flaptail lure

A flaptail lure , that I designed a couple of years ago . It's called "FlapRat" , turned down on my lathe out of Abache-wood(two boards of approx. 1" thickness previously bonded with waterproof wood glue) .

I absolutely didn't have an idea , how such flaptail lures would work , they have been fairly unknown over here in Germany , and yet they still are , I suppose:huh: .

It was a period during my lurebuilding activities , when I tried to build all those American lure models , that those days hardly anybody over here has ever heard off , I only had catalog,-and bookpictures to work after , not even web access:( !

I was just curious about these , for us over here , strange looking baits , so I got started with carving them out , employing some components , that I mailordered from a Wisconsin tackle shop .

The "FlapRat" is made in a way , that the wire harness , holding the two main hooks can be un-clipped from it's notches(made of hook mountig plates) on the belly , either for transport or whilst playing a fish , to minimize the danger of hook-out leverage .

Haven't fished it thorougly over the years , 'cause it's too voluminous to fit into my tackleboxes(by now I have a large one , so it's going to hit the waters again this upcoming season) , but it nicely resembles a swimming mouse or rat on the surface:) .