Do-it-yourself lure for pike

Spinning is considered the most popular type of predator catching these days; it is this method that allows you to use an extensive arsenal of lures. There are a lot of purchase options in the distribution network, however, do-it-yourself pike lures are a huge success, and most anglers use their own personal products.

Popular types of homemade spinners

To attract the attention of a pike to a modern angler, any store will offer a lot of lures, and it’s impossible to say that one of them will not work. The manufacture of spinners and other types of artificial bait for a predator has long been put on stream, machines perform this work easily, efficiently and quite inexpensively. However, not everyone likes factory options, for some spinners only home-made baubles are a priority, and its subspecies is absolutely not important.

Most often, craftsmen make catchy baubles from improvised materials, the most popular are:

• oscillating baubles or spoons;
• spinners or turntables;
• balancers, which are used for fishing in a plumb line from a boat or from ice.

In production, each of the options is not complicated, however, it is still desirable to have some skills in processing metal and other materials used.

Necessary tools and materials

It is easy to make a spinner with your own hands, and it will not take so much time. In order for the process to go faster and better, and the result of the efforts made to visually please the fisherman and the predator, you must first stock up on the necessary materials and tools for the production of bait.

Tools will help to simplify the work, a home-made lure will help to bend or break in a special way:

• small hammer;
• nippers;
• scissors for metal;
• pliers;
• round pliers;
• regular scissors.

Additionally, special pliers for winding rings are used, but you can do without them.

Materials are also important, their quantity depends on how many spinners are planned to be made.

Additionally, other materials will be needed for decoration, these include lurex, brightly colored woolen threads, natural fur, fluorescent varnish, tinsel.

We make our own spinners

Everyone has their own catchy lure for pike, for some it is an option from a well-known brand, and for many people they like a simple homemade product that they inherited from their grandfather. There are anglers who buy a lure in order to better examine its device, improve it, make a more catchy option on their own.

You can make at home each of the above types, we will consider each of the processes in more detail below.

Oscillators

This is one of the most popular spinners for catching pike, it will work effectively almost always, the main thing is to choose a catchy model. They are independently made from metal plates, having correctly made a bend. There are several options for making this type of bait:

• Do-it-yourself oscillating baubles from a spoon for pike are the easiest to make, and they use the entire cutlery completely. From the handle of a cupronickel spoon, a oscillator is made that is very reminiscent of bleak, the holes for the tee and for attaching the fishing line are made with a thin drill, while the body itself is slightly bent to increase catchability.
• Spinners for pike are also made from the wide part of the spoon, it is bent in the middle until a rib is formed. The tee and the winding ring for tying the fishing line are fixed in the same way.
• Devon branded fishing baubles do not have to be bought for a lot of money, you can make it yourself from an aluminum cutlery handle. The whole process is completely identical to the manufacture of the previous spinner, only the tee must be fixed in the narrow part, and the swivel or winding ring in the wide part.
• From the remaining wide part of the aluminum spoon, a oscillator similar to the cupronickel version is made. Everything seems to be the same as always, but she will play in a special way in the water, she will be distinguished from the rest by the sound made during the posting, which additionally attracts the predator.
• Homemade baubles for fishing for a predator in the winter are made from processed metal sheets. From plates of brass, copper, oval or diamond-shaped blanks for spinners are cut out, they are bent in a certain way. And the hook, mostly single, is soldered into the wide place of the product from the back.
• Bimetallic spinners are also popular with anglers. They are made from blanks of two different types of metal, with holes for winding rings and rivets made accordingly. With the help of rivets, I connect the two components and process the seam with a file.
• A product made of a hollow tube, the ends of which are cut at a certain angle, has also proven itself well. A tee is attached to a more oblique cut, a winding ring is placed on a blunt one, through which the spinner is tied to a fishing line.
• Tubular spinners are also collected from several sections like a mandula. When posting, this version of the bait will play more aggressively, which will attract the attention of an active predator from different depths. Most often, the bait consists of three sections, a tee is attached to the last one.
• Corrugated baubles will turn out from corrugated plumbing pipes. Their manufacture is very simple, it is enough to cut off the necessary piece of pipe, drill holes for the tee and attach the fishing line. Such homemade options often turn out to be very catchy, they are used mainly for stagnant water.
• Microvibrators for ultralight can also be made independently, usually for this they use a small coin or a blank pre-cut from metal. Equipped with a single hook.

These are the 10 best homemade products that almost every angler can make without any problems if they wish.

Turntables

This type of homemade bait is also divided into subspecies, which will differ slightly in production:

• Lobe spinners are best known to anglers. From the manufacture of a simple, pre-prepared petal is attached to the body of the spinner. This version of the bait can be made both front-loaded and back-loaded.
• A spinner with a propeller is no less catchy, but less known among fishermen. Making it yourself is as easy as shelling pears, it is enough to pre-make the propellers, and then install them on the body. There are models where the propeller is installed at the top and at the bottom, and there are also 5-8 propellers on one spinner.

Drawings for such products are not needed, the craftsmen rely more on their own experience and knowledge of the habits of fish in a single reservoir.

Balancers

The balancer is more often caught in winter from ice, but it is sometimes possible to plumb from a boat in spring or summer. To make spinners of this type at home on your own is quite troublesome; for this, a blank is first made, into which the body is then cast. Before that, a large single hook is placed in the blank, which should look out from the back of the bait.

It is necessary to paint products in bright acid colors: light green and orange will be the most successful.

Product decoration

Just making a do-it-yourself pike lure is often not enough. The correct shape and sharp hooks are not the key to success, often something else is needed in order to attract a predator.

How to make a lure catchy? What add-ons are needed? To decorate spinners often use:

• lurex;
• bright woolen threads;
• multi-colored ribbons;
• natural animal hair;
• small silicone lures;
• film stickers with holographic effect.

Some masters additionally use fishing fluorescent varnish for decoration, with its help they draw lines directly on the petal, which will attract the attention of a predator.

Homemade spinners for pike and other predators often bring good catches, they catch trophy specimens. Do not be lazy, make yourself at least one bait in your arsenal with your own hands and then fishing will definitely bring more pleasure than ever.