6-27-2010 Swim Test Foil Shad

Here is a medium size Largemouth Bass I caught today.. I was swim testing a few lures and hooked this fish, decided to take a photo.. The lure is one of my handmade crankbaits, and is 6" and 2.3 ounces.. It is in a silver foil shad pattern.. I was wearing my lucky Ramones T-shirt, and caught the bass on my third cast.. Ok, so the lure worked great, testing is over!.. Hahaha..

Custom Crankbaits 6-18-2010

Here is my latest batch of crankbaits.. I just finished these a few days ago..

All are 125mm except the bottom lure is 175mm..

5" Gold foil 1.9oz

5" Natural Shad 1.7oz

5" Fire Shad 1.7oz

5" Copper foil 1.9oz

7" Gold foil 2.3oz

  These are all made from PVC board, a very strong and durable synthetic stock.. Multiple coats of E-Tex epoxy with glitter mixed into it.. 4X strong VMC hooks, ready to Rock-n-Roll....!

If you have interest in my lures please visit www.JPMYERSLURES.com ...

I also post a few lures on http://www.etsy.com/shop/JPMYERSLURES ...

Jointed Frog Lure for Dad

I just finished this jointed Frog Lure for my Dad.. I planned it to be a birthday gift but I missed the deadline by a few days!.. So, Im giving it to him for the upcoming Father's Day..

This is a solid plastic lure.. I made a clay carving, fired the clay in my kitchen stove, casted 5 silicone slip molds from the 5 clay parts, then used the molds to cast the parts from Featherlite liquid plastic..

Featherlite floats, so I only needed to add a #2 splitshot in the belly for weight to make it land on its belly on each cast.. Lure is 175mm.. Im sure Pops will get a real kick out of this when he see's it..

I tried to airbrush as much detail as I could.. This took me 3 hours to paint.. I actually painted 2 of these at the same time, always good to have a spare!.. I used 2 shades of green, yellow, brown, black, with gold glitter mixed into the 3 layers of E-Tex epoxy.. The eyes are clear glass which I painted, and they are semi-transparent..

Jp~

Custom Repaint Fishing Lures ( Sebile Rapala Salmo Gancraft )

Hello and welcome to my blog, JP Myers Lures, handcrafted fishing lures.. This is my first attempt at a blog and this is my first entry into my blog.. I will be posting new photos of my latest creations as they become available.. For the present I have a website on eBay, but I do plan to make my own site in the near future..

As time permits, i hope to post some "how to" photos and text on luremaking.. If this interests you, please let me know.. At the present time I am too busy to complete this task.. But I do hope to get a tutorial posted on making crankbaits and glider/jerkbaits from PVC board.. It should be interesting..

Here are a few custom painted name brand lures just to get things going.. Gancraft is above, and below we have a few Salmo Buster Jerks..

Here is some Rapala F16's

Salmo Slider

Sebile Magic Swimmer

And 2 Salmo Fatso's

All of the above lures I custom painted for an avid fisherman in Budapest, Hungary.. I no longer do custom painting by request, so please do not ask.. I now only make and paint my own creations..

If you have interest in my lures please visit http://www.jpmyerslures.com/ ...

I also post a few lures on  http://www.etsy.com/shop/JPMYERSLURES ...