Some Winter Bassin

Managed to sneak out this morning for some R & R. Being winter and after some recent rainfall I was not sure what awaited. Thankfully things went to plan, bass were caught, the water was spectacular and the company tops. Just a great little morning session.


Nearly completely glassed out and crystal clear,

The bass started early and kept coming through the day, great size on light tackle, 

Some of the darkest bass I have ever caught, photo's don't do their darkness any justice at all. A great morning.

Testers Finished

Took longer than planned but finally managed to get the testers painted and ready for fish. Came out ok, had a little eye issue and ended up having to pilfer some eye's from the used lure bin but other than that there ready to go. Shame as it takes away from the final product, luckily these are just testers.

Each one has been swim tested prior to paint and coated with a new topcoat I am trying. Looking the goods thus far, will be interesting to see how it holds up in the real world. Threw in a plastic jerkbait body aswell that I had lying around to try a new paint scheme.

Plastic, suspender, speculator colour scheme,

Hand carved, 75mm, suspender, pearl white with black highlights,

Hand carved, 75mm, suspender, gold,

Hand carved, 55mm, floater, not sure what to call the color.

Assuming all goes well will be moulding all three hand carved lures. Should be interesting to see how it turns out.

A few testers ready for hooks

Been busy of late getting a few test lures ready. All three shapes new to me so will be interesting to see how they go. Lures are shaped and sealed only, ready for hooks and weight / action testing. No fancy business yet,

First lure is an up-size of another lure I make. Was asked by a fellow lure maker on an Aussie forum to do a "swap" and jumped at the chance. This one is 55mm long, floater and will swim to about 2m when finished.

Second and third lures are going to be suspending jerk baits, 75mm in length. Aiming for up to 1m from these ones. Have been wanting to try these for a while now. Shape is a bit funky from my normal style but will see where it goes.

Anyway, time for some hooks and off to the river to test.

A quick flick to break the daily drain

Managed to sneak out for a quick flick couple weeks back. Really like this spot, beautiful little dam. Plenty of lilies make for interesting times and the water has a beautiful tannin color to it. Not the biggest bass known to man but that doesn't really matter in a place like this.

Took the GoPro along this time, still getting used to it and the video editing so excuse any quality issues. Took forever to get it sorted.

Anyway some pics,

 

 

and some video,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ier6zz4dtqQ&feature=g-upl

Great little session. Shame things have cooled significantly now, looking forward to summer to get back there.

Couple more Barra Lures

Knocked out a couple lures for a swap on an Aussie lure forum. These are both 125mm, wood and slow floating with a tight wobble. Not much more to say, should go down well,

 

 

 

 

Another Aussie Lure

Was fortunate to receive another lure from a fellow Aussie builder, Rayna Lures. Lovely lures these, I have a couple and they are top shelf. Beautiful action, individual design, precise paint jobs, handmade eyes and beautiful topcoats. Hopefully the pic's do it justice, even has the bib stamped, a nice touch,

A Weekend of Camping and Fishing

Thought I would share a little trip I managed to sneak away for, nothing better than camping and fishing with the mates. Unfortunately for us on this trip, the weather didn't look after us. We managed to make it a couple hours without rain but after that, wet, wet, wet and more wet. Was a shame as this river is something special.

Anyway, the morning started off great, just love this spot,

We managed a couple hours without rain but the fish didn't play the game. After about 3 hours of constant rain and not a single touch we came across a purple patch and finally boated a couple fish. Was great to finally get some to the boat.

By the end of the day everything was pretty much saturated and fogged out. This was the last shot of the day and pretty much summed things up. Great to be out and about though...