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kevin nicholls · 11-19-2022, 07:48 PM

I picked the worst week for vacation. looks like it's going to blow a gale all week.

Texas Grown · 11-20-2022, 08:26 AM

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Originally Posted by kevin nicholls

I picked the worst week for vacation. looks like it's going to blow a gale all week.

Please, hope for the better! I've got this week off, too!

kevin nicholls · 11-20-2022, 04:08 PM

One more in better light.

kevin nicholls · 12-09-2022, 07:46 PM

Got this one done this week. It's another balsa slow sinker with a through wire harness. I used foil for the scale effects and did a little more carving on this one. It's almost big trout season so I've a couple more jerk baits to make.

kevin nicholls · 12-09-2022, 07:46 PM

One more.

Texas Grown · 12-09-2022, 08:07 PM

That foil does wonders!

kevin nicholls · 12-09-2022, 08:54 PM

It does. It's cheap and easy to work with. I use it more for the scale texture than the flash. I have high hopes for this one with the trout.

kevin nicholls · 12-13-2022, 07:32 PM

Got out in the shed and made a few flukes up for cold weather fishing. Some of my favorite colors. Red Shad is definitely one of them. And the ol' Texas Roach.

kevin nicholls · 12-13-2022, 07:33 PM

And some paddle tails.

kevin nicholls · 12-13-2022, 07:34 PM

And the Red Shad ones

kevin nicholls · 12-16-2022, 08:55 PM

Working on a few shallow diving 2'' crank baits. My bench is a mess.

fish4food · 12-16-2022, 09:16 PM

Me Likey!!!

kevin nicholls · 12-17-2022, 07:47 PM

Coming right along

Double C · 12-17-2022, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kevin nicholls

Got this one done this week. It's another balsa slow sinker with a through wire harness. I used foil for the scale effects and did a little more carving on this one. It's almost big trout season so I've a couple more jerk baits to make.

Almost too pretty to fish with!

Texas Grown · 12-18-2022, 07:32 PM

Cranking out the crank baits.

A messy bench is a sign of a busy man!

kevin nicholls · 12-18-2022, 08:43 PM

Last night I got the lips on them and primered them white. Internal rattles and through wire rigging. I'll start painting tomorrow evening. Today I had to go get my place in Sargent ready for the freeze.

kevin nicholls · 12-22-2022, 06:27 PM

I have two of the five done. They have an internal rattle, weighted and a through wire harness. My wife says the copper/brown one looks like popcorn.

fish4food · 12-22-2022, 09:06 PM

Those are NICE!!!!

Texas Grown · 12-23-2022, 10:15 AM

Well done!

kevin nicholls · 12-23-2022, 11:09 AM

The last two. I'm tired of crank baits lol. Time to go lose a couple

fish4food · 12-23-2022, 12:45 PM

First I thought that green back was my favorite, nope!

Black back! Now go into one of those washed out lakes and load up on redfish.

Texas Grown · 12-23-2022, 03:00 PM

The one on the left in the last pic reminds me of an ivory domino. Maybe the reds and trout will domino on that one.

They all look great to me!

kevin nicholls · 12-23-2022, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Texas Grown

The one on the left in the last pic reminds me of an ivory domino. Maybe the reds and trout will domino on that one.

They all look great to me!

It looks like an ace blank lol. You just gave me an idea for a trey deuce lipless lol.

kevin nicholls · 12-26-2022, 06:15 PM

Well a lot of trial and error has finally paid off. I got a chance to throw my three slow sinkers I made and had a lot of success. A total of (7) trout from 17-21'' in about an hour today. I caught a couple on each of them. I'm always shocked when I catch a fish on a lure I make.

kevin nicholls · 12-26-2022, 06:15 PM

#2

kevin nicholls · 12-26-2022, 06:17 PM

This one inhaled the lure and had to come home for dinner. The rest were released.

Texas Grown · 12-27-2022, 08:33 AM

That's awesome! And some pretty nice fish too!

PondPopper · 12-28-2022, 04:21 AM

Very cool.. Great accomplishment!!!

kevin nicholls · 01-09-2023, 08:03 PM

I got out in the shop and made a couple of my favorite winter colors. Red Shad and Morning Dawn flukes. They're deadly on a light weight jig head this time of year.

fish4food · 01-09-2023, 11:17 PM

Like those red shad!

kevin nicholls · 01-17-2023, 08:36 PM

I've been busy with the plugs lately. I made a silicone mold for this model so I can easily reproduce it. Now I can fiddle with the sink rate and attitude in the water without carving a new one each time. That's my goal with these as I make them and like the action, I can reproduce them. I'll get a casting done hopefully tomorrow. I just opened it up this evening (I just got back from the water) so it needs to be trimmed up and made pretty.

kevin nicholls · 01-17-2023, 08:42 PM

I just finished this new lure this week. It's carved from balsa with a through wire harness and foiled. I just threw it at some fish but they ignored it. It has a very slow sink rate of about a foot every two seconds and a lot of side to side movement, it will turn back past 90 degrees as you walk it under water, that's exactly what I'm trying to make them do. This is the smallest plug so far. My wife insisted on the orange paint scheme.

kevin nicholls · 01-17-2023, 08:43 PM

The other side.

kevin nicholls · 01-17-2023, 08:45 PM

This is a size comparison with the other. It hadn't been painted yet or the texturing done to the foil.

Man · 01-18-2023, 01:37 PM

Great job!

hft47 · 01-18-2023, 04:01 PM

Good looking lures.

Texas Grown · 01-18-2023, 05:26 PM

That orange-n-white is the bomb!

Bet you get a few with it.

kevin nicholls · 01-24-2023, 07:56 PM

i broke down and bought a couple new molds. These are an upgrade from what I've been using. They come out looking like they belong on a store shelf. A 3.8'' paddle tall and a 5'' fluke style, both in my favorite color, black and white.

mason bowhunter · 02-20-2023, 11:13 AM

White and black flake paddle tails dipped in dip-n-glo I made this morning.

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kevin nicholls · 02-22-2023, 10:12 AM

Those look good. That's my favorite redfish lure, they have the thump.

kevin nicholls · 02-22-2023, 08:33 PM

This is the first casting of the mold I made a few weeks ago. It's a resin lure that's weighted for a sink rate of a foot every two seconds. I'm going to try it in soft plastic with a through wire and a rattle, like a Softdine XL. They're getting kind of expensive to buy so I'll see what I can do. This one will be foiled and painted, it will be a gift to a friend.

BBBGP · 02-22-2023, 08:47 PM

Awesome work!

kevin nicholls · 03-02-2023, 10:17 AM

Got it painted the other day. Hopefully go throw it at some trout this weekend.

El General · 03-07-2023, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by kevin nicholls

Got it painted the other day. Hopefully go throw it at some trout this weekend.

You are getting pretty **** good at this.

Texas Grown · 03-07-2023, 05:22 PM

I'm still waiting for him to post the pics of the fish he caught with the last lure.

kevin nicholls · 03-07-2023, 07:50 PM

Thanks El General. Sorry TG, it was small. I spent most of my trip catching reds. They're in the saltwater thread. Soon, I'll get another big one.

tdwinklr · 03-08-2023, 01:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mason bowhunter

White and black flake paddle tails dipped in dip-n-glo I made this morning.

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

those look pretty tasty, nice work.

Kabbalero · 03-15-2023, 05:52 AM

Cool

Pedernal · 03-15-2023, 06:03 AM

That’s some awesome work on the lures!

11-20-2022, 04:08 PM	#403
kevin nicholls Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: pasadena tx Hunt In: Who knows	One more in better light. Attached Images

12-09-2022, 07:46 PM	#404
kevin nicholls Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: pasadena tx Hunt In: Who knows	Got this one done this week. It's another balsa slow sinker with a through wire harness. I used foil for the scale effects and did a little more carving on this one. It's almost big trout season so I've a couple more jerk baits to make. Attached Images

12-09-2022, 07:46 PM	#405
kevin nicholls Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: pasadena tx Hunt In: Who knows	One more. Attached Images

12-13-2022, 07:32 PM	#408
kevin nicholls Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: pasadena tx Hunt In: Who knows	Got out in the shed and made a few flukes up for cold weather fishing. Some of my favorite colors. Red Shad is definitely one of them. And the ol' Texas Roach. Attached Images

12-13-2022, 07:33 PM	#409
kevin nicholls Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: pasadena tx Hunt In: Who knows	And some paddle tails. Attached Images

11-19-2022, 07:48 PM	#401
kevin nicholls Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: pasadena tx Hunt In: Who knows	I picked the worst week for vacation. looks like it's going to blow a gale all week.

12-09-2022, 08:07 PM	#406
Texas Grown Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Burleson, Texas	That foil does wonders!

12-09-2022, 08:54 PM	#407
kevin nicholls Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: pasadena tx Hunt In: Who knows	It does. It's cheap and easy to work with. I use it more for the scale texture than the flash. I have high hopes for this one with the trout.

12-13-2022, 07:34 PM	#410
kevin nicholls Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: pasadena tx Hunt In: Who knows	And the Red Shad ones Attached Images

12-16-2022, 08:55 PM	#411
kevin nicholls Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: pasadena tx Hunt In: Who knows	Working on a few shallow diving 2'' crank baits. My bench is a mess. Attached Images

12-16-2022, 09:16 PM	#412
fish4food Ten Point Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Calhoun County	Me Likey!!!

12-17-2022, 07:47 PM	#413
kevin nicholls Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: pasadena tx Hunt In: Who knows	Coming right along Attached Images

12-18-2022, 07:32 PM	#415
Texas Grown Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Burleson, Texas	Cranking out the crank baits. A messy bench is a sign of a busy man!

12-18-2022, 08:43 PM	#416
kevin nicholls Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: pasadena tx Hunt In: Who knows	Last night I got the lips on them and primered them white. Internal rattles and through wire rigging. I'll start painting tomorrow evening. Today I had to go get my place in Sargent ready for the freeze. Last edited by kevin nicholls; 12-18-2022 at 08:48 PM.

12-22-2022, 06:27 PM	#417
kevin nicholls Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: pasadena tx Hunt In: Who knows	I have two of the five done. They have an internal rattle, weighted and a through wire harness. My wife says the copper/brown one looks like popcorn. Attached Images

12-22-2022, 09:06 PM	#418
fish4food Ten Point Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Calhoun County	Those are NICE!!!!

12-23-2022, 10:15 AM	#419
Texas Grown Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Burleson, Texas	Well done!

12-23-2022, 11:09 AM	#420
kevin nicholls Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: pasadena tx Hunt In: Who knows	The last two. I'm tired of crank baits lol. Time to go lose a couple Attached Images

12-23-2022, 12:45 PM	#421
fish4food Ten Point Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Calhoun County	First I thought that green back was my favorite, nope! Black back! Now go into one of those washed out lakes and load up on redfish.

12-23-2022, 03:00 PM	#422
Texas Grown Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Burleson, Texas	The one on the left in the last pic reminds me of an ivory domino. Maybe the reds and trout will domino on that one. They all look great to me!

12-26-2022, 06:15 PM	#424
kevin nicholls Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: pasadena tx Hunt In: Who knows	Well a lot of trial and error has finally paid off. I got a chance to throw my three slow sinkers I made and had a lot of success. A total of (7) trout from 17-21'' in about an hour today. I caught a couple on each of them. I'm always shocked when I catch a fish on a lure I make. Attached Images

12-26-2022, 06:15 PM	#425
kevin nicholls Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: pasadena tx Hunt In: Who knows	#2 Attached Images

12-26-2022, 06:17 PM	#426
kevin nicholls Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: pasadena tx Hunt In: Who knows	This one inhaled the lure and had to come home for dinner. The rest were released. Attached Images

12-27-2022, 08:33 AM	#427
Texas Grown Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Burleson, Texas	That's awesome! And some pretty nice fish too!

12-28-2022, 04:21 AM	#428
PondPopper Pope & Young Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Brazoria county Hunt In: Brady,McCulloch Cnty, Brazoria cnty, South Africa, Namibia Nebraska	Very cool.. Great accomplishment!!!

01-09-2023, 08:03 PM	#429
kevin nicholls Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: pasadena tx Hunt In: Who knows	I got out in the shop and made a couple of my favorite winter colors. Red Shad and Morning Dawn flukes. They're deadly on a light weight jig head this time of year. Attached Images

01-09-2023, 11:17 PM	#430
fish4food Ten Point Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Calhoun County	Like those red shad!

01-17-2023, 08:36 PM	#431
kevin nicholls Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: pasadena tx Hunt In: Who knows	I've been busy with the plugs lately. I made a silicone mold for this model so I can easily reproduce it. Now I can fiddle with the sink rate and attitude in the water without carving a new one each time. That's my goal with these as I make them and like the action, I can reproduce them. I'll get a casting done hopefully tomorrow. I just opened it up this evening (I just got back from the water) so it needs to be trimmed up and made pretty. Attached Images

01-17-2023, 08:42 PM	#432
kevin nicholls Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: pasadena tx Hunt In: Who knows	I just finished this new lure this week. It's carved from balsa with a through wire harness and foiled. I just threw it at some fish but they ignored it. It has a very slow sink rate of about a foot every two seconds and a lot of side to side movement, it will turn back past 90 degrees as you walk it under water, that's exactly what I'm trying to make them do. This is the smallest plug so far. My wife insisted on the orange paint scheme. Attached Images

01-17-2023, 08:43 PM	#433
kevin nicholls Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: pasadena tx Hunt In: Who knows	The other side. Attached Images

01-17-2023, 08:45 PM	#434
kevin nicholls Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: pasadena tx Hunt In: Who knows	This is a size comparison with the other. It hadn't been painted yet or the texturing done to the foil. Attached Images

01-18-2023, 01:37 PM	#435
Man Pope & Young Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Casper,Tx Hunt In: Pronouns-He/Him	Great job!

01-18-2023, 04:01 PM	#436
hft47 Four Point Join Date: Jan 2023 Location: San Marcos Hunt In: Central Tx	Good looking lures.

01-18-2023, 05:26 PM	#437
Texas Grown Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Burleson, Texas	That orange-n-white is the bomb! Bet you get a few with it.

01-24-2023, 07:56 PM	#438
kevin nicholls Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: pasadena tx Hunt In: Who knows	i broke down and bought a couple new molds. These are an upgrade from what I've been using. They come out looking like they belong on a store shelf. A 3.8'' paddle tall and a 5'' fluke style, both in my favorite color, black and white. Attached Images