March 17, 2019 Whopper Plopper This is a Whopper Plopper type lure that I design and 3D printed. The body length is 4 inches long so it’s somewhere in between a 75 and 110 size. This is the initial design so far. The body is printed in halves but the tail is printed in one …
March 12, 2019 Jointed Jitterbug STL’s for this lure are available for purchase from Cults3d (Individually or as a Bundle) This is one last Jitterbug before I move on to something else. This is a jointed version and will be about 3 inches long. Everything printed great just like the other jitterbugs but jointed lures …
March 7, 2019 Jitterbug 3/8 oz STL’s for this lure are available for purchase from Cults3d (Individually or as a Bundle) This is another Jitterbug… it’s about the same as the last version just in a slightly larger 3/8oz size. This is the basic design so far before printing and any testing so things might …
February 23, 2019 3D Printed Jitterbug STL’s for this lure are available for purchase from Cults3d (Individually or as a Bundle) This is a Jitterbug type lure I am currently working on. This one is a 1/4 oz. sized replica. This was designed to be as close to a clone of a true Jitterbug Lure. …
Febuary 5, 2019 Crayfish Lure This is the design of a crayfish lure I am currently working on. I’ve been wanting to make a crayfish crankbait for awhile but it took awhile to figure out how I was going to design it where it looked somewhat realistic and swim backwards too. The body of the …
January 11, 2019 Tail Spinner This is a lipless tail spinner crank bait type lure that I am currently working on. The original design of this lure came from Nate from Marling Baits on YouTube. Nate is incredibly talented at making baits and his videos are very entertaining to watch so I highly recommend checking …
December 17, 2018 Photo Finishing Technique This is a quick technique for adding photo finishes to lures. I’m sure there are better ways to do this with things like decal paper but this is just one method I’m trying with products I had on hand or that were readily available. This is not meant as …
February 10, 2018 Joined Swimbait (Fabric Printing) A work in Progress but STL files for these designs are available on Printables and can be found HERE. This is just a prototype for an idea I’m playing around with using the new technique of printing on fabric. I did not come up with this technique I …
Old School Lures These are not very exciting but back in the day (some 30+ years ago) I use to hand carve a lot of my own lures from balsa wood. Mainly out of necessity because I was a broke teenager who would rather go fishing then go to work. They were all just hand …
October 1, 2016 Realistic Sunfish Jointed Swimbait Fishing Lure This is a Realistic Sunfish Jointed Swimbait lure I am trying to design. It was my first try at modeling something in Fusion 360 so it was a learning process. I started this project in October of 2016 but it is still a work in progress …