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We have a new TU Chat Room made possible by the support from our TU Club members.
They have allowed us to release it to all registered members to try out for a limited time. The chat room currently has one main room for general tackle making discussion.
It will soon have more rooms added to emulate the layout of the luremaking forums to help keep discussions loosely on topic.[Read More]
davidh has been busy again mixing up and pouring some stixs for a buddy of his and was kind enough to video the process so could what is required. This builds on the Introduction to Pouring Plastics.
A lot of people have been asking me how to pour baits, so I made a video clip. It covers just the basics and I may have missed a few things. I think it may a beginner.
Skirt making is a simple straight forward process for adding rubber and silicon skirt materials to a wide variety of lures; but most often for in-line spinners and spinner baits. The steps are pretty easy, but explaining it isn't... To make the it simpler on all concerned (mainly me), I have illustrated the process in photos with the steps listed on each. Hope this helps.
I have tried to foiling (Mylar) solid 3” lures and I found it very difficult, as they are hard to handle, glue up and foil, without fouling the glue etc. So I have been splitting the lures and doing a side at a time (to split, see tute: ‘Through Wire Construction’).
First,... [Read More]
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