Hey Guys, so I turned my first wooden lures this past weekend, and so far so good. I bought a fairly inexpensive wood lathe and was able, I think, to turn out some pretty good wooden bodies. If I'm not out fishing this weekend I may do some more work on them, but the forecast around here is good for the weekend, once this rain gets out of here, so chances are I'll probably be out fishing. Anyway, everyone has been so helpful so far, and I had a few more wooden plug building questions.
Regardng hooks, size, placement and number of hooks.....is there a general guideline to use? The plugs I'm making are in the 6 to 7" length and 2 to 3 oz weight range...I assume you always put on a tail hook (treble), but what about belly hooks/trebles? I see that some guys use only one belly hook and some use two...is it just personal preference or are two more effective than one?
Also, it seems like I'm gonna need something to rotate the finshed lures on so that the epoxy clearcoat stays uniform as it dries...anyone have any simple/cheap homegrown solutions to turn your lures?
Thanks....I'll post some pics of my finshed lures when I egt to that point, but it may be a while.