Finish for fishing lures

[Grahame Collins]

I would like to have a try at making some fishing lures out of wood. I would assume that a suitable finishing medium might be model aeroplane dope. Has anybody attempted wooden lures and do you have a recommendation on what may be a good sealer. $8 to $15 atime is getting too much for the placcy jobs

Thanks

Grahame

[Wood Butcher]

Mate of mine used to make lures and all he did was dip them in a tin of polyurethane after he painted them. Considering he made them out of offcuts and expected to lose them eventually he did it the cheapest and easiest way,

[echnidna]

If you do a google for "paint for fishing lures" a lot of results come up including some about using glow paints.

[powderpost]

I made and sold lures in Cairns for about ten years, specialising in bibless lures for pelagics. I found the best finish was a product called 'envirotex'. It is a two part epoxy and needs to be rotated until it begins to set.. I also used two part estapol, but found it to be a bit too thin.
Jim