To be honest I've never really made lures before, I've modified spinners a bit and tied crappy looking flies before but seeing Marling Baits on youtube make the tiniest crankbait, inspired me to make a tiny crankbait of my own.
I present to you a 30mm x 10 mm crankbait that uses a 0.70mm stainless steel wire, it's body is fully printed in two halves and tied together with short filament strands that you glue in.
Parts
For assembly you will need:
Printed parts
0.70mm stainless steel wire
A treble hook of your choosing (I used Size 10)
Pliers to cut filament and bend the wire
Superglue
High grit sandpaper to smooth out the body (400 or higher)
A sharpie
For parts print the following:
1 x Crankbait fishing lure.stl
Assembly
To create your lure, follow these steps:
- Cut three short pieces of filament, each 6mm long. Insert them into one half of the lure body and then press the two halves together.
- Sand the body smooth to remove any sharp layer lines that could impede its movement through water.
- Use a knife or fingernail to split the body apart.
- Cut a piece of wire that is about 65mm long.
- Using pliers, form a 45-degree angle in the wire.
- Insert the wire into the lure body to measure where your loops should go, and mark those spots with a sharpie.
- Use your pliers to form loops at the marked locations, make sure to insert the treble hook at the tail end of the wire.
- Trim any excess wire and fit the wire inside the lure body.
- Use superglue to glue the two halves of the lure body together.
- After the glue has cured, paint the lure and add eyes.
- Finally, seal the paint with a UV-curing lacquer.
With these steps, your lure will be ready to use on your next fishing trip!
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