How to Make a Fishing Lure With a Plastic Spoon

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How to Make a Fishing Lure With a Plastic Spoon

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This ible is on how to make a working fishing lure with nothing but a plastic spoon and a couple of other things.

Things You Will Need

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 a drill and small bit,
1 plastic spoon,
2 slip loops,
1 hook,
1 swivel,
paint,
1 paint brush,
and a saw.

Cutting the Spoon

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 Cut off the neck of the plastic spoon leaving about a centameter from the spoon mouth piece. 

Painting

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 Try to imatate other lures when you paint. If the spoon is silver keep as much silver showing as posible this will reflect the light wich can lure fish in better.If you use a white plastic spoon you can try for more of the flashy colures like orang, yellow, and pink.

Adding the Hook and Line Attachments

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  Drill out the very front and very back of the lure add a slip loop to both sides ( Note that the neck end is the front and the spoon scoop is the front) put a swivel on the front and a hook on the back. Copy the pics.( the pics show beter detail)

Finished

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