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Make Your
Balsa Wooden Plug
Making your own wooden crankbaits is a little
more work than making other lures, but as you can see it is rather simple
-- Just follow the steps listed below to make your balsa wood crankbait.
Quick Material List:
Balsa-wood (1/4" thick), brass or stainless steel wire (0.020"
to 0.030" in diameter), lead sinker (1/8oz. to 1/4oz.), water proof
glue, clear coat paint, aluminum foil , acrylic paint (any colour you
like), cutting board, tracing paper (pattern paper), sand paper, cutting
knife, crankbait lips, split rings and hooks.
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All the components used
to make this wooden crankbait are available from Real Pro's SportFishing.
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Step 1:
Draw a simple lure pattern on the tracing paper, (should be
between 2 to 4 inches long). Glue 2 pieces of balsa wood together
temporarily and place the paper pattern on the top. Gently mark
the balsa wood with the pattern for cutting with your cutting
knife. Now cut the wood as for the pattern. Round the edges with
sand paper, now separate the two pieces of wood. You should now
have two symmetrical halves of the lure. |
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Step 2:
Using the cutting knife gently carve out a small grove for the
wire and lead ballast weight as shown. Glue the two halves
together and sand smooth. Apply several coats of clear coat over
the unpainted body. |
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Step 3::
Gently draw desired patterns on the aluminum
foil tape. Now
gently apply the foil to the lure being careful not to wrinkle the
foil. |
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Step 4:
Apply several more coats clear coat over the foiled body. |
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Step 5:
Paint or leave silver. Glue on eyes and match lip to bait |
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Step 6::
Attach lip by gently cutting a small grove into the lure and glue
in position. Now attach split rings and hooks. |
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Completed Crankbait with crankbait treble hooks
attached |
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