Things You'll Need:
- Peg style clothes pins.
- Various acrylic paints
- Metallic paint
- Aluminum cans
- Metal shears
- Sharp knife
- Heavy leather work gloves
- Paint brushes
- Straight pins with black or metallic beaded heads
- Feathers
- Split shot sinkers
- Fishing line
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Step 1
Wearing heavy leather work gloves for protection, cut off the top and bottom of your aluminum can. Cut it open up one side as well. Carefully flatten the can to make a square of aluminum sheeting.
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Step 2
Cut several spoon bowl shaped pieces from the flat aluminum. Vary the size from four inches long down to one inch long, and about half an inch to a quarter inch wide at the narrow end, and as wide as one inch at the wide end. The pieces should resemble a minnow on its side.
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Step 3
Make a cut in the head of each peg style clothes pin, about a half inch to an inch deep. Insert one of the aluminum fish pieces into each clothes pin. Secure with instant adhesive such as Super Glue. Cut another hole diagonally into the underside of each lure. Insert your fish hook, securing with instant adhesive.
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Step 4
Cut away the "legs," of each clothes pin. Using a hand drill and the thinnest bit you have, drill a hole on each side of the "head," end of your lure, opposite the end where you inserted the aluminum fish piece. Put a straight pin with a beaded head into each of the two holes. These will be your lure's "eyes."
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Step 5
Paint your lure with acrylics, red, green and metallic are good colors to use to attract fish. If desired, soak lures in fish attractant, sold at most bait stores. Don't forget to tell everyone about the one that got away...
