Recently I have been trying to get ready for the start of the coming trout season. I have been making all sorts of different sizes and shapes to tempt the brownies. I just finished up a load of 3.5cm crankbaits that i think will be popular with me this year. Im really getting into ultra light fishing its great fun and i think ill catch more than trout with these, im pretty sure chub and perch will love them as well as the occasional big roach/rudd. The paint jobs could be much better but i was really struggling with painting something so small but i think after some tries it will come. Anyway the fish wont mind(its only us the really care about that). Anyways here are some pictures, some are with a traditional style diving lip and some with a finnish step lip so they have different wiggles.
Here is a video showing how they swim.
I also brought some popper blanks to spray up and try as i dont really have enough topwater baits and it is such a fun way to fish. I kept the colours pretty standard natural for where i am but they came out really good( i think ).
I was thinking the other day about using one of my pike fly patterns as a trailer on large spinner so made one up and it turned out pretty good. So i made up a large batch, Theres not much to say about them apart from i think they look good and im sure the fish will too. They weigh around 25 gramms so you can cast them out a fair distance too...
I made 3 as well with a big offset hook on the back that you can add a soft plastic lure or a smaller dead bait. I added a grub style soft lure and rigged it weedless.
Here is a very short clip showing it off, Thanks for reading and tight lines..
