There is nothing so frustrating then loosing a homebuilt lure. You usually spend a lot of time building it. And when you finally have a good catching lure, you loose it on an obstacle lying around in the water. Or worse. Yes it can get worse, someone once had built a nice crankbait and on his first cast it was gone. Stuck at the bottom. He didn't even got to fish it.
Those are painful and annoying moments. In most cases a luresaver can be of help. You cab buy one in a store. They are not really expensive. But you can build one yourself as well. It is not that hard. Here's a building plan.
Necessary Items:
- A piece of heating pipe
- Chain, 5 chains with 6 chain pieces each
- A big solid splitring
- A big screw-eye
- An iron coat hanger
Step-by-step instructions:
Flatten one end of the pipe in a vice. Hammer it flat on both sides. File of both edges, until a nice rounding appears. Drill a hole in the middle of the rounding. Here is where we are going to hang the splitring in later (photo 2).
Bend two eyes for the line to go through, when you are going to save a lure. These eyes are built out of the coat hanger. You can bend them easily around the rounding of a screwdriver (foto 3).
Drill two holes in the pipe where the eyes should come. Hang the eyes in the holes. Make sure that the eyes are crossed to the pipe. And furthermore make sure that the eyes are somewhat open, so the fishing line can get in nice and easily. Pour half of the pipe full with lead. Hang in the screw-eye and pour the rest of the pipe full with lead. But be aware of the toxic fumes. So do this in a good ventilated room. Preferably outside.
Let the pipe cool of. Check if all is tight and secured by the lead. Now slide the five chains on the splitring. Slide the splitring in the hole of the pipe. The luresaver is ready (foto 4).