Lurecraft: How to Make Plugs, Spinners, Spoons, and Jigs to Catch More Fish
By (Author) Russ Mohney
Fox Chapel Publishing
Fox Chapel Publishing
1st June 2013
United States
General
Non Fiction
799.12
Paperback
304
Width 216mm, Height 279mm, Spine 14mm
794g
Make your own lures to beat the high cost of tackle and develop a creative and satisfying hobby. Learn how to craft fishing lures that are more effective than those you buy, with detailed instructions and hundreds of superb illustrations. Covers plugs, surface lures and poppers, spinners, spoons and buzzers, jigs, trout lures, steelhead and salmon lures, and lures for big water fishing. Includes a step-by-step guide to carving, painting and finishing lures, along with a colorful photo gallery of hand-carved lures.
"Packs in details woodworkers will find essential to crafting effective lures, and is a pick for both crafts and sports shelves alike. . . . a 'must' for any fisherman or woodworker." California Bookwatch, The Crafts Shelf, October 2013
"Packs in details woodworkers will find essential to crafting effective lures, and is a pick for both crafts and sports shelves alike... a 'must' for any fisherman or woodworker."--California Bookwatch, The Crafts Shelf, October 2013
Russ Mohney was a freelance writer on outdoor subjects. Trained as a naturalist, he specialised in fish behaviour, which led to his becoming an ardent angler and lure maker. He has published over 300 articles in outdoor magazines, as well as eight books on the outdoors including, Why Wild Edibles, Master Backpacker and Make It and Take It.