Make your own lures to beat the high cost of tackle and develop a creative and satisfying hobby. Learn how to craft fishing lures that are more effective than those you buy, with detailed instructions and hundreds of superb illustrations. Covers plugs, surface lures and poppers, spinners, spoons and buzzers, jigs, trout lures, steelhead and salmon lures, and lures for big water fishing. Includes a step-by-step guide to carving, painting and finishing lures, along with a colorful photo gallery of hand-carved lures.

"Packs in details woodworkers will find essential to crafting effective lures, and is a pick for both crafts and sports shelves alike. . . . a 'must' for any fisherman or woodworker." California Bookwatch, The Crafts Shelf, October 2013