Pike Pool (107) Alan Behenna
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Pike Pool (107) Alan Behenna
Morning Pitsters,
Its the day before the traditional start of the pike season, so if you haven't twisted the traces, stuffed the freezers with smelt or sorted the lures....here is a piece that will get in the mood for the season.
Enjoy!
https://thepikepool.blogspot.com/2020/0 ... lures.html
Its the day before the traditional start of the pike season, so if you haven't twisted the traces, stuffed the freezers with smelt or sorted the lures....here is a piece that will get in the mood for the season.
Enjoy!
https://thepikepool.blogspot.com/2020/0 ... lures.html
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Re: Pike Pool (107) Alan Behenna
Great stuff Alan and Jas, nice to see the pool back regularly too
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Re: Pike Pool (107) Alan Behenna
Great read Alan, I’m even more excited now
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Re: Pike Pool (107) Alan Behenna
Very good piece of writing - almost felt there with Alan ........ Many thanks.
Especially as I can only fish vicariously due to Covid isolation since March ....... Tony
Especially as I can only fish vicariously due to Covid isolation since March ....... Tony
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Re: Pike Pool (107) Alan Behenna
No bullshit, no moonshine. Just how it should be.
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Re: Pike Pool (107) Alan Behenna
I think I can make a decent copy of that twin tail.
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Re: Pike Pool (107) Alan Behenna
Great piece -That was some brace Alan! Top bombing!
I've only fished over my proverbials in chesties a couple of times, funnily enough with topwaters.
'Entertaining', to say the least, to be playing pike at virtually eye level (even though my fish were nowhere near the stamp of yours).
I've only fished over my proverbials in chesties a couple of times, funnily enough with topwaters.
'Entertaining', to say the least, to be playing pike at virtually eye level (even though my fish were nowhere near the stamp of yours).
"He's some sort of lure savant. Or just has an unhealthy addiction to old lures. We are not quite sure . . . . . "
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Re: Pike Pool (107) Alan Behenna
For anyone that might be that interested:
Most unusually........most!
There is a rare opportunity right at the moment to get hold of two of the best patterns (through personal experience) on Flea-Bay right now.
Only source is the states' though.
Originally in three sizes, the 5" the 7.5" and the 10". I'd be picking them in that reverse order.
Remember, it's not the holy grail, it has quality control issues.........but "cared for" and tweaked as Al' used them, they did exactly what I had intended.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from ... l&_sacat=0
The pictures he's using are mostly all the 10" versions (two underbody trebs), the smaller versions have only one underbody treb'
Best of:
Most unusually........most!
There is a rare opportunity right at the moment to get hold of two of the best patterns (through personal experience) on Flea-Bay right now.
Only source is the states' though.
Originally in three sizes, the 5" the 7.5" and the 10". I'd be picking them in that reverse order.
Remember, it's not the holy grail, it has quality control issues.........but "cared for" and tweaked as Al' used them, they did exactly what I had intended.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from ... l&_sacat=0
The pictures he's using are mostly all the 10" versions (two underbody trebs), the smaller versions have only one underbody treb'
Best of:
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Re: Pike Pool (107) Alan Behenna
Just bought a 10".
I'll have a go at moulding it.
I'll have a go at moulding it.
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Best of Luck Dan, I would imagine it might be a challenge to get it to run "correctly", part of the fun.
The originals in both brand versions (with internal harness) had "some" turn-over" or "run-wrongs" in pre-production. Guide Dog' mentioned it, Bucher must have bin' the same.
The originals in both brand versions (with internal harness) had "some" turn-over" or "run-wrongs" in pre-production. Guide Dog' mentioned it, Bucher must have bin' the same.
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alan behenna wrote: ↑Thu Oct 01 2020 14:03 -Mine will be just the body and will need rigging up by the angler, but the body shape looks fairly easy to copy.Best of Luck Dan, I would imagine it might be a challenge to get it to run "correctly", part of the fun.
The originals in both brand versions (with internal harness) had "some" turn-over" or "run-wrongs" in pre-production. Guide Dog' mentioned it, Bucher must have bin' the same.
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Re: Pike Pool (107) Alan Behenna
Excellent read, I enjoyed that certainly got the juices flowing for the propper start of the season. Thanks to Jason and to Alan for doing the article.
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Re: Pike Pool (107) Alan Behenna
Hi Alan.
The 10" twintail arrived yesterday so I knocked up a rough mould last night.
It'll need a day or two for the high temperature paint to fully cure and then I'll pour one or two and test them at the weekend.
Assuming I'm happy with them I'll send you a couple to play with and see what you think.
My first impression of the lure was that a chunkier body may make rigging them up easier, that should be easy enough to do if required.
The 10" twintail arrived yesterday so I knocked up a rough mould last night.
It'll need a day or two for the high temperature paint to fully cure and then I'll pour one or two and test them at the weekend.
Assuming I'm happy with them I'll send you a couple to play with and see what you think.
My first impression of the lure was that a chunkier body may make rigging them up easier, that should be easy enough to do if required.
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Hi Dan,
I'm intrigued, looking at your mold, and of course the compound being used will matter. Compare the running action with the action of the original and how it's rigged needs looking at. Fascinating stuff.
If the newly molded runs well enough, the acid' test will be ol' esox herself of course.
I suppose any decent pattern might work. If it's of any use "The Twins" came to the "Natural Perch" and "Rainbow Trout" patterns in the original Buchers'. The NP looked like a green jelly with gold flakes suspended throughout.
Thank you for your kind offer, if your efforts should pay-off, much appreciated (and interested in your efforts here).
This lure is such that it's twin tail action is the b-all and end-all, and how you fish it, actual body pattern might be secondary, to a degree.
Hope the Customs etc didn't get you.
I'm intrigued, looking at your mold, and of course the compound being used will matter. Compare the running action with the action of the original and how it's rigged needs looking at. Fascinating stuff.
If the newly molded runs well enough, the acid' test will be ol' esox herself of course.
I suppose any decent pattern might work. If it's of any use "The Twins" came to the "Natural Perch" and "Rainbow Trout" patterns in the original Buchers'. The NP looked like a green jelly with gold flakes suspended throughout.
Thank you for your kind offer, if your efforts should pay-off, much appreciated (and interested in your efforts here).
This lure is such that it's twin tail action is the b-all and end-all, and how you fish it, actual body pattern might be secondary, to a degree.
Hope the Customs etc didn't get you.
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Re: Pike Pool (107) Alan Behenna
I had a few people ask how the lure turned out so here you are.
The originals the lower lure for comparison.
This one was made for my mate who prefers a dark red for his red head lures.
There's a little blemish in the join line but that was me being clumsy, not a fault in the mould.
The originals the lower lure for comparison.
This one was made for my mate who prefers a dark red for his red head lures.
There's a little blemish in the join line but that was me being clumsy, not a fault in the mould.
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Daniel wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23 2020 20:20 -I had a few people ask how the lure turned out so here you are.
The originals the lower lure for comparison.
This one was made for my mate who prefers a dark red for his red head lures.
There's a little blemish in the join line but that was me being clumsy, not a fault in the mould.
IMG_20201023_194342690.jpg
I like it, possibilities there. Can think of at least three ways to rig that, right off the bat.
Want another Challenge?
Here's his "also now very long defunct" seven inch version with single belly hanger. Not everybody like to throw the bigger stuff.
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Re: Pike Pool (107) Alan Behenna
Looks good Daniel! I suspect it may be hard to get it to run right with the body shape. It will probably require some weight under its belly to act as a keel.
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Re: Pike Pool (107) Alan Behenna
Iain Gillies wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24 2020 12:55 -My mate rigged a test model up with a weightless corkscrew in the nose with two small stingers from it into the back of the lure.Looks good Daniel! I suspect it may be hard to get it to run right with the body shape. It will probably require some weight under its belly to act as a keel.
He then added a weighted corkscrew to the belly to keel it.
Worked a treat, he's had a good number of fish on it over the last week while testing it.
I'm looking at changing the body shape to something chunkier to allow other rigging options.
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Re: Pike Pool (107) Alan Behenna
alan behenna wrote: ↑Sat Oct 24 2020 11:39 -Leave it with me, I'll see what I can do.Daniel wrote: ↑Fri Oct 23 2020 20:20 -I had a few people ask how the lure turned out so here you are.
The originals the lower lure for comparison.
This one was made for my mate who prefers a dark red for his red head lures.
There's a little blemish in the join line but that was me being clumsy, not a fault in the mould.
IMG_20201023_194342690.jpg
I like it, possibilities there. Can think of at least three ways to rig that, right off the bat.
Want another Challenge?
Here's his "also now very long defunct" seven inch version with single belly hanger. Not everybody like to throw the bigger stuff.
I think I can make a smaller one by using the big version as a guide.