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Lure
Design: Understanding the "C-Start" Response Trigger
To design
an effective fishing lure, you need to understand the response triggers
that cause a fish to strike the lure you've made. This primer introduces
you to a popular motor pattern that virtually all fish exhibit when they
are attacked, and thus, many predator fish experience naturally while
they're feeding. By building this motion into your lures or fishing techniques,
you can trick the fish into striking your lure! Read
the full article
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Lure Making Instructions (view
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 Lure
Making 101: How to Make a Wooden Fishing Lure - This instuctional
guide will walk you through making a wooden lure from start to finish. To
get started, you'll need a wooden block to use as the body of the lure we'll
be making. The lure's body block should be a rectangular block of wood slightly
larger than the dimensions of the fishing lure you want to make. In this
case, we will be making a 4" (inch) crankbait, so we will need to create
a body block...read more
 How
to Make a Wire Fishing Lure - Learn how to make wire baits
such as an inline spinner, spinnerbait, or buzzbait. This lure making instructional
guide will walk you the process of making an inline spinner lure. To create
a wire shaft, cut a 4" (inch) strand of wire from your wire bundle.
Although the actual size of the spinner we are creating is 2 1/2",
we will need the extra inch and a half for bending and accident recovery.....read
more
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Featured Product Recommendation (view
all buying guides ) |
 Iwata
Revolution HP-CR Airbrush - Ask any lure maker and they'll
tell you that having an airbrush is critical to painting fishing lures.
Unfortunately, figuring out which airbrush to buy can be a confusing process
for folks who have never used one. Here's our advice...buy the Iwata Revolution
CR, Dual Action Airbrush for around $70.
Learn
more: Read Our Full Product Review
& Purchasing Tips
Where
to Get the Best Price: Blick
Art Materials 
Link to
Exact Product:
Iwata Revolution CR Series Airbrushes 
 Ranger
Embossing Powder - Heat embossing has always been popular among
scrapbook and stamping enthusiasts, but it wasn't until recently that it
started to gain popularity among lure and tackle makers. For those who've
never heard of it, embossing is a technique where you stamp ink on something,
quickly add powder to the ink, and then warm the powder and ink combination
with a special heat source. As the temperature of the powder/ink combination
rises, it will start to "puff" up and harden, leaving you with
a raised version of your original ink pattern. Lure makers and rod builders
use the technique to create raised eyes, logos, and water-flow grooves on
lures and to sign rods in raised ink. To learn more about embossing, click
here.
Learn
more: Read Our Full Product Review
& Purchasing Tips
 Where to
Buy: MisterArt.com
Link to
the Exact Product:
Ranger Embossing Powders 1 oz. black sparkle 
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 According
to ASA's 2008 study on Sportfishing in America,
there are now over 40 million anglers in the
United States! And if you're looking to sell
your custom tackle, you're in luck. That same
report showed that those anglers generate
about $45 BILLION in retail sales each year.
If you're interested in seeing which states
have the most anglers and receive the most
income from retail sales, take a look at the
full
ASA report. If you're thinking of starting
up a tackle business, you might also want
to take
a look at this data on what anglers spend
the most money on (Rods are #1, Line is #2
and Lures are #3).
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