Thread: Open a Can of Worms

Originally Posted by Savanahkelpy

All jokes aside on my part, years ago, my father used to make his own lures, i guess not unlike a fly fisherman would tie his own fly. It wasn,t a fish shaped lure like the ones seen in most fishing/tackle shop, but a rubber frog.
He used to cut the profile of it out of a sheet of rubber about 3/8 inch thick, and hand stitch a treble hook to it, 1 hook up, 2 down. He used to cut slits where the eyes were and insert enbroidery pins, the ones with the little coloured ball on the tip. Gave it a reasonably realist look, too. Caught many barra with and never used it on a rod, always on a hand reel. The line retrieve on a hand reel gave a very good swimming action.
Laurie.

I see you can buy frogs in a soft plastic now have not seen them used though. When i was up working in Ahrnemland I went Barra fishing with some local Aboriginal blokes they where cleaning up on handlines and live bait. Had to work hard to lose my Barra virginity but I did in the end