Making a Jitterbug lure. Turning a classic topwater lure,  

You should make a another video on making a jitterbug 👍👍

Nice video Francisco, since I bought my mini lathe thanks to you video about the sobject, I letterally felt in love with this machine, I'm going to build a bigger one soon as yours. The magic of turning, amazing! Thanks again for your super helpful work, your dedication is inspiring!

I know this is an old video, and I have been searching your newer stuff, but haven't found anything. Have you made a video showing the mechanics of a jitterbug? If not, would you be willing to? I have been trying to make muskie jitterbug baits. The 6 5" lure I made swims perfect, but the 5" lure I made just surfs and I haven't been able to figure out what's wrong with it. Thank you.

freaky music killed it for me...

First lure I caught a fish on was a jitterbug. It’s still my favourite lure to fish with. The sounds it makes, the explosion when a fish hits it. Does it get better? I’m in the process of making a jitterbug now. Carved a big juicy beetle and will cover the wings with glitter as a base before painting with transparent paint , it’ll be called a glitter bug.

what type of wood are you using for yours? I use willow mostly. I see lots of people choose the softer woods like yellow cedar, and balsa is what rapala uses. but when I started, I wanted every part of making my lures to be 100% handmade by me. starting with gathering my own wood. another problem I had early on, was with my finish cracking, and I assumed it was due to possibly water temps being too cold or maybe pressure from deep water depths. it seemed more likely though, that it was due to the wood changing due to not being totally dry. and then I figured using a harder wood might also help with that problem. so now I leave my wood for a year at least and usually more. I have it on a shelf with the dates marked on the different batches, and still have some from 2014. one thing I learned though, was to leave the bark on. I peeled some early stuff, and it all cracked severely as it dried. I do use cedar now though also, for one style that requires lots of sanding. it definitely gets addicting though. but, I can think of a lot worse things to be addicted to.

You might give carbide tip turning tools a try. Much easier to use than the traditional ones.