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Post by mikeconnor on Nov 29, 2006 10:27:59 GMT -1
I have a couple of cheap silver tobys i bought, i would love to use the red tiger abu tobys, but simply it is out of the question as i cant afford them. do you know if there is paint you could use yourself that would give as bright and as good an effect as the real abu toby? H Well, the best is plastic powder, which is melted on. But by the time you have messed on with various things, you will be paying just as much for the lures as you would for original tobies. here is the "powder paint" which is used for lures etc; www.tackleunderground.com/forum/showthread.php?t=5212The other problem is, that the tobies are "tuned" in shape and weight to have a certain action. Many cheaper lures don´t work right. If you want to save a lot of money and messing on, buy a set of spoons at the DIY or supermarket etc. Look for soup spoons with wide handles. These can be cut off, and shaped to make very good lures. I have seen boxes of these at "pound" shops, jumble sales etc, and I have made quite a lot of them over the years. Great lures for sea-trout. You have to fiddle on with a couple to get the action right, but after that you just bend the others in the same way. painting is not usually a good idea, it is simply not durable enough. If you want to colour them, use epoxy mixed with paint powder, or similar. You can also mix "pearl glitter" and other stuff into it. Also good for adding "eyes, and stuff like that. Once "painted" with the epoxy, put them in the oven at low heat for an hour or so. This considerably increases the toughness of the epoxy. I will put this answer up on the forum, as it may interest somebody else. TL MC |
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Post by mikeconnor on Nov 29, 2006 10:38:14 GMT -1
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Post by Bucko on Nov 30, 2006 9:17:40 GMT -1
I bought some cheap tobies (10g) a while back and simply raided my other half's nail varnish supplies.
Two coats of the colour you want, leave to dry then overcoat with (I think it was Avon) clear nail protecting varnish (doesn't cause the main varnish to melt) and bobs your uncle.
Apart from that, when I was doing some in lumo colours, a can of cheap car spray did the job brilliantly.
Incidentally Mike, taking you back to your old haunts: Nearly all of my Yorkshire Esk fish in the past 4 years have come to home made lures even though I've still spent a few bob on the shop bought ones.
Those little variations count for a lot.
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Post by mikeconnor on Dec 1, 2006 6:44:33 GMT -1
Years ago, nearly all my lures were home made. Even though I usually fished the fly. I also usually had a few spinners etc in my pockets somewhere.
My largest salmon from the Esk was taken on a spoon handle lure.
The idea with the nail varnish is good, as is the car paint, but neither is really durable. The melt on paint, or the coloured epoxy last a very long time.
One can also use ordinary paint, and coat it with epoxy.
TL
MC
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Post by scotty on Dec 1, 2006 13:22:25 GMT -1
the first salmon i ever hooked (and lost  ) was on a bit cut and shaped copper pipe my dad made for me. scotty. |
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Post by mikeconnor on Dec 3, 2006 3:27:52 GMT -1
Mr Dimebagfromhell, or blind reaper, or whatever your name is. I don´t much like people taking the mickey.
If you are trying to "reap" flies or fill your "dime bag" through me or anybody else on this forum, might I suggest first of all that you identify yourself, and make any further posts on the open forum.
There are many people who are only too willing to assist newcomers, or indeed even people worse off than they are, but only when everything is above board. This is not the only board I read or subscribe to, and I don´t like it much when I suddenly hear warning bells ringing from various directions.
If you are trying to screw people, you picked the wrong place to do it. If you are not, then come out and say so.
MC
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Post by Hoppy on Dec 3, 2006 6:50:46 GMT -1
Mike has Dimebag been pm'ing you for tobies?
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Post by buzzerman on Dec 3, 2006 11:10:14 GMT -1
is he at it again
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Post by mikeconnor on Dec 3, 2006 12:24:06 GMT -1
Mike has Dimebag been pm'ing you for tobies? Not in so many words, seemed like more of a lead-up. I just thought it odd to get PM´s like that, but I did not know any past history. So I looked up a few things, and it seems the bloke does indeed have a history. Some of the things in the PM just did not "gell". I spoke to John Gray, and he cleared me up on a few things, and directed me here; www.flyforums.co.uk/showthread.php?t=5934A little more digging, also on another sea-trout forum, and I got the picture. No problem, forewarned is forearmed. I just thought it better to mention it. Quite a lot of things on various boards are based on trust, and a scam artist can cause a lot of trouble. TL MC |
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Post by mikefoamer on Dec 10, 2006 20:46:24 GMT -1
well mike, we all know you certainly are no saint, as far as the seatroutfishing forum goes ;D
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Post by mikeconnor on Dec 10, 2006 23:02:16 GMT -1
well mike, we all know you certainly are no saint, as far as the seatroutfishing forum goes ;D Oh really? Exactly what is that supposed to mean? Don´t you arseholes ever get tired of trying to cause trouble? Go away and play somewhere else. You will merely be ignored here. MC |
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Post by Hoppy on Dec 11, 2006 11:16:46 GMT -1
Mike, Dont worry about them.....the credability of the FFF is waining. From what was the best forum on the net, they have really let it slip.
Sad really because i enjoyed it alot sometime ago. Yet in recent months - i have been personally abused on that forum - without recourse?
Hoppy
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Post by airart on Apr 29, 2008 17:34:06 GMT -1
I paint all my tobys and mepps spinners with Ford Diamond white.When they get a bit worse for wear,put on a glove to hold and mask the hook[or change hook] and spray on,its that easy you could keep an areosol in the back of your car.They look more authentic to fish with a few chips and rust on them any way.
Why paint them white ?? when plugging for bass the white ones will out fish any other lure I have ever used,they stand out more than chrome,and just as important is to use braid.
I also sleave on a bit of tinsel or wool on the treble,not too long or they just nip the tinsel
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Post by silverinvicta on Apr 29, 2008 18:50:49 GMT -1
Airart.. this thread finished in 2006... please.. I ain't being sarcastic ;D just in case you hadn't noticed.. but it's an interesting post.. we have a lot of words written on Colors Sewin see.. but surely other fish are the same... but .. I have a favorite color for wobbling lures.. I ain't tried spinners in this color yet but I will ...Its the color of lead.. not shiny , just dull lead... It's out-fished every other color for me from Mackie to codling .. ain't had a chance to have a serious bash for bass yet.. And this has been over the last 6-7 yrs.. I first twigged using a cheap Fladden lure that belted the rocks a few times and eventually had no paint left on and it was made of lead ....I caught so many Pollock and coalies on the lead that I stripped others deliberately and its now my first choice colour....He,He, never tried for Sewin either...
Si
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Post by airart on Apr 29, 2008 20:52:46 GMT -1
I was catching a bass a cast with mine in 2 to 3 foot of water over rocks,thats where the tinsel over the hook helps.It makes them slightly more boyant.Then changed to chrome,and just got nips and follows,with the ocasanal take.Tried a Rapala J13 and J10,no responce what so ever,so they are now sprayed black and I use them for pike.Went back to my white ones and started catching again consistantly.I have great success with the white mepps for brown/rainbow trout too,but never had the sort of red letter day as I had with the bass to try and experiment more
I have had a degree of success with putting a starlight or beta light near my bait when fishing for ray{ I had 6 ray to mates 1 when I used staright rig} or whiteing,but that seems to work better for oppertunist feeding fish rather than preditors.its seems to spook mackys,pollock and bass even though I crack them the day before I fish so to dull them off a bit,so I doubt that would work for sewen.
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) was on a bit cut and shaped copper pipe my dad made for me.
