I have very kindly been sent a Lure Building Construction Kit to evaluate/review by Mud Hole a large custom rod and tackle crafting company in America offering everything from lure building kits to rod building kits and much more.
So the kit that I was sent to try out and review was their French Blade Spinner Kit which will allow me to make 20 spinners/lures and I was sent the kit as I have just starts to get into my predator fishing and thought it would be a fantastic idea to try making my own and would fit perfectly in the theme of my page of home made boilies and other baits.
Waiting in eager anticipation the postman finally brought me the parcel I was waiting for and upon opening it I was presented with a well packaged product with different pieces being in their own seperate bags. The first thing I thought was how well presented the pack was and how I wished we had this kind of product in the UK.
Right, I had now laid out all of the components and had a good look at the quality and I can honestly say it was all top quality stuff with no rough edges or faults. Now that I had the kit how did I make a spinner? Well I had been looking on the Internet and also at several spinners that I already owned so had a good idea how it all went together and knew that I would need two pairs of long nosed pliers in order to bend the wire stem.
So now it was time to bite the bullet and make my first ever spinner/lure.
The first thing to do was twist the wire stem so that it had a closed loop, Mud Hole leave this open in case you want to attach a swivel, trace or other item to the connecting end. I then threaded a bead onto the stem.
The next step was to but the spinning blade onto the c shaped attachment and slide it onto the stem making sure the top of the blade was facing the closed loop.
I now threaded another small bead onto the stem, followed by the weighted body.
Finally I threaded another bead on then twisted the end of the stem sliding a size 6 treble on before twisting the end of the stem around itself to create another closed loop.
Now I have to say I have never tried to make a lure before and I found it very easy and made a copper one as well as the silver.
Obviously with practice I will be able to create more refined lures but for now I can’t wait to get out and try these.
Okay now down to the nitty gritty how much does one of these kits cost? Well would it surprise you to find out that the cost of this kit including delivery from America means that each lure costs you just over £1 each to make!!!
The Kit itself costs $16.95 which at time of publishing is £11.06
Delivery is $15.75 which at time of publishing is £10.29
So the total price in pounds for this kit delivered to the UK is £21.35 which works out at approx £1.07 a lure now I think that is fantastic value for money.
As a last comment, when you order from their website the software automatically puts the delivery cost at $30 for delivery to the UK, this will be adjusted to $15.75 before you are charged for anything. (just thought I’d share that before you all had a panic lol)
Final thoughts on this product and company… The customer service was fantastic, the product is extremely good quality, delivery considering it is coming from the US was within 10 days (faster than some of my UK deliveries lol), I would definitely recommend using them and I will be getting a different kit in the future when I’ve had a good play with this one.
Well here is my first ever Pike caught on a lure I’ve made myself, if you look closely you can see the lure still in the net. 🙂
If you order a kit I hope you have as much fun as I did and mind your fingers as the hooks are flippin sharp and their barbed 😉
Regards
Ant
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