Wow...you guys are great!!! Thank you so much for the information. I have heard great things about this site and decided to join and already I am really glad that I did.
The lures that I have made so far are from the book "Making Wooden Fishing Lures" by Rich Rousseau. In my opinion this book is great for the beginner, and every lure that I have made from it has worked perfectly. I did find out that there are little things that are not mentioned in the book that I found out by searching and just plain old trial and error.
Ben....I have considered making my own lure templates via the information you have given and I think its a great idea. I went onto Rapala and the pictures on their website are perfect for doing what you mentioned. Just a quick question for you...how do you detirmine how much weight to add to them and where to apply them. Is it just trial and error? Should I just look at similar templates and try to mimic where the weight was added on those and incorporate into the new template, and just make adjustments based on my preference?
DieMai...Awesome templates. I have actually been looking for a banana lure template and one of the links gave me 2. These links are perfect!
Vodkaman...I like that idea of having a library. If you have a library already would you be willing to share?
Again, thank you guys for all your help. You guys are the best and I will be using this site for any questions rather than getting scammed by an ebook!