Clowning around before xmas

I thought my last post would be my last of this year but someone contacted me for some of my 5cm crankbaits and of course couldnt resist doing some more stuff as well. Not too much to say about them apart from i really like the colours and think the fish will as well.....

Next is 2 more finnish trolling lures i finnished. The white one is using a irridescent film and looks really nice. Lets see what you think.

Its very hard to show the colours in the film but its very lively. I also painted a few more manns blanks which im happy with and hope the pike will like them too.

Here is a jerkbait i tried with a new foil.

Lastly i tried a glow in the dark tape on a crank bait hopefully it will catch..

I also made a test video of my recent 5cm lure here it is...

Thanks for reading have a good xmas and tight lines

Its like crack for chub

At the begining of the year i made a small 5cm lure for targeting smaller predatory species like chub,perch and trout, I then put it away in my box and kinda forgot about it untill the summer when i remembered about and decided to start testing it. I think on my first day of testing it i had a good mix of fish i think it was about 30 chub(mostly chublets), a load of small perch, a small jack pike and even a couple of roach hit it so i was pretty happy to say the least. I have continued testing it up untill the last month and i find it to be a reliable catcher, It seems that chub cannot resist it i have had them up to 3 or 4lb. I dont know what its like in other countries but here the chub are much more aggressive than in england, i have even had them take a live bait around 12cm when i was fishing for wels. After the success of this lure i have decided to make a good load of them for the start of the trout season in march. Anyways here are the first 6 which are finished i made these ones sinking to fish deeper pockets in rivers and lakes......

Here are some chub i caught with them.

This will be my last update this year as im off to england for xmas. Untill then tight lines.

2 tail baits and a couple of cranks

Well at the moment the fishing is pretty much dead for me apart from small grayling and chub but at least it gives me a chance to get the fly rod out and have a bit of fun. After a year of not fly fishing those grayling were pretty hard to hook very fast takes. I have been building quite a few pieces recently but alot of them are much of the same so i wont bother adding them on here. First of all are two of my slider style jerkbaits that i added a twister tail to, This changes the action of the bait a bit but still a good action and i have no doubt a pike would hit that.

I really like the green pearl paint on the white bars of the clown fish it gives just a little extra flash. Next are 2 crank baits using my newest body shape i really like the action of these. I used a mother of pearl veneer on them because it just looks so good i tried a diamond cut on the veneer as well to give hopefully a better flash while im working them. Im pretty happy with them the paint job could have been better from my point of view, dont think the fish will care though. As always I cant manage to take a good picture of the veneer which really shows its beauty. Here are the pictures anyway...

Next time im out with the fishing rods ill try take some footage of their swimming action and post a video. Untill the next time tight lines and thanks for looking.