Lurecraft: How to Make Plugs, Spinners, Spoons, and Jigs to Catch More Fish

by Russ Mohney

Overview

Make your own lures to beat the high cost of tackle and develop a creative and satisfying hobby. Learn how to craft fishing lures that are more effective than those you buy, with detailed instructions and hundreds of superb illustrations. Covers plugs, surface lures and poppers, spinners, spoons and buzzers, jigs, trout lures, steelhead and salmon lures, and lures for big water fishing. Includes a step-by-step guide to carving, painting and finishing lures, along with a colorful photo gallery of hand-carved lures.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781565237803
Publisher:	Fox Chapel Publishing
Publication date:	06/01/2013
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Russ Mohney was a freelance writer on outdoor subjects. Trained as a naturalist, he specialized in fish behavior, which led to his becoming an ardent angler and lure maker. He had published over 300 articles in outdoor magazines, as well as eight books on the outdoors including, Why Wild Edibles?, Master Backpacker, and Make It and Take It. He had fished over most of the West, as well as Alaska, Asia, and South America. He wrote and broadcasted a daily program on the outdoors for radio stations in Centralia, Washington.

Table of Contents

1. The History of the Lure 2. The Science of Fish Attraction 3. Tools and Techniques 4. Materials for Lurecrafting 5. Finishing and Detailing 6. Constructing Freshwater Plugs 7. Constructing Surface Lures and Poppers 8. Making Spinners, Spoons, and Buzzers 9. Freshwater Jigs 10. Building Trout Lures 11. Building Steelhead and Salmon Lures 12. Making Bigwater Lures 13. Using Factory Components Index

Editorial Reviews

"Packs in details woodworkers will find essential to crafting effective lures, and is a pick for both crafts and sports shelves alike. . . . a 'must' for any fisherman or woodworker."

—California Bookwatch, The Crafts Shelf, October 2013

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