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Hi everyone,



I found a great website with heaps of tips about home made lure design. Most of the articles focus on do-it-yourself lure making. some (but not all) of these techniques could be very useful when making squid jigs (especially the painting of scales on a lure).



here is direct links to some of the better articles -



Casting Lead ballast weights

[url="http://www.tackleunderground.com/board/kb.php?mode=article&k=8"]http://www.tackleunderground.com/board/kb....article&k=8[/url]



Description how to trick out your lures with a custom scale pattern, by using an airbrush & netting.

[url="http://www.tackleunderground.com/board/kb.php?mode=article&k=12"]http://www.tackleunderground.com/board/kb....rticle&k=12[/url]



Powdercoating 101

This is a simple tutorial on powder painting jigs and lures or anything that can stand the heat

[url="http://www.tackleunderground.com/board/kb.php?mode=article&k=28"]http://www.tackleunderground.com/board/kb....rticle&k=28[/url]



Pouring Do-It Lead jigheads

This is a tutorial for pouring leadhead jigs.

[url="http://www.tackleunderground.com/board/kb.php?mode=article&k=27"]http://www.tackleunderground.com/board/kb....rticle&k=27[/url]



1 Part Resin Mold

Making a resin mold to pour soft plastic baits

[url="http://www.tackleunderground.com/board/kb.php?mode=article&k=24"]http://www.tackleunderground.com/board/kb....rticle&k=24[/url]



Two color pours with aluminum molds.

Pouring plastic with aluminum molds

[url="http://www.tackleunderground.com/board/kb.php?mode=article&k=23"]http://www.tackleunderground.com/board/kb....rticle&k=23[/url]



Soft Plastic 101

Pouring Plastic Baits for Beginners...

[url="http://www.tackleunderground.com/board/kb.php?mode=article&k=22"]http://www.tackleunderground.com/board/kb....rticle&k=22[/url]



Making a balsa wood minnow

Basic tutorial for making a minnow type plug with balsa wood.

[url="http://www.tackleunderground.com/board/kb.php?mode=article&k=15"]http://www.tackleunderground.com/board/kb....rticle&k=15[/url]



cheers, glen



NOTE: LINKS ARE ALL BROKEN SEE BELOW FOR NEW LOCATION

All the links in above message do not work any more

The links was post on Aug 18 2005, 02:36 AM.



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hi none,



look here for the articles/tutorials-



[url="http://www.tackleunderground.com/forum/member-submitted-tutorials/"]http://www.tackleunderground.com/forum/mem...tted-tutorials/[/url]



you need to scroll through the 5 pages of tutorials to find all of them (see the ">" button at the bottom of the page to go from page to page)

[quote name='glen' post='10171' date='Apr 1 2008, 05:46 AM']hi none,



look here for the articles/tutorials-



[url="http://www.tackleunderground.com/forum/member-submitted-tutorials/"]http://www.tackleunderground.com/forum/mem...tted-tutorials/[/url]



you need to scroll through the 5 pages of tutorials to find all of them (see the ">" button at the bottom of the page to go from page to page)[/quote]

I still dont get the website. i want to make one but i dont know what type of material they are talking about. i have to be a member of that website which im not than what do i do?

i don't think you need to be a member to view the articles. in any case, membership would be free so what do you have to lose? if you are afraid to give them your email address then just setup a new email account at hotmail or yahoo or something and then use that for online registrations. i think tackle underground is a pretty good site though perhaps they don't talk that much about squid jigs. i haven't checked lately.



cheers, glen