Winter Time Lure Making

[rps]

We have several professional lure makers on this forum and several more for whom lure making is a side business or a semi profitable hobby.

I don't make lures for money - although I have been known to give them away. What I make are things I cannot buy; things like the customized Top Dollars I had Hughsey paint and then attached Death Trap hooks with the rear hook feathered the way I wanted it. See my avatar.

For walleye, the only way I can get the crawler harnesses that Chuck (RIP) taught me to use is to make them. I thought I would show off todays "snow day" creations.

 

[Guest]

Those are your version of slow death rigs? Does the night crawler stay on the offset worm hook better than slow death hooks?

[Flysmallie]

Those are nice RPS. I've never caught a fish on a harness but I admit I never tried very hard either.

Mine are for a different type of fishing but still lure making to me.

[BilletHead]

16 minutes ago, Flysmallie said:

Those are nice RPS. I've never caught a fish on a harness but I admit I never tried very hard either.

Mine are for a different type of fishing but still lure making to me.

        Been doing a little of that myself Ronnie . Waiting for a good thaw and warm up. 

BilletHead

[fshndoug]

what is the blue material in the fly,can you find this on youtube

 

[Flysmallie]

32 minutes ago, fshndoug said:

what is the blue material in the fly,can you find this on youtube

 

It's actually purple in person. And it's marabou. 

Tail: Saddle Hackle

Flash: Olive flashabou

Body: Chartreuse, purple, and olive marabou.

Then a little dubbing to cover the eyes.

[rps]

5 hours ago, TrophyFishR said:

Those are your version of slow death rigs? Does the night crawler stay on the offset worm hook better than slow death hooks?

No, the slow death I make is also different. These are my regulars. I rig a large crawler t-rig style and thread it up the line to the bobber stop. The stop keeps the bead and blade from pushing it back down. As a result the hook point is three inches from the front of the worm and covered. Chuck told me it kept it more weedless. I don't know that that is true, but one hook point hangs less than the two on a standard rig and with no snelling the rig ties much faster.

Somewhere I have pictures of my slow death rig. I will see if I can find one and post it.

[Fish24/7]

6 hours ago, Flysmallie said:

Those are nice RPS. I've never caught a fish on a harness but I admit I never tried very hard either.

Mine are for a different type of fishing but still lure making to me.

if/when I ever get my arse in gear and start tying I hope to get this good some day. Found a big cardboard box full of tying materials at a sale back in Dec. 

[Flysmallie]

12 hours ago, Fish24/7 said:

if/when I ever get my arse in gear and start tying I hope to get this good some day. Found a big cardboard box full of tying materials at a sale back in Dec. 

Good? Well thanks for the compliment but this is about the easiest thing you are going to tie. And it's built around being a sloppy tier. And fish love it. 

You can always increase the difficulty level though.

 

Only real difference in those two flies is using silicone instead of marabou. Those legs can be a bit frustrating. But the fish love them too.