*Lures looks very realistic even prunked my friends with it.Looks very durable **enjoyable.fishing** recommend sunk very good into the water.Cons: Storage package could be bigger.*
Agreed! The EA’s videos as so unique, he should have a wider audience like Marlin Baits. Help out by giving a thumbs up and commenting so the algorithm recommends his videos to others.
Our man here actually gives a f**k about teaching his audience the science behind lures though. This is undoubtedly the best channel for lure crafting.
Franco, your drawing with the waterline is genius. It really helps to locate just exactly where you want your lure to sit. Love the “international sign” bobber. Nice. Regards, Cam from Ontario Canada eh.
I would like to see you take that same design and reposition the lead eye to the bottom of the lip, and shift the weight forward just a bit. I think the lip would engage more water for lift, and the pull from the bottom would have a tendency to enhance the lift from the tail. Just a thought. Another idea I have for a jumping lure is to use the minnow form and add "wings" to it where the gills would be, at a 45 degree angle with a low pull point. I suspect it might have a jump when jerked, and a topwater skittle/wobble when on steady retrieve. I think your stuff is great. This is my first video of yours. I subbed immediately. Great work and presentation.
I seen a bunch of Jdm lures. They got something very similar. They got a cool "bottom bouncer" lure that is just a weight metal "sub" looking jig. Works actually great. Lots of top water stuff we should have made here.
Franco....that design could be thrown into pods of bunker (Menhaden) when they are being harassed from under by stripers and bluefish in the north east salt......Excellent design!
Paint will make the lure marketable but try some natural wood I think you'll be surprised. I've made some lures and taken em to the dock for tuning and detuning depending on what I wanted them to do. This was with just sealer, some actually did better before airbrushing. Old wooden lures did really well as the paint wore off so there might be something to that. Nothing beats catching fish on a lure you made.
Hi, Franco. I have to admit that I was skeptical about this design, but your water-level slo-mo footage of several retrieves instantly made me a believer. I agree with other commenters that you have NAILED the look of a fleeing baitfish with a predator close on its "heels." One question: Does the "indent" behind the head of this bait (the shape that put you on the edge of "propriety") play a specific role in the action of the lure? If you didn't see one in your testing, maybe it could be eliminated? Best, Chris
Hi Franco, I love fishing and have always wanted to make my own lures. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise with me. I have already shared your site with my son and grandson. God bless. Joe
Great build as always. As a saltwater lure builder, one of the hardest lure to get correct is a darter. Would love to see your ideas 💡and perspective on a version of the saltwater darter.
That could represent mullet that love leaping out of the water. If you moved the tie on eye down, relative to the center line, would the force push downward more? So that the result is the lure shooting up out of the water at a more vertical angle.
Very nice and lots of interesting possibilities. For instance with a bit of weedless capability added, it would be fantastic skittering through lily pads.
OK. I'm addicted to your channel after two videos! I have a question: I live in Thailand and my main sport fish is giant snakehead. They have lots of big teeth and a jaw like a vise. They shred many lures pretty quickly. Wood lures get lots of puncture holes through any finish a d the weed gets wet and rots. Ay ideas on how to treat wood to keep it from getting so many tooth punctures, or, conversely, stop the wood from wet rot?
Soaking the wood with very thin super glue (CA glue) before you paint, will harden the wood and seal it. Then, some extra clear coats at the end will help too. Have fun.
Only about 5 minutes in and I have a question. Won't it benefit a little more from having the tie-on eye at the bottom of the 45 degree face which would cause a little more upward pull?
Nice! Going to have to make one of these! Reminds me of a small jumping mullet. I see that you always use splitshot for weights versus pouring lead into the hole. Is there a reason why you prefer one method over the other? Thanks as always for the awesome video!
Would love to see a frog popper in this style, then compare side by side with a standard popper shape! Also, curious about the tail shape, do you think if you used a vertical fin shape that the lure would leap straight forward more consistently? Like a little rudder at the end of the pop?
@@EngineeredAngler I totally understand why! I'm definitely going to try and make a couple. I don't have a lot of saltwater fishing experience, good to know the erratic action is pretty universally preferred!
Nice quality,I am in South Africa and would like to know what type of paint you are using,maybe I can get something similar over here.I am on the coast so are more interested in saltwater lures,you mentioned you would try this lure in the saltwater...any results?
Wow gotta say this is one of the coolest lures I've ever seen get made kinda makes me wanna get into it that'd be the coolest feeling ever to make a lure and then see it work the way you want it to that'd be pretty sweet great video definitely subscribin
Wow for real that simple, been wondering cause that was my ext item I was going to start researching was where to put the weights, I have 6 baits shapes I wanted to make really outside the box. I’ve had 3 of them fir over 8 years tucked away in my shop. Went and dug them out, got to go tomorrow abs buy a dry erase board & make me some of those stick on pins. So is that your go to method for every lure you build? As far as finding the weight placement, or is this only fur top water baits? En wondering how to find weight placement in say a rattle trap type bait or just make my rattle chamber where area allows. This prob only for top water come to thinking about it. Thanks for showing secrets. I one else would show it really helps Later SQ
The hanging method works great for lures where your main focus is float or suspension angle, so topwater, twitch bait, swim baits. If you're depending on the weight to help with the action...this might not work. Cheers.
Thank you so much for responding so quickly Franco. I'm having a senior moment trying to understand this. Would you be willing to elaborate on the forces that cause this to happen? Don't mean to be the dunce in the room, but I can't see how a convex shaped back, or concave one for that matter, has any influence on the motion of the lure's head. Rather the area pushing water at the head seems to me the key to forcing the head up and out of the water, regardless of the backs configuration. What am I missing? Also, thanks so much for all you are willing to share. Yours is the absolute best site for lure design and construction by far than anything else I've seen. I really enjoy the scientific approach! Cheers!@@EngineeredAngler
Hola franco saludos desde colombia, te pregunto por la pinza giratoria con la que entorchás el alambre(hooks), ¿vos la fabricaste, o se consigue en home center? Desde ya muchas GRACIAS por compartir tus muchos de tus conocimientos.
Starting at 1:54 tihru 2:14 I was sure that I was watching a video on bandsaw amputation. Very un-safe way to "push" material. Had to point this out since nobody else had.
Hi Matthew. Back in the 1980's I entered a homemade lure in a Luhr Jensen lure making contest the used to have. I called it a Skip Bait because, on a steady retrieve it would literally leap out of the water and then dig in on reentry, then leap, etc. The body was thin balsa covered in Pearl Mylar tube but what made it work was clear acetate sheet cut in a tear drop pattern epoxied to the top of the body in a concave configuration for the total length of the lure. The eye for the line attachment was above the lure. Anyway, I only mention all this because your question reminded me of it and I thought it might reassure you that you idea is very viable. No, I didn't win the lure making contest but they kept the lures I submitted. Three, each a different size. PS-Many thanks to Franco for an outstanding lure making series. It certainly has helped me on many occasions. Cheers ALL!
I keep thinking that if this bait suspended in more of a nose-down attitude (instead of tail down) that it would leap higher and more cleanly out of the water.
Try it....but it won't work. A bit more scoop in the tail gives a better jump. The video really doesn't do it justice; it actually jumps nicely when it's out away from the boat.
@@EngineeredAngler , by "tail down / nose down" I meant the suspension attitude - not the shape. Same shape but if it suspended when still in the water with the nose down it would give the curve of the lure a lot more water to get traction in the water when it's twitched to curve upward and leap beyond the water surface. I'm interested what the walking the dog action would be with a nose heavy version of the same lure. I love the out of the box thinking on this design. I hope to start tinkering with 3D printed similar versions.
Excellent build as always! Please update us if and when you test drive it in the salt. Just curious; have you ever thought about making a lure building book? Your technique and insight are beyond helpful and would help so many new builders. While the videos are an awesome format, a book would be an extremely beneficial resource. It is a needed commodity. There are really no good lure building books out there that explain the how, why, and what if, of lure building. Think about it!
*Lures looks very realistic even prunked my friends with it.Looks very durable **enjoyable.fishing** recommend sunk very good into the water.Cons: Storage package could be bigger.*
“I’ve got a good feeling about this thing”…..me too!… nice build!
That looks like a blast to fish. Nothing beats a fish hitting your lure top water….well, maybe when your lure is airborne.
You got that right!
Nice design Looking forward to the fishing video.
Coming soon! If the weather allows.
@@EngineeredAngler Cool Thanks.
Great video as always between you and marlin baits thanks you all got me into making them
Glad to hear it
Agreed! The EA’s videos as so unique, he should have a wider audience like Marlin Baits. Help out by giving a thumbs up and commenting so the algorithm recommends his videos to others.
Our man here actually gives a f**k about teaching his audience the science behind lures though. This is undoubtedly the best channel for lure crafting.
@@jordannijjar5414 yes sir
Awesome design, I think it would drive the bass crazy. Thanks. Stay safe and tight lines.
Thanks, you too!
Franco, your drawing with the waterline is genius. It really helps to locate just exactly where you want your lure to sit. Love the “international sign” bobber. Nice. Regards, Cam from Ontario Canada eh.
Awesome, thank you!
I would like to see you take that same design and reposition the lead eye to the bottom of the lip, and shift the weight forward just a bit. I think the lip would engage more water for lift, and the pull from the bottom would have a tendency to enhance the lift from the tail. Just a thought. Another idea I have for a jumping lure is to use the minnow form and add "wings" to it where the gills would be, at a 45 degree angle with a low pull point. I suspect it might have a jump when jerked, and a topwater skittle/wobble when on steady retrieve. I think your stuff is great. This is my first video of yours. I subbed immediately. Great work and presentation.
Thank you and welcome. The variations on this kind of lure are endless...try what you think will work best for you. Cheers.
I seen a bunch of Jdm lures. They got something very similar. They got a cool "bottom bouncer" lure that is just a weight metal "sub" looking jig. Works actually great. Lots of top water stuff we should have made here.
Franco....that design could be thrown into pods of bunker (Menhaden) when they are being harassed from under by stripers and bluefish in the north east salt......Excellent design!
Who knew that the Oscar Meyer Weiner mobile whistle would be a great topwater lure
You killed it with the slow mo shots
Thanks I like the slow Mo shots too
Amazing lure crafting...and equally amazing airbrushing.
Love the science behind the assembly.
Thank you very much!
Man I would name that lure the Peyronie Special! LOL! Beautiful job and excellent water footage, that lure is sure to attract some attention!
Wow I had to look that up! I just added a word to my vocabulary. Thanks and cheers.
Very cool! Like a soft plastic fluke without the hassles! I want one....or two..haha. Great job Franco!
Thanks! 👍
Very cool concept 😁 and so versatile range of actions 👍
I think so too.
I love this lure brother! I am copying this for sure. Thank you. If you don’t have a name for it, how about the Surfer Jerk?
You really know how to have fun.
Paint will make the lure marketable but try some natural wood I think you'll be surprised. I've made some lures and taken em to the dock for tuning and detuning depending on what I wanted them to do. This was with just sealer, some actually did better before airbrushing. Old wooden lures did really well as the paint wore off so there might be something to that. Nothing beats catching fish on a lure you made.
Nice one Franco! Don't you love when what you speculate should work actually does :) Like the paint job! Looks great!
Thank you! Cheers!
Super cool! It's a Jumpin Biter! Keep on....
Thanks! Will do!
Hi, Franco. I have to admit that I was skeptical about this design, but your water-level slo-mo footage of several retrieves instantly made me a believer. I agree with other commenters that you have NAILED the look of a fleeing baitfish with a predator close on its "heels." One question: Does the "indent" behind the head of this bait (the shape that put you on the edge of "propriety") play a specific role in the action of the lure? If you didn't see one in your testing, maybe it could be eliminated? Best, Chris
Very nice idea. YOU ARE the best. Thanks a lot
So nice of you...thank you.
Quality content!Today I needed some tips about making a rattling lure,your video really helped me!Thanks!
Glad I could help!
Great content! I just started making lures and am really excited about what I've learned just watching a few videos. Ill be a lifelong subscriber!
Welcome and thank you.
It looks like the head of a barn swallow the way to the heads flated on the under side, rounded on top , coolest fish catcher.
I would fish it.
That lure look like a prefect mullet replacements during a mullet run.
Very good job!!! Precious informations!!! The work of this bait is going very well for some species in Brazil. Big hug!!!
Thank you
Nice design! Hoping you can show us that it actually catches some fish
watch my latest video...
Hi Franco,
I love fishing and have always wanted to make my own lures. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise with me. I have already shared your site with my son and grandson.
God bless.
Joe
Glad you like them! Thank you for sharing the channel.
Ingenious!! You blow my mind.
Thanks EA, tried the uv resin in the chamber and kept the lure reasonably close and it worked. Cheers...
That lure Franko would be good for palagics.
Glad it helped
My first lure was a mini baseball bat turned into a Rebel Fast back. Little bit heavy. Looked great and had a musky the same size follow it .
Great build as always. As a saltwater lure builder, one of the hardest lure to get correct is a darter. Would love to see your ideas 💡and perspective on a version of the saltwater darter.
Great suggestion!
Really well edited vid, and a interesting lure.
That could represent mullet that love leaping out of the water. If you moved the tie on eye down, relative to the center line, would the force push downward more? So that the result is the lure shooting up out of the water at a more vertical angle.
lowering the tie eye would result in a more upward force. The lure would tend to skitter more than jump.
Oh wow..! I usually really like your creations, but this one is super nice all around..! Would love to fish one of these for sure..!
Thank you very much!
That is a awesome lure
Nice work well done. I subscribed to your channel.
Thanks for the sub! cheers.
Very nice and lots of interesting possibilities. For instance with a bit of weedless capability added, it would be fantastic skittering through lily pads.
OK. I'm addicted to your channel after two videos!
I have a question: I live in Thailand and my main sport fish is giant snakehead. They have lots of big teeth and a jaw like a vise. They shred many lures pretty quickly. Wood lures get lots of puncture holes through any finish a d the weed gets wet and rots.
Ay ideas on how to treat wood to keep it from getting so many tooth punctures, or, conversely, stop the wood from wet rot?
Soaking the wood with very thin super glue (CA glue) before you paint, will harden the wood and seal it. Then, some extra clear coats at the end will help too.
Have fun.
A+ yet again sir!!!
Thanks man!
Amazing. Thank you Sir!
Wow!! You are a talented man, brother!
Thank you! Cheers!
Awesome work Franco!
Thank you! Cheers!
Only about 5 minutes in and I have a question. Won't it benefit a little more from having the tie-on eye at the bottom of the 45 degree face which would cause a little more upward pull?
If you are trying to pull it out of the water then yes. I wanted the shape of the lure body to create the upward momentum.
That’s gonna catch some fish for sure.
BTW, that is a beautiful lure!
That was cool ! I have some great ideas for lures, talk about a dream job lol
This lure is fantastic
It really is!
Another amazing lure, it jumps and causes a disturbance on the top almost like we get bait fish being chased my mackerel here in the UK
2 min into.your first video ive watched and i already subscribed
Thank you so much.
Smart ideas!
Nice! Going to have to make one of these! Reminds me of a small jumping mullet. I see that you always use splitshot for weights versus pouring lead into the hole. Is there a reason why you prefer one method over the other? Thanks as always for the awesome video!
I don't like lead vapors in my shop. Thank you for watching.
Great Lure bro 👍👍👍
Thanks 👍
Best channel in da game.
Thank you bro.
Ima Popkey does this action very well
Would love to see a frog popper in this style, then compare side by side with a standard popper shape! Also, curious about the tail shape, do you think if you used a vertical fin shape that the lure would leap straight forward more consistently? Like a little rudder at the end of the pop?
it might...but I kind of like the erratic jump.
@@EngineeredAngler I totally understand why! I'm definitely going to try and make a couple. I don't have a lot of saltwater fishing experience, good to know the erratic action is pretty universally preferred!
Nice quality,I am in South Africa and would like to know what type of paint you are using,maybe I can get something similar over here.I am on the coast so are more interested in saltwater lures,you mentioned you would try this lure in the saltwater...any results?
Yes...I made a video of the fishing trip. I have placed links in the description for the paints I use. Cheers
@@EngineeredAngler Thanks
really cool!
Nice this was very interesting video ! I’ve seen all of it which which fish can you catch with this
Anything that will hunt at the surface.
Wow gotta say this is one of the coolest lures I've ever seen get made kinda makes me wanna get into it that'd be the coolest feeling ever to make a lure and then see it work the way you want it to that'd be pretty sweet great video definitely subscribin
You're right, it's super satisfying to design, build, then fish a lure. That first fish on your lure is magical.
Looks good
It looks like a trout color but very nice thanks for the share
Thanks for watching
Amazing as always
Thank you! Cheers!
You have winner on that one .for bass all species. And for musky pike pickerel. Where can I buy half dozen in minnow colors.
Not for sale just yet....
Wow for real that simple, been wondering cause that was my ext item I was going to start researching was where to put the weights, I have 6 baits shapes I wanted to make really outside the box. I’ve had 3 of them fir over 8 years tucked away in my shop. Went and dug them out, got to go tomorrow abs buy a dry erase board & make me some of those stick on pins.
So is that your go to method for every lure you build? As far as finding the weight placement, or is this only fur top water baits? En wondering how to find weight placement in say a rattle trap type bait or just make my rattle chamber where area allows. This prob only for top water come to thinking about it. Thanks for showing secrets. I one else would show it really helps
Later SQ
The hanging method works great for lures where your main focus is float or suspension angle, so topwater, twitch bait, swim baits. If you're depending on the weight to help with the action...this might not work. Cheers.
Great work. Bravooo sir.
Many thanks!
👍
Muy bonito,un saludo.
Gracias
Neat build and music. Would this design work for a frog design?
It should...
Dude you’re awesome,
NIce Lure , it could be New experinces to try made one of like yours,,, thanks for the idea, just wondering how it works to catch a fish.
I think it is an excellent lure...fun to fish with. I plan to make a mold so I can make many more.
@@EngineeredAngler Just do it,, can't waith to see next epsd
What if you held the rod straight up so that the lure would jump more upwards?
That would only work when the lure was close.
Just curious, why the concave back versus a convex one? Does it matter in creating "air time" for the lure?
Yes..it forces the head up when you pull.
Thank you so much for responding so quickly Franco. I'm having a senior moment trying to understand this. Would you be willing to elaborate on the forces that cause this to happen? Don't mean to be the dunce in the room, but I can't see how a convex shaped back, or concave one for that matter, has any influence on the motion of the lure's head. Rather the area pushing water at the head seems to me the key to forcing the head up and out of the water, regardless of the backs configuration. What am I missing? Also, thanks so much for all you are willing to share. Yours is the absolute best site for lure design and construction by far than anything else I've seen. I really enjoy the scientific approach! Cheers!@@EngineeredAngler
I think it has to do with drag
bel lavoro complimenti
Grazie mille
Im back. Very good
Congratulations Mr franco , excellent work. But l must confess that at first I was a bit sceptical. My english is not good at all ,excuse me.👍
I was not sure the lure would work either...thank you for watching.
i have made-one works great need to make one with the tale that spin,s and it works great for bass fishing thankyou ..😇
Great to hear!
the best..
Не одного слова не знаю,но смысл автора ясен. Удачи Вам.
Спасибо. Я рад, что вы получили некоторое понимание от моих видео
My first homemade lure is a hinged craw crankbait and it ALSO is a suggestive shape. I need to paint it fast. 😂🤦
Hola franco saludos desde colombia, te pregunto por la pinza giratoria con la que entorchás el alambre(hooks), ¿vos la fabricaste, o se consigue en home center? Desde ya muchas GRACIAS por compartir tus muchos de tus conocimientos.
Comprado online. Se llama Twist Tech pero un poco difícil de conseguir.
@@EngineeredAnglerDesde ya mil Gracias Franco, que genial herramienta la vi en amazon. Buen dato. Saludos.
It swim like mud skipper 👍
Starting at 1:54 tihru 2:14 I was sure that I was watching a video on bandsaw amputation. Very un-safe way to "push" material. Had to point this out since nobody else had.
The fast reply makes it look much worse...but thank you.
Sangat kerren👍
Terima kasih
@@EngineeredAngler sama sama .
How much would you charge to make one for someone?
Sorry, I just don't have the time. Thank you for asking though.
Do you have this lure available for purchase or trade?
No, sorry
what are the spinning pliers called?
They are called safety wire pliers
What do uuse for your clear coat
Here's a playlist on the topic:
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That will catch a few fish
I had thought about something similar using two lexan lips sort of reversed front and back. Do you think that might work? Thanks for the video!
Try it...it might work.
Hi Matthew. Back in the 1980's I entered a homemade lure in a Luhr Jensen lure making contest the used to have. I called it a Skip Bait because, on a steady retrieve it would literally leap out of the water and then dig in on reentry, then leap, etc. The body was thin balsa covered in Pearl Mylar tube but what made it work was clear acetate sheet cut in a tear drop pattern epoxied to the top of the body in a concave configuration for the total length of the lure. The eye for the line attachment was above the lure. Anyway, I only mention all this because your question reminded me of it and I thought it might reassure you that you idea is very viable. No, I didn't win the lure making contest but they kept the lures I submitted. Three, each a different size. PS-Many thanks to Franco for an outstanding lure making series. It certainly has helped me on many occasions. Cheers ALL!
@@gdokoupil Thanks so much for taking the time to reply to this! I may do something with the idea sometime soon. Thanks and have a great day!
@@matthewschmalz852 Hope it was helpful Matthew. I love talking "lure making", so thank YOU for the question to Franco. Cheers!
Wow 😲😲
I dub thee, Mudskipper
I keep thinking that if this bait suspended in more of a nose-down attitude (instead of tail down) that it would leap higher and more cleanly out of the water.
Try it....but it won't work. A bit more scoop in the tail gives a better jump. The video really doesn't do it justice; it actually jumps nicely when it's out away from the boat.
@@EngineeredAngler , by "tail down / nose down" I meant the suspension attitude - not the shape. Same shape but if it suspended when still in the water with the nose down it would give the curve of the lure a lot more water to get traction in the water when it's twitched to curve upward and leap beyond the water surface. I'm interested what the walking the dog action would be with a nose heavy version of the same lure. I love the out of the box thinking on this design. I hope to start tinkering with 3D printed similar versions.
Bro why that is not on sell i definitely buy it
Can send that to me please. To test it.
Can I buy one of these lures from you?
Sorry I don't sell my lures.
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Reminds me of the old Oscar Meyer weiner dog.
Excellent build as always! Please update us if and when you test drive it in the salt.
Just curious; have you ever thought about making a lure building book? Your technique and insight are beyond helpful and would help so many new builders. While the videos are an awesome format, a book would be an extremely beneficial resource. It is a needed commodity. There are really no good lure building books out there that explain the how, why, and what if, of lure building. Think about it!
Eventually I'll be putting out a book in some format. Thank you for the positive feedback.