Making Kokanee Lures?

[MackPrince]

I've been making glow hooks for years using a leadcore wrap on the shank to make a body for the paint both jig and baitholder style. There are no do-it molds that make a similar body so I just do it by hand. Powder paints glow a little longer than vinyl, although the vinyl's softness seems to help weary fish bite.

Like Reaper, I've also taken to making my own size and set-up for squid skirts using double hooks.

Here are a few sample photos. I apologize for the blurry cell phone quality.

 

[SilverBullets]

I just joined up, and saw this thread. I also enjoy making my own lures, and customizing store bought tackle. The way I look at it, the more attraction the better. My downrigger weights look like disco balls, having around 6 different holographic tapes completely covering them. I also add tape to lures to change their appearance. Giving the fish something different seems to help. I have made hundreds of lures, and gotten into hootchies as well.. I have found useing pom-poms instead of beads inside the hootchie body's cures the rubber skirt melting into beads problem, and they also hold scent well. While making spinners, it seems contrasting beads can really attract these fish. It's funny how a certain lure knocks em dead for a while, then they won't touch it. Some day we'll figure these kokanee out!

 

[Petty4life]

I just joined up, and saw this thread. I also enjoy making my own lures, and customizing store bought tackle. The way I look at it, the more attraction the better. My downrigger weights look like disco balls, having around 6 different holographic tapes completely covering them. I also add tape to lures to change their appearance. Giving the fish something different seems to help. I have made hundreds of lures, and gotten into hootchies as well.. I have found useing pom-poms instead of beads inside the hootchie body's cures the rubber skirt melting into beads problem, and they also hold scent well. While making spinners, it seems contrasting beads can really attract these fish. It's funny how a certain lure knocks em dead for a while, then they won't touch it. Some day we'll figure these kokanee out!

Would love to see pictures of your creations...tooexcited

 

[SilverBullets]

Would love to see pictures of your creations...tooexcited

Petty4life... Thank you for the warm welcome! I wish I had a way to show you pictures, but I don't own a camera that can do that, and if I did I don't have a clue on how it's done. I guess I'm old school, sorry. I mainly look at different lure web sites and try to come up with something close and tweak it a bit. I use components from a variety of suppliers, and also incorporate some things from steel-head tackle into a few of my creations. The pom-poms I mentioned can be purchased from craft stores, and are threaded on the line with a needle. Also, I change lures like wee-tads and apex's with paint, glitter and holographic tape also found at the craft stores. In my experience, it's good to even have a selection of lures with the same color but a shade different, as there are days where just a shade difference will put fish in the boat. I have found that most days by using homemade lures that the fish don't normally see out performs store bought tackle by a large margin.

 

[Petty4life]

Here are some I've been working on.
I took a couple RMT hyper plaid dodgers and painted them with orange and chartruce translucent paint. the other 2 are just something im playing with with a crushed clear tape

 

[Petty4life]

Here are some glow humdingers i stripped the tape off and painted them with the same translucent paint and it glows threw the colors so it gives it the ac/dc effect, orange, yellow, base glow and pink. picture sucks

 

[SilverBullets]

Those RMT dodgers and Shasta Humdingers look GOOD! I went to a kokanee seminar about a month ago put on by Gary M. of Shasta Tackle. He just put out some new U.V. dodgers that use a very interesting tape on them. I got a couple and have had great success with them. The tape goes from blue to purple to pink as you move the dodger. Hopefully the tape can be purchased by it self, as I cleaned out the tackle box's the other day and counted 95 dodgers...I swear I don't remember buying that many! I think I need to re-tape instead of buying any more! Ya right, who am I fooling. I will probably buy another 100 to store on the other side of the boat to keep the boat level.

 

[Kokonuts]

I am new to this site & Love it!
Winter is going to be starting soon here in the Pacific North Wet, so I'll be working in the shop trying to make up some "STUFF" for next spring.

My question is would anyone be interested in a "Make & Trade" type of thing to see what works & whats hot.

I dont want to make any waves with the companys that sell ( I also have a boatload of tackle from them) but just have a little funn durning the winter.
Thanks, Kokonuts thumbsup