Making a fishing lure from a broom handle (the Surreal eel) 

Hey Paul Im 17 and I just started making lures for fishing and I have almost absolutely No tools But My passion For Fishing Keeps Me going Catching A Fish With something You made Is Very Rewarding All my lures that i have made I love Thanks for the inspiriration..

Grandpa Stubelt Rip had 2 finishing lures. As a farmer in SW Michigan he only fished evenings. He fished while wading and used a rowboat to get to areas to wade. He used a home made popper from broom handle which he painted black with a recessed cup up front that he painted red. Gramps documented for years on average he caught a minimum of a hundred bass. His other lure was a black rubber worm. He said he liked to Wade because he fish the area more thoroughly and slowly. Rip Grandpa Stubelt

Hello Paul, greetings from Peru... you are always a Master of Masters!!! thank you for sharing this excellent video... big regards, Antonio

My Grandfather still makes broom handle lures to replicate old wooden Heddon Lucky 13's. They are still made today but they are plastic and the action just isn't the same. I'd love to see you make one, and they're deadly on Pike. Keep up the great work.

You have a good talent and a lot of patient, Nice to see all your video on making a lure. And the best part, all work very well to catch the fish.

Great video and instruction once again! If you take a piece of the broom pole and put a shallow trough on the nose, it makes a great top water popper. I make a smaller one from 1/2 inch dowel rod and paint it in a frog pattern. The bass love it!

Very nice work. I like your lack of planning, which is how I pretty much work myself. If I start to plan too much I get nothing done!

I just found your channel a few weeks ago and I'm now completely obsessed with your videos. I especially love the videos like this one where everything is done with simple tools and materials. I think I'm going to have to try this myself though I have no illusions about anything I make turning out as nice as yours do.

Way to go - it's great you show fishing results of using your lure. Gotta take s shot at this myself! Thank you!

My grandad made his own lures from broom sticks and butter knife handles, always caught fish.

Paul, When fishing the Sea Of Cortez in Baja Mexico. The go to lure is the CEDAR PLUG, the simplest of lures, but very effective, would love to see you build one !

Hi Paul, I see regularly your videos and am absolutely amazed and thrilled what you build for great fishing bait again and again! Thank you that you let us know about it and we show your design! Thanks and best regards to you! Please excuse my bad English! Thomas

Sort of like Paul Adams meets Paul Sellers, with the hand tools. Both quality guys.

"Good Man, It's Always a Good Idea to Thank the Boss" 10/10 for another Cracking Production "Great Work, Well Done"

Very nice lure that looks like a lure that you would see in the store

This video inspired me on how to to make simple wooden lures, so now I am starting to make a channel like yours.

The action on that second tail was great. Awesome lure. Nice pike too.

Very good. I like the vids with more hand tools. Not easy carving the end-grain on that broom handle but you did a nice job of keeping it symmetrical. Wouldn't take much to turn that into a popper. I grew up about 10 miles from the Heddon factory. Have a nice day.

my first handmade lure made from broom stick too! nice job!

Finally a good use for a broom

I just made my own top water out of dowel wood based on a heddon spook. I would suggest trying to add rattles for more fish attraction. Nicely done though

Lovely as always, and actually a lure I can make!

Great video and fantastic quality. There is a lot of thinking and work gone into creating that lure, I am glad you caught on it.

You, make my evening when I receive a video from you................Great job..............

i made broom handle popper when i was 15 caught a few bluefish and lost it didn't make another until got lathe 25 years later now have about 1000 saltwater and fresh water lures I made, fun catching on your own homemade

Super nice detail on the changeable tail, and I agree with solar. You should leave the lure with a bit of rolling

Funny to come acros this vid in suggestions whilst I just carved up a whole broom stick to make my ever first diy lures. I shaped them a bitmore fishlike though. Confiscated my wifes nailpolish, orange, silver, and a gliter for finish xD

a piece of art, I am from Morocco I like a lot your videos!!

Sir Adams, thank you for all the informative videos. May you please prepare a video of a wooden 9cm or 10cm needlefish with a rattling (using balls) wtd action and a drawing template?..

how about making a shiny one for the sea

love your videos Paul and your accent tops them off 👍👍 great stuff

Hi there. Have you thought of dishing out the front on a shortened broom handle piece to make a frog popper? Excellent videos. Your style really captures the relaxing nature that fishing imbues. Keep up the great work.

I don't fish with a lure but I really enjoy your videos.

I want to say thanks for an amazing channel. I've followed you for a while now and you've inspired me to make my own lure. I'm in the process of making a rat lure and your techniques have helped a ton! thanks again!

Really nice side by side action! good job Paul

Perfect, as allways. Thank you, greetings from Warsaw. Alex.

wow !!!! nice video Greetings from paraguay

Your lures are absolutely stunning, man!

Awesome video matey, I don't think many people like IKEA but we still end up shopping there especially when the wife is involved 🙄 I've decided to try and make one from a cheap rolling pin I brought whilst in a bargain style shop the other day for £1 😂 we'll have to see how that turns out. As always yours look awesome, it's crazy how the detail in the tail makes such a difference in the action!

coolest color I have ever seen with me own to eyes

Paul where did you ever come up with the tail design? The tail really makes the lure come alive. Does the tail need replaced often if you catch many toothy pike?

I've learned a lot from you thank Paul for video

Hi Paul, great video! Do you ever get any problems with the hook holders pulling out over time? Just trying to understand if this is a safe method to ensure you land that "monster fish" or would it be best to through wire them?

thanks again, great video my friend.I'm just getting into lure making and your videos are a great help.

Great video Paul, i´ve just done one from a broom pole, surface lure for seabass fishing, easy way and waiting fish to catch it, awesome as ever...cheers

What airbrush do you use because I'm looking for a cheap hobby kind of one and was hoping you could give some advice?😁😅

Only just found this channel, it very inspiring I must say! I'm definitely going to try some of your ideas our! Do you sell any of the lures you make?

this is a bass lure but I think you should take a look at it it's a "spro bbz rat 1" which could be very useful in making a model of a rat if you decide to make one 👍.

Truly inspirational brother, thank you

What do you use to make the piano wire frame ???

schöner wobbler . Petri. war wieder sehr interessant und lehrreich. :-)

Well done once again!

Make a jerkbait type lure out of a broom handle. I love these types of vids because it lets me follow along instead of the more technical vids that I don't have the materials for. Love your vids though, keep it up.

Nice video! Ty Paul!

Another great video. Dropped some coffee money in your bucket.

Nice job great vid your lures look like the ones in the stores

hola paul me encantan tus artificiales haces un increíble trabajo, quisiera hacerte una consulta que marca de pegamento usas para fijar las ojales, desde ya muchas gracias un saludo desde argentina

This idea is great! Please, could you try to make a kind of popper or a frog? Thank you Paul, love all your works

Another great lure! Awesome video😁🍀👍

Paul keep your great films coming :D

This is so cool I just came across your channel and it’s really interesting

Great video, recommend attempting to place a ball bearing rattle inside a top-water version. Keep up the excellent work.

This is amazing! you need a TV show! also as a suggestion maybe a small square bill? or perhaps a joint? looking forward to the next video!

You should make a rat lure. We use them here in the us in Southern California and catch monster bass, I'm sure they would work great there.

suggestion: design a lure (your choice of style) that has tiny spinner blades (6-8?) around the neck of the lure. large spinners have been around forever and work, you could even work with some of the newer materials. it would add weight/flash/noise. mentioned this to Jord as well to ask you. he had your back, and told me how busy you've been, so I let it go, but now, since you referenced? cheers!, Chris

another great vid! definitely gonna try this, all the way over here in New Zealand for saltwater fish, like "Yellowtail" Kingfish!

Great video as always. For the safety reasons please don't upload videos close to 8am when I'm finishing night shift. I watched this one while driving what was not the smartest idea :) just re-watched that again and still like it :)

That knife is sweet!What brand is it?

+Paul Adams can you make a top water frog. =)

Thanks for another lure video, very well made make a frog

you are the MEN

tnx alot Paul you have done it again!!

nice video love them

Awesome Paul well done mate

This is perfect for me because I have a big wooden pole that's just the right size from scout camp

Basic luremaking , ...very nice, Paul , ...exactly the way how I started out making lures from round wood dowels more than 20 years ago , ...well , .....except for most of the marker lines and I was utilizing a Stanley knife instead . This is really the way to go for the enthusiastic novice to take a first smell into the trade without having to invest a small fortune in tool gear . Paul , I'm really intrigued by the unusual wobbling action of your lure displayed as from 10:09 on , ......what do you think is exactly the cause , that makes the lurebody wobble this way , .......I find this swimming action most interesting and well worthwile trying to duplicate it , as it might be hard to achieve with the standard approach . I mean , a lipped lure would surely wobble this way , but sucha big tail attached would significantly dampen the wobble , as it works like some kind of a "braking parachute" to a lipped wobbling lure . You achieved this special swimming action by simply a different tail shape , obviously , ....I find this most astonishing and it seems to render some of my understandings about lure dynamics obsolete , ...hence my great interest ! Greetings , Dieter

the best paul

Wow man that is really amazing. I have a couple of your videos favourited to hopefully make a couple lures at some point.

I’ve made poppers out of broom Handel’s , similar to a lucky 13 and diving lures aswell

Maybe try and remake some of your older videos with the broom handle. Like the old school lure, and the spook looking one you covered in jog skinz. I think it would be a welcome challenge that you'd be willing to tackle. (This pun was also unintended :P)

A top water lure would be cool!!

Dude... You're amazing 👍🏻

make a topwater lure so do the same thing you did just with no weights and no tail love the videos man

Very nice video!

Awesome video, could you please tell me where you purchase the wires you use, I haven't had any luck finding some near me.

great video again paul. i would keep using the first tail, that body roll looked sexy to me

que tinta você utiliza para colorir?

amazing quality video as usual paul. no1 lure making chanell on yt

I know it's not really your usuall still of lure but could you have a go at making a toby style lure?

Great work!

you could make the same one as this but floating, and with a little propellor on the fronr or back like a popper??

Nice video and top lure!

have you ever had those screw eyes pull out? I'm curious of the strength

I LOOOoooove ur video !!! I sub and thumb up ur video !!

Do you have access to michell 498 pro reels the blue ones cant get them here in the USA

Your vids are grate

your videos are like therapy. Your camera work is great, do you do it all yourself? editing and all?

I prefered the roll on the first tail. Been looking for a tail that causes that kind of roll

Hi Paul !!!!!!! Please make de shimano waxwing lure, your working with lures is awensom

Hey paul great video as always Euhh what glue can I use instead of epoxy ? And what can I use to prevent the wood from soaking water? Thnkx