Finnish style lures

[Fat Boy]

Petri, have you ever made a suspending model?  That would be like gold over here! 

[Water Wolf]

Awsome job Piatu.  Very neat style of lures, color choices and lure skins.

I have found that fish skin is really tuff stuff so how do fish skin lures hold up to toothy predators like pike?

Do you tan the fish skin like a taxidermist does?

WW

[Piatu]

I have few suspending prototypes under work right now and i think that these might work quite well ... but later more about these....

I dont use any tannig.

Varnish what i use is very hard stuff and i put totally 9-14 layers, so there will came some scratchs but nothing bigger ones.

[Epkomd]

absolutely beautiful work there.

must charge a good price for one of them.

i'd like to start trying to make a few of my own lures myself. What would you recomend
for a beginner to do.
it must take years of practice to get as good as you are.

thanks for any tips.

[OTIS]

absolutely beautiful work there.

must charge a good price for one of them.

i'd like to start trying to make a few of my own lures myself. What would you recomend
for a beginner to do.
it must take years of practice to get as good as you are.

thanks for any tips.

Check out the do-it-yourself/lure making thread on Ice Shanty.  He goes into detail in a couple posts about some of his techniques.  There a great read and VERY inspirational!

[Piatu]

Yep, there is some explanation about my techniques at iceshanty.

At starting, most important is wish to learn and want to try new techniques.
Its hard way but with making will teach and explanations about techniques will find in internet.

There is no any "right way" to make lures and chemicals are diffrent between diffrent countries so i cannot help about these...at here we have possible to buy specialized varnishes and paints for luremaking.

But i remember my first one....
Piece of pine and aluminium, knife ,sandpaper and nailvarnish from my mother ...over 20years ago.

Start from cheap stuff and try...try and try....you can buy better tools later, its not important at starting.
When you catch first fish from your own lure...you're hooked in luremaking.
Good luck and i dont know better hobby than luremaking and remember there is no any limits with techniques.

[TheDL]

I'll say it one more time - GREAT looking lures, you're truly an artist.  Are you actually using REAL fish skin on your lures?  What a great idea!  I am going to check out your 'how to' on ice shanty and give it a go myself.  Keep posting pics, they're a thing of  beauty!

[Piatu]

Over 95% from my year production are coverd with diffrent fishskins. Mostly perch and roach but i have used pike, zander whitefish, arctic char, strurgeon , ruffe ....many more and some from smoked fishes ...allmost every fishes what i have got my hands.

Not easiest way, but real natural in lures.

[TheDL]

Check out the do-it-yourself/lure making thread on Ice Shanty.  He goes into detail in a couple posts about some of his techniques.  There a great read and VERY inspirational!

http://www.iceshanty.com/ice_fishing/index.php?topic=156927.0

[Piatu]

I just mentionet that i dont paint much-

Couple roach, perch and painted ones. Bodylenght from 110mm to 180mm + plasticbib:


By piatu at 2011-07-05

[Piatu]

Something new..
Bodylenght ~50mm and weight 6-7g.


By piatu at 2011-07-24


And with same body....spinnerfish...


By piatu at 2011-07-24


By piatu at 2011-07-27

[Piatu]

By piatu at 2011-07-28

Painted, foiled and one pikeskin.
Body~130mm and total 170mm.

Blaah...same old 150mm long lightened spoon with perch:


By piatu at 2011-07-28

Cameras battery died, so picture is quite crap.

And with roachskin:


By piatu at 2011-07-29

[Piatu]

Back to work:


By piatu at 2011-07-31


By piatu at 2011-07-31


By piatu at 2011-07-31

80mm to 120mm long ones

[perchgypsy]

by faR the best looking stickbaits and spoons ive came across
great work i need friends like you ...im a great product tester 
very nice work 

[Piatu]

Sorry, but ia have quite lot of people for testing my lures.


By Piatu at 2011-07-31

Btw 130mm long