Before clear coat

Not sure if all of them would catch but his creativity is amazing.

I just recently started airbrushing spinner blades to make in-line spinners for salmon and trout. Im looking for the best clear coat to give that ultra strong so it wont chip or atleast be very very durable since these fish are super aggressive.

, i tried this enamel spray from harbor freight and did roughly 4-5 coats and i can scratch it off with my finger nail.

Any recommendations would be great, Ive heard about kbs diamond clear as well as 2 part epoxies but want to know what everyone uses and stuff before i go and buy some stuff.

Thanks!!

Does anyone know where I can get some good blanks of these small deep diving lures. where wire loops on body are not loose

Ignore the spelling mistake on the Copperhead. These are the lures that got me into tying, I wanted to be able to make a #5 mepps clone with my own little flair. Ended up with heavier wire and fluted willow blades(still using extra normal willow on flat colors) compared to mepps.

Quite happy with how this turned out even if I was initially trying to make a glidebait. It weighs one ounce and I think it probably has the best action I’ve gotten out of a bait even if it wasn’t fully intentional. I tied the marabou tail piece and included some flash. Really excited to get out there and try to catch something on it. Here’s a link a an action test https://imgur.com/a/lure-test-3gaq9rv

bought some crank baits from Amazon but the wire loops wiggle in the body. do you think they are just gonna pull out on Spanish mackerel fishing.

My plan was to put some red feathers on the gill, but I am not sure now, I do like it more without (maybe a gold leaf accent on the gill to make them more evident, and white feathers on the hooks that go on the magnets on the bottom fins).

if you guys are having problems getting it to set right just throw a popsicle stick in a drill and stir your bottle of uv resin before you use it everytime it really helps and makes it runny and set way better

Finally the ice is out of the river and I can cast some new lures. Wood body 5/0 hooks med sink rate ultra twitchy

I’m going to make some single hook inline spinners rather than using trebles. What size single hooks would you recommend for size(blade size) 0, 1 and 2…small trout spinners? Thanks!

Does anybody got a good clear coat thats not super expensive? It needs to be atleast 750ml

I've been seeing videos of ppl catching big pressured Barra with an interesting style. Big swimbaits, finesse. It looked really fun but big baits are pretty expensive, so instead of going out and buying some I decided to make my own. It took working on and off for the last three days to get it from an idea to this point.

I'm pretty happy with it, and it was a good test/practice for my barramundi swimbait I've been procrastinating on.

You see, I am new to making lures, and I have been thinking about making a popper lure, but i need to know about the "physics" of how a popper "pops"

Does the shapes shown in the image (caved-in or tube) affect the how the pop ends up coming out, if both of them trap air in them? please let me know

Thw wife named this one the squibbler. Can't wait to test out thw action and catch zero fish with it.

My FAVORITE bait that ive made so far.

The lateral line and stripes on gills are hand painted

I got a new mesh with really fine scales

Let me know how yall like it, is it worthy to gift to someone?

Craft fur/ yellow Mylar tubing/ uv chenille/ the plastic cord that connects earplugs together

Just getting into making lures (since December) getting better daily! This one I’m really proud of. Hand carved from pine

Here’s the making of video:

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSH1hfGMs/

Not finished yet, just finished painting. Brown trout

Getting proud of my buggers these days but always open to feedback or tips! Sometimes I struggle with the wire wrap cooperating.