Design by Freddie de Boevere

Type

Wood type

Necessary items

• 1 piece of broom handle with a length of 15cm
• 3 screw-eyes with a length of 1"
• 1 hollow brass bead with a diameter of 3mm
• 1 small buzzer blade
• 1 piece of stainless steel wire with a diameter of 1mm and a length of 20cm
• A drill bit with a diameter of 1.5mm
• A drill bit with a diameter of 3mm
• A woodturning lathe or a combination of a knife/wood file/wood rasp
• 2-ton epoxy glue

Hooks

Weight

How to shape the lure

1. Use a chisel to cut out a piece of 5" long from the broom handle
   
   
   
   
2. Round off the head on one end, and slightly narrow the tail to a diameter of about 1cm
   
   
   
   
3. Remove the knobs on either end
   
   
   
   
4. Saw this blank in two halves
   
   a. Front part: 4cm
   b. Tail part: 8.5cm
   
   
   
   
5. Add the screw-eyes as shown in the sketches
   
   
   
   
6. Use the 1.5mm diameter drill bit to drill a hole through the center of the head
   
   
   
   
7. Use the 3mm diameter drill bit to drill a 0.5cm deep hole in the flat side of the front part to hide the wrappings from the leader that will be inserted in a short while
   
   
   
   
8. Bend an eye on one end of the piece of stainless steel wire and add three wrappings below the eye
   
   
   
   
9. Stick the shaft in the front part with the end that hasn't got an eye to it, through the flat side. Smear some 2-ton epoxy glue on the wrappings before inserting them in the pre-drilled hole of 0.5cm deep
   
   
   
   
10. Slightly round off the edges of both sides of the saw cut
    
    
    
    
11. After having painted this lure, add the hollow bead and then the buzzer blade onto the shaft and form an eye with three wrappings
12. Connect the head part to the tail part by bending open the screw-eye that is inserted in the flat side of the tail part and using pliers to close it up again.