Those lures are AWESOME! Whats even better, the lack of over explaining, the absence of annoying noise that some people call “music”, the choice to play natural waves made this video worth watching to the end!! Well done!!
I want to start making my own lures and struggle with the tools but your channel is giving me confidence because you don't use big tools you use ones that are at low cost and that helps me alot to get started so thankyou
Thank you Corey i appriciate that, lately doing things in a more primitive way gives me more pleasure and enjoyment because its more challenging to limit yourself in that way.
Awesome 40 + minutes of lure making and fishing goodness, and a history lesson to boot! Yes, the zander's walleye cousin is excellent table fair too. Black over yellow over white is my favorite color for them. Thanks for sharing your artistry!
Fantastic Patern's using feathers !!! Those colours really pop, after the last clear coat !! Given me some interesting ideas !! Enjoying your content !!!
As an educator, I plan on using this in the classroom. In Texas, fourth graders are taught how structures and functions enable organisms to survive in their environment. In the case of this bait, SolarBaits uses the structure (form) of an actual prey fish in the construction of the lure that acts (function) like that fish when pulled through the water. It's quiet interesting to me how the evolutionary data contained in the shape of a fish can be adopted by humans to catch their predators. Fascinating to consider, and a great summer find for a teacher getting ready for the next school year. Great job SolarBaits, and thank you.
One thing for all out there making their own lures will agree to..... the sensation of catching fish successfully is beyond words.... greeting to all lure makers....
Beautiful work. I love the colors you chose. Something to possibly consider for a deep dive into the genre would be to use natural silver pheasant or undyed mallard or teal... these are all silver/white based. Mid coat the whole bait, then use that as a base for airbrushing..? Your work is fabulous.
For spreading glue in small areas I use toothpicks. Wooden toothpicks. They are very cheap and come in very handy for several things. Keep up the excellent craftsmanship. I have learned alot from you.
You got such beautiful baits and take so much time to make them (which was an absolute pleasure to watch!), yet you use a leader full of kinks, which takes seconds to replace. :D
If you want to use pine tar, you need to process it into pine pitch with some charcoal. It was used on boats and arrows as a waterproof binder so it should work for lures. I'm surrounded by pines and have made some fireproof camp matches with the stuff, it is very sturdy stuff.
I did excatly that in my test and precessed it the way you discribed it. Its an old trick that works for certain stuff but like i mentined in the video i did not think its strong enough lol i guess im paranoid that way
To me it doesnt matter how many tools you have to make any. But how beautiful you make with less tools... That is really important.. Using rubber on place of clipper is a excellent idea. Congrats you have added a new subscriber.Lovely video
Awesome job on the baits. Heard your from Finland, one places I want to visit. My grandmother was born there. Her parents came to America when she was young.
Nice job, bro! Totally handmade just like mine!! I’ll try it in the next project. I’m from Brasil and I use an Amazonian wood called molongó. It’s white, soft and light and so good to make the surface lures I use to catch Tucunaré (Peacok bass)
For future reference, if you mix charcoal with pine resin it will make an extremely strong adhesive. Native Americans used it as a way to secure arrowheads, so it should be more than enough for fishing lures.
Great idea about the pine bark and feathers , Mikko , .......also enjoyed the bit of information about Finnish lure history . Years ago I had also made a few lures sporting those Finnish saddle lips , I had pre-cut the slot also with a saw , but then widenened and deepened the straight slots with a 1,5mm Dremel router bit exactly according to the inner outline and curvature of the lip , this way the lips came to sit quite snug even without beeing finally glued in . Best greetings , Dieter
hey cool to see you still around dieter, any chance we could see more videos from you? But yes having a pre cut slot would have been a good idea but i guess its just the way i've always done these and its hard for an old dog to shake old habbits if you know what i mean.
@@SolarfallBaits Hey , Mikko , .....sorry , but I do not think , that I would put up any more videos . I had quit on making lures for quite a while now , because I've lost my enthusiasm somehow . Me and my wife went through some hard times during past years having to take care of some seniors in my family that sufferd from dementia , had to live in nursing homes and by now both passed away , .....these were my aunt and my father , both reached their high 80s . These headaches obviously left deep scars on our mental well-being , also because we barely received assistance from other family members . Also the present political and social situation in Germany and in Europe has taken away my carefreeness of former years , somehow disallowing me to carry on business as usual and focus my personal attention on different things today , ...I simply can't sleep anymore , while my bed(my fatherland) is burning , so to speak . Thanks for asking , anyway , since I have not entirely lost my interest in fishing and luremaking , though , I'm still spending my leisure time at the water's edge . Best greetings , Dieter
@@61diemai i figured it must have been something that happened in your personal life that made you quit making videos. maybe in time you will get the spark back, atleast i always injoyed your videos and im sure im not the only one. All the best to you my friend. ;)
Really nice lures as always! Would love seeing you do a bigger size wobbler/crankbait for pike. Cos I think this is the first lure with a lip you have done a video build on?
No its a zander. Zander and walleye are sort of like sibling fish as they look pretty similar but still different enough to be classed as seperate species.
I have seen really good paint jobs but this hair technique is absolutely beautiful and amazing, now you need a trolling motor sir, 6hrs of rowing wow , that's Popeyes stuff😂, Great Video and amazing lures, job well done 👏👏👏
Using white as a background was a brilliant idea! I suppose you could paint it vivid versions of the color of feather youre going to use but....I think it would actually be less effective than white.
Muy bueno el video , señuelo artesano al 100x100 y funciona muy bien , ya veo que sabes calibrarlos para que naden a la perfección , solo ha faltado ver como elaboras los baberos que le pones .Saludos desde España y :" A SEGUIR DOBLANDO CAÑAS & COMPARTIENDO ".
Todella hieno ja hyvin tehty video. Teen itse meritaimen uistimia ja aion kokeilla samankaltaisia höyhenpäällysteisiä kevennettyjä kuten edesmennyt mestari E.V. jossain vaiheessa teki. Kiitos opettavasta videosta. Excellent video! Thanks for sharing!
Sitä samaa olen ihmetellyt itsekin - esim monet Tenolla käytettävät pikku-lohivaaput tuolla sinun musta-puna-kelta väreillä voisivat olla kova sana aamuyön tunteina @@SolarfallBaits
Nice technique of making lures. If you want to speed up the process of application of feathers, use coarse painters brush. For glue and for flattening of feather. Just pour glue in to jar lid or similar vessel.
where can i purchase the lips you use in this video cant find them here in the states. Solarfall your videos are awesome and of great benefit to the craft thank you.
SolarBaits, thank you for getting back to me. I also have a tackle channel. Check it out. You can find it under Pete's Tackle Shop. I will say you have perfected our craft in your nitch, and I have learned lots from your videos. Keep up the great work. What are the lips called?
Greetings from Russia, from cities St. Petersburg!) Thank you very much, this is a great video and as bait. Definitely like it-subscribe. But pike is really tiny, it's probably atmospheric pressure))) You're done!!! PS will than to address winter, but, it is a pity that in the yard are rising oak, Linden, poplar and birch.(((
Not sure if you tried adding black ashes to your pine resin? It makes it stronger. Although I have never tried using it on lures. Just in making Native American arrows. Love your work. A big fan of you and Finland.
Hello Mikko, greetings from Peru...it has passed a lot of time since our last chat.... first at all congratulations for your extraordinary work. Even though it was a 40min video it was very fun to watch it end to end. I wish to have some of those pines woods near to Lima where I live, but I don’t 😔...it was incredible what you did with that tree bark. Since I saw you for the first time working with tree bark many videos ago, I always review trees where I go, but I haven’t found yet what you get. Please tell me what kind of sealer are you using? Did you replaced at all the epoxy coating by the one you used with these lures? Last, don’t you think would be good to add a little weight to give some more action and deeper swimming to the lure?...before to say bye, for the last two years and a little more, I was far away from my fishing hobbies, now I’m trying to re-engage again to work in my home shop and follow Masters like you. Well, thanks a lot for sharing your work and tips, I’m going to r3view and watch all your videos that you were posting along these last two years. Cheers 👋👋👋
its a shame you guys dont have pine but you could always just use balsa, they have kinda similar properties, altough i think that balsa is little bit more boyant. The lure varnish is on the list i pinnet as a top comment, i still use epoxies but didnt think i needed any for these since the species i was after is not very brutal on the lures, zander kinda gives up fighting really fast, so its not the greatest sport fish but it makes up it in tastyness. I know it does not look it but these lures actually dive pretty deep because of the curved lip i guess, depending on the lenght of line i have out im hitting the bottom at 4meters and actually broke off a lip from one of these. like always thanks for watching Antonio.
Hola Mikko, thanks for answer me... I love your work!!!... I use Balsa wood for my lures and as you state, it is very boyancy. Therefore, weighting it is the way. Given that I don't catch species with long teeth, I will try to use some varnish. I¿m not sure what kind, but I will investigate. Last week I bought Polyurethane. I will try with it. Thanks again, let's keep in touch.
I always thought of Pine as unusable wood for lures because of the tar. The bark however may not have the tar of the inner wood. I think I will try it if I ever get back to making lures.
those weights that i used are the kind where you have 2 prongs that have have plastic sleeve on them and you just pin your line between the prongs, i dont know if there is any spesific name for these type of weights, my brother bought a big batch of these from a guy who makes these in his garage.
You can find saddle lips in pretty much every fishing store here in Finland i dont know if any of them ship outside of finland. Samfishing and Vaapputarvike have a good selection of different lips, you could always ask them.
hey mate ! Im a product designer and i was wondering if i could do the same think almost but instead of wood using the techninc of 3d printing. For example i was thinking to make 2 pieces of the lure just like u and make an extra space into the lure for 3 balls in order to counterbalance it. What do u think ?
that seems to be a industry standard with injection molded baits that are made by the millions so yes i would think that would work with 3d printing too
Excellent job. Thank you for sharing. 25 degree is really hot? Haha. It's a nice, cool day where I'm at. Did you ever consider getting a trolling motor for your little boat?
