The LMM EDITORIALS 

Short Stories, Obversations & Reports

CONTENTS 

 

The Lure Makers 

 

Point 6

 

Match The Hatch 

 

Point 6

 

The Rusty Bottom 

 

Point 6

 

My New Bellyboat 

 

Point 6

 

 

 

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THE LURE MAKERS 

For lack of a better way to say it:  "I think their are two kinds of fishing lure makers". 

 

The first, and largest group of lure makers are what I consider to be “Recreational, for fun fishermen, Recreational Semi-Pros, and True Pros”. They are very active Sport Fisherman, or Competition Fishermen (Semi Pro, & True Pro's) who want to take their fishing expertise to the next level. Enclusive: "Rec/Pros". 

 

By customizing commercially available fishing lure products and making what is, beter, the "Rec/Pro" can suit his tackle box to his geographic fishing environment. By making “what is” better; the "Rec/Pro" lure maker does effectively increase his catch, and gain the edge over his competition, and fishing counterparts, or, at least increasses his fishing successes. 

 

Making “what is”better is done in many different ways. It can be as simple as repainting a successful fishing lure to more closely resemble the local hatch. “Hatch”: Meaning the desired game fish food source. Matching the hatch is the reason commercial lure makers offer a single design, size and weight in many different color combinations. Unfortunately; commercial lure makers don’t have a clue as to the exact color of the game fish food sources in the lake, stream or ocean waters you fish most.

 

 

Making “what is” better also includes enhancing the behavior (action) of a successful fishing lure. Changing the brand, style or size of the hook-sets is one easy way to improve, or alter the action. Changing the ballast (balance, nose up, or down) can make a lure run deeper, dive at a steeper angel, or not dive at all. This alteration can go as far as causing the lure to have true zero buoyancy. "Zero Buoyance": Means causing the lure to dive to the depth you want during forward motion, but not sink, or float when forward motion is stopped. The lure can hover in mid-water when sitting still. Does this sound like something a live food source might do? 

 

The next step in making “what is” better may require a somewhat serious cash investment (up to $50. bucks) in lure making tools, materials and equipment: Making “what is” better by altering it’s size or shape. Even if you do not intend to produce your improved version of an existing design commercially, size and shape changes will require the minimum micro-factory environment. 

 

This leads us to the second, and most advanced group of lure makers: Those who have created their own successful fishing lure designs, and wish to make more than one exact copy. Making more than one exact copy may mean a hand full of private “secret weapons” for fun or competition fishing. The extreme end of this notion may also mean that you have developed a fishing lure product that is marketable on a grand scale and wish to be in total control of it’s manufacturing. You may wish to start a lure making business, based on your lure design, with profit and income in mind. 

 

My favorate encounter with a fellow fishing lure imagineer lead the two of us to cooperate on an idea he came up with. I did the physics, and part engineering on his project for a fee.  I cannot say anything about his invention specifically. The invention is his. 

 

However; this fellow was, at the time, a computer programing wizard working for the company he originally created. He is also the most enthusiastic, and active fisherman I have ever met. He lives in Florida, and does some very serious in-shore and offshore fishing. 

 

His idea for a better deep water lure did not have anything to do with creating a new shape, color, or behavior of a deep water lure, but, how to make it run very deep, and, at the same time, be able to return to the surface on command. “The double whammy”.  A successful fish catching lure design, plus one that could take commands from the fisherman, on the surface, no radios, servos, or electronics involved. Boy; did that ever take some do'n!!!! 

 

After about six months of our collective efforts, a totally functional, and successful prototype of his idea was working in the deep water off Florida. My task was completed. I do knot know where this fellow took his special fishing lure project from there. 

 

What ever group or level of fishing lure maker you may consider yourself to be; the instructions, knowledge, and collective information within the pages of this book will provide the where-with-all to begin, or advance your lure making efforts at the lowest possible cost while producing the highest quality, and most effective fishing lures; be it for fun, competition or profit. I cannot tell you how to invent something. However; I do leave many clues behand for imagineers to consider.