jpg (80KB - 149 downloads) | |||
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Posts: 2024 | Been super cold here the last few days. Threw the space heater on and went to work on a few creations. Attachments ---------------- gaudy.JPG (56KB - 154 downloads) speckled halloween.JPG (68KB - 131 downloads) chart-black.JPG (56KB - 134 downloads) blue jay.JPG (58KB - 135 downloads) baby walleye, hot crappie.JPG (67KB - 142 downloads) | ||
| TheMuskyMan |
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| needa70lber |
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| Nice baits!!! Great hobby to pass the cold winter days, and football is almost over! I'm working on some small baits for a friend, what you all think? Great bulger! Attachments ---------------- smalldc10 001web.JPG (82KB - 133 downloads) | |||
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| ron f |
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| esox50 |
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Posts: 2024 | 70pounder, That should be a sweet little stick of dynamite! Small profile behind those big blades might even increase your hooking percentages (beyond what a normal bucktail exhibits)! Fish4, As long as you don't "pin" the beads and body to the shaft by jamming them up to the loop then your clevises should spin just fine. I leave a little space at the top so this doesn't happen. Attachments ---------------- P1220090-1.JPG (81KB - 120 downloads) | ||
| PredLuR |
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| esox50 |
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| baitmaker66 |
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| fish4life |
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| needa70lber |
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baitmaker66 - 1/22/2008 5:53 PM Hey 70lbr, Great looking bucktail!! Like the smaller size. One question, what size are the blades?? Those are the number 10's, sweet uh!!! Hopefully I can get the bait from tumbling while being retrieved. May need to keel weight em? Edited by needa70lber 1/22/2008 11:35 PM Attachments ---------------- little10 web001.JPG (96KB - 136 downloads) | |||
| d2bucktail |
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| Pete Yake and others, Regarding the coil used as a base for tying your material on... Stop by a welder's shop or business that does welding and ask them if they could save you a liner from a wire-feed welder. It's just like the choke/throttle cable others have suggested but it'll probably be free. These liners are what the welding wire feeds thru. Every so often these get kinked or wear out and then they're junk. Most welders just toss them in the trash. Just one welder liner will be a lifetime supply for many of us basement "bucktail" guys. See a sample liner in the pic below. As far as clamping this coil for tying your "stuff" onto it... I've been using a fly tying vise for years. Take a short piece of .050 wire and bend one end back onto itself. Cut a piece of liner about 3/4 inch long. String your small piece of wire thru the coil and cut the wire so it sticks thru the coil about 1/4 inch or so (enough for your vise to clamp down on). Then Clamp the wire in your vise. See the pics below that show what I've just described including the coil clamped in the vise with thread wrapped around the coil -- ready to start applying your flash-a-bou, rubber, maribou, or maybe even bucktail. Hope this helps. Here's another idea for clamping the coil. I watched the guys at Musky Mahem tying the flash-a-bou on coil and they just had a small vise grip welded to a clamp that was fastened to their table. They just clamp the coil into the vise grip and start wrapping. I even saw Thorne Bros sells that vise grip clamp setup -- didn't notice the price, though. Let me know if any of this doesn't make sense. Attachments ---------------- liner1.jpg (93KB - 140 downloads) Coil&WireHolder1.JPG (57KB - 135 downloads) together.JPG (78KB - 146 downloads) vise.JPG (93KB - 135 downloads) | |||
| Yake Bait |
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| fish4life |
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| Here is one with the Mag. Flash Attachments ---------------- DSCF0700.JPG (62KB - 129 downloads) | |||
| boatside bruiser |
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| needa70lber |
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Some more tails finished!!  Attachments ---------------- yellowfever1.JPG (80KB - 115 downloads) 2.JPG (64KB - 128 downloads) 7.JPG (78KB - 112 downloads) sunset1.JPG (69KB - 120 downloads) papasmerf1.JPG (76KB - 137 downloads) radiation1.JPG (57KB - 120 downloads) bubblegum1.JPG (90KB - 102 downloads) shadow1.JPG (78KB - 118 downloads) 16.JPG (93KB - 114 downloads) 17.JPG (83KB - 113 downloads) 18.JPG (62KB - 111 downloads) 19.JPG (75KB - 94 downloads) 20.JPG (75KB - 126 downloads) 22.JPG (74KB - 127 downloads) | |||
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