lure making chronicles: how I made the skinny smelt

hope you guys enjoy this, i had lots of fun making it

[@MasterGhilieman]

"Like a gynecologist" Haha! Dude you're one of the best, love watching to get inspired to go mold and pour baits!

[@fernrjf]

Thanks for the tutorial on the your Smelt lure. I just finished my first ever carving of a Striper. Your carving of the master smelt pattern has given some good ways to finish my new speckled trout carving. I have looked at all of you videos for the last few years and have gotten many great ideals! Thanks again! Bob Fern USA

[@hogwilder2198]

Wow! That is amazing how much detail you made!! You are an artist, my Friend! Thanks 4 the video!

[@galva777tx]

Awesome carving skills, enjoy your videos along with the humor thrown in. Keep up the good work 👍👊👊👊

[@jasontusmc]

Another amazing build, and man you had me laughing so hard with the nose comments I damn near cut myself!!!! Keep up the amazing work.

[@espenwangsalbu8610]

This is the prettiest and most detailed swimbait master ive ever seen. would love to have a mold like that.

[@SplishSplashFishing]

Your carving skill are amazing - Great job once again

[@steveraynor2946]

Dude, that's some serious talent you have there.

[@marlingbaits]

That's a sexy ass bait! Love watching your work

[@SolarfallBaits]

your vids and baits are great too man

[@calebmolenda9588]

You two are a huge inspiration to me! I made a video of me making a zebrawood crank bait - it's on my channel.

[@mobidik9755]

Marling Baits Cool new channel, I start making lures too, unfortunately I do not have your tools and DIY workshop...

[@josemadariaga7597]

Ola

[@josemadariaga7597]

Hola

[@bravefisherman4968]

you truly have some talent my man! it's amazing watching you take a block of wood and make something out of it!

[@davidsteer8142]

That shouldn’t be used near water, it should be in a museum for modern art! From one lure maker to another, you have created a thing of beauty, and I salute you.

[@SolarfallBaits]

thanks david your kind words are much appriciated

[@wilmartin4686]

Just a great video. Beautiful design. I am very impressed. Thank you for sharing

[@antonio999us]

Hello Mikko, greetings from Peru again... after watching your video and passion that you put on your work I have to say that it was awesome. I really enjoyed a lot the time that I spent last night watching this video. Every detail was recorded step by step when carving the piece of wood to convert it into an incredible lure for your mold. Seriously I will try to began to do some of these soft lures following the process, which I realize that I will love it. I have already found and bought the resins here in Lima some weeks ago, so I'm almost ready to do my tries. After doing my first messes, I will look for you to get some tips to fix my mistakes. Please, let me congratulate for your unique and extraordinary work...

[@decotapruitt4261]

By far my favorite voice overs!!

[@pepsithebunny2404]

You are a true master at lure-making. Greetings from Brazil.

[@RichardPrager]

This is awesome...narrating yourself. Super cool and a great sense of humor!

[@swburton316]

Another awesome video! Just starting to pour some stuff and your videos have been super helpful. Thank you!

[@jfishmento4147]

it amazes me that anyone would press the dislike button on this . great craftsmenship ! cool videos !

[@SolarfallBaits]

Thanks james i have a feeling those dislikes are from my number one fans aka trolls. when your in the game as long as i have you get a few of those on the way.

[@carlosnascimento9554]

It was beautiful, this amazing detail

[@HeavyBaitsFishing]

not only looking great, but also works fantastic 👍

[@szymonsaniewski5140]

Great video and definitely enjoyed the humor lmao keep it up brotha

[@johnbates8964]

Outstanding work, and just loving the background music!

[@SolarfallBaits]

Thanks for watching John

[@DarkRumAgain]

Enjoyed watching your video. It hurts to see you carving with a craft knife. They are not really very sharp, so I am impressed what you can do with something I consider junk, as it relates to carving. Wonderful inspiring lures.

[@SolarfallBaits]

The craft knife is use has changeable blades that are extremely sharp to a point where you could probably do surgery with them if you wanted to, i prefer them over everything else i've tried thru out the years while making lures.

[@ulfrbita4304]

great video as usual look's good in the water too thanks for sharing

[@frispiyu1840]

good day What material was used for the bait model?

[@randomconsumer4494]

Legos.... brilliant! That is a good idea

[@stephengeoghegan-doughty.5870]

This might be a 2yr old video, but still a great learning piece Thoroughly enjoyed.

[@thefishermanbuilder9605]

Very great work! Congratulation! What airbrush paint do you use to color the lure?

[@danielostman5805]

hello! i must say i am impressed with your skills and the time you take to make your baits perfect! i am a lurebuilder myself and have making poppers and other stuff from age of 13 and i must say you are very good at what you do! greatings from sweden! :D

[@SolarfallBaits]

thanks for the kind words Daniel, much appreciated

[@danielostman5805]

you are wecome! can i bye this lure from you? or maybe trade? haha :P

[@joshlyon9518]

HAHAHAH! Your humor is so awesome! Really enjoy your videos and commentary. Its a little bit off topic, what is the background music?? its so good! Please say you or someone you know makes it. Around 10 minutes. Great music and great lure making!

[@SolarfallBaits]

You know what i really have no recollection where i got that music from but i guess it was some royalty free stuff i found from the internet.

[@joshlyon9518]

@@SolarfallBaits Thats okay, it was a long time ago. you have good music tase as well as taste baiting. ;) Im a handmade lure maker from Australia, would love to swap some tips and lures. is there any chance you would be interested??

[@SuperKabookie]

Looks great! Very good action!

[@304WNKLURES]

Great job .

[@iulianmuresanu]

2.50- it would probably go faster if you use a rasp to shape it and then clean it off with the dremel thingy. But you seem to like that thing :))

[@danweible1280]

Great video,you made it look easy.

[@DavidScobie]

Nice very nice I'll bet the Pike smash them up. Think I'll subscribe to this channel.

[@MRFLIP]

Hahaha love your attitude in this video nice work

[@turningtidefoundation6080]

Beautiful carving

[@bloodknot1017]

ABSURD - DISGUSTING - SICK! there is only ONE Mikko! love it brother!

[@SolarfallBaits]

nice to see you back on youtube skip

[@bloodknot1017]

thx Mikko

[@Arfabiscuit]

Nice one Mikko lovely work

[@gerbrandgrobler]

Great work again Mikko.

[@raymondbailey1970]

Thats awesome fella,well done man.

[@andrewfinger2597]

Another fantastic video my friend. Keep it up

[@Rebelution-nk5mp]

Love these swimbait diaries

[@dogocorso]

Hey I was wondering if you have ever tried using alginate to make your parting line for the two part molds instead of claying up the first mold side? I found this material very helpful for speeding up my 2 part molds.

What is the formula of liquid silicone you use for silicone fish?

[@anglernotes]

Can you please tell me what kind of wood is that?

[@joshuamurphy9265]

Love the video awesome job that swimbaits got talent

[@erickg3508]

You need a bandsaw... Let me know if you still need one, I will gladly buy one and send it through amazon... Unless you are out of America... Then Maybe Ebay. I guess... Cool video!

[@user-ss5zy8oe5h]

my friend, please tell me if you can buy it ?? or tell me what it is still used for? I did not sleep at night, I could not find it

[@emiltidstrand8006]

This is my favorite of your videos. How long is this bait? Im working on a 20cm smelt myself. As sort of a "perfect size" baitfish, or a big downsize lure. Would love to know the weight and lenght of this one.

[@SolarfallBaits]

25cm and weighs around 100g

[@emiltidstrand8006]

@@SolarfallBaits thanks a bunch.

[@SidiSidi-sp2qk]

So amazing bro..good job..

[@sixeladel7275]

superb lure, the plastic happens to be filled in the fin, the fact that you have not done the auvant?

[@SolarfallBaits]

Im sorry but i dont understand what you mean by auvant

[@sixeladel7275]

@@SolarfallBaits sorry I meant, events at the nivrau of the nag, so that the air escapes.

[@SolarfallBaits]

@@sixeladel7275 ah you mean an air vent. There are air vents for the fins that i made later on. I forget if they show up in the video or not ( im too lazy to check lol)

[@sixeladel7275]

@@SolarfallBaits ok, you did it big you're event?, I like your way to run by the tail I have to try, because I run back my lure back, with a simple mold shell puts the plastic retracts a lot at the back

[@davidtichy3546]

Is good id my wooden lure with a lip turns side to side, but has no tail action?

[@swburton316]

Also maybe you have some input... I'm trying to create a mold of an old soft plastic swimbait that isn't made anymore. It's got a few small fins on it, and I'm having trouble capturing them along with all of the detail in the bait. Is there a certain type of silicone I should be using for a job like this?

[@SolarfallBaits]

first of all thanks for watching. i mostly use mold max 30 and been very pleased in how it captures details such as you see in the video.

[@swburton316]

Thanks for helping make the learning curve steeper! I'll give the mold max 30 a try. Thanks for the quick response!

[@CountryMaster16]

copuld you not as well make the lure out of closed cell foam or would the foam melt when making the mould?

[@tommywood7087]

... very nice. Thanks

[@mirage81alpsray]

Super inspiring and an awesome lure by the looks of it! Did you clear coat the Master in any way, or did you just fine sand it, before you poured the mold?

[@SolarfallBaits]

oh yes i forgot to mention that in the video but i did spray paint the master with some clear acrylic varnish before i made the mold.

[@mirage81alpsray]

It looked like it ;) thx for the info.

[@gregthomas4605]

Wow. Great video. New subscriber here. The plastic that you used for the bait is plastisol? Did you dip the bait again after the paint job?

[@SolarfallBaits]

Yes itd plastisol the type of paints i use dont require dipping you just paint and go fishing with the baits. In case your wondering what paints they are i use cab coatings soft paints.

[@jaredbradley4095]

Ever thought about mounting your jigsaw upside down so you can use it like a bandsaw?

[@SolarfallBaits]

I have thought about it how ever it might be little too dangerous

[@user-fk3pv9ri4o]

hello from greece !!! What material was used for the bait model. something wood wood or plastic material...name??? thanks!!!!!!!!!

[@SolarfallBaits]

its synthetic materal called OBO modulan, i say it in the video

[@user-fk3pv9ri4o]

@@SolarfallBaits thank you very much

[@i2aspire]

Can you please tell me what the material is your carving on I cant catch what you are calling it?

[@SolarfallBaits]

Obo modulan. Wood is perfectly acceptable as well i just had this lying around so i decided to use it

[@guidotamburrini2735]

Great work Marko

[@hildac9670]

I think it's time for you to purchase a scroll saw awesome lure

[@PotiaGraphy]

i just subscribed for your great job !!!

[@petaks01]

Old video but I still "need" to know, do you clear dip them after the painting or will it stick enough?

[@SolarfallBaits]

I dont dip my soft baits

[@goovaerg]

What do you use to clean your softbaits before painting them?

[@SolarfallBaits]

Glenn Goovaerts dish washing soap

[@greddyxcivic]

man you deserve more subs. i love your vids. keep it up! I may have missed it but what wood did you use?

[@SolarfallBaits]

thanks alot for the kind words and i surely will keep it up ;) the material i used in this video is not wood but a synthetic material called obomodulan

[@greddyxcivic]

Can you liken it to carving balsa? Or a harder wood? Just curious as to the ease of using it. But you're welcome!

[@SolarfallBaits]

this stuff comes in various densities, the kind i have is very close to hardwood like birch

[@ah9559]

hmm do you know the hardness? i have checked on the website and i don't which one to choose: www.obo-werke.de/en/products/obomodulanr-pu-boards.html

[@SolarfallBaits]

Ales Horvat im quite sure mine is 500 dencity

[@TrensdePesca]

Canal TRENS DE PESCA - Brasil - Parabéns pelo excelente trabalho, aprendo muito vendo seus vídeos!

[@GarthGoldberg]

Love watching your video. Is that actually pieces of Lego used for your mold frame? Unfortunately, I discarded my Lego sets more than 40 years ago.

[@SolarfallBaits]

yep those are legos, i was fortunate to grow up with them so i get to play with them in my adult years too

[@nobroko]

Hey have you ever thought of using smooth on ecoflex 00-30 for soft baits it's a soft stretchy tough silicone. Iv just ordered some to try

[@SolarfallBaits]

actually never heard of that stuff, might be worth looking into for plastisol

[@nobroko]

Apparently it's on par with the plastic zman make their baits from

[@nobroko]

www.smooth-on.com/product-line/ecoflex/

[@squeess]

Love your work good job :)

[@MostafaMahmoud-ol8mt]

Very cool What kind of wood is used?

[@SolarfallBaits]

No wood was used in the making of this lure.

[@MostafaMahmoud-ol8mt]

@@SolarfallBaits I understand .. I am asking about the type of wood you used in the first video

[@SolarfallBaits]

Well like i said i didnt use wood, i mention in the video that the material i used is synthetic stuff called obomodulan.

[@danisanchez7281]

Is it possible to purchase some of the molds that you do?

[@SolarfallBaits]

No i dont sell them, its not hard to do them anyway as you see from the video

[@Billyboy4209]

Do you sell baits? I would love to get my hands on these. They look like little pile minnows aka striper candy for the striped bass here. Love the videos!

[@SolarfallBaits]

i do sell sometimes. dont really have too much "free time" to make much I'm afraid as i do have a normal day job that eats up the motivation

[@stefan5rovic]

Then quit your normal day job

[@aleethao1]

What paint are you using to paint soft plastics? Great vid btw

[@SolarfallBaits]

aleethao1 i use cad coatings soft paint

[@DavidScobie]

Wonder would they work for Northern Irish Pike? There could be a potential deal here for you, you send me a rubber lure I'll send you Guinness it's a fare trade.

[@SolarfallBaits]

Im sure they would work. unfortunately I'm currently not able to make any soft baits.

[@DavidScobie]

@@SolarfallBaits ahh bugger guess I will have to drink the Guinness hahaha can't have it go to waste now can we hahaha. Love the channel man really keep up the good work if I could make one suggestion your videos need more metal tunes, Heavy Metal makes everything better.

[@SolarfallBaits]

@@DavidScobie yeah thats too bad i do enjoy a good pint of Guinness. And yeah metal makes everything better but if you want views on a fishing related channel people tend not to respond very well to heavy tunes unfortunately lol.

[@DavidScobie]

@@SolarfallBaits I'm pretty new to the whole KZbin video making stuff myself have to keep telling myself stop swearing when things annoy the crap out of me hahaha like telling humans who ride jetskis right over where your fishing to fuck off might not be the best way to go.

[@tristansleutel867]

What kind of wood did you use for this bait?

[@SolarfallBaits]

Its not wood but a synthetic material called obo modulan. It's only available for industry use as far as i know

[@jonathanjrhartwick3610]

I am curious if you would sell a mold to me of the skinny shad?

[@SolarfallBaits]

nope

[@jonathanjrhartwick3610]

Ok. Thx for responding

[@nikolai420]

chapped up to little tiny pieces to add volume baby, i lold

[@lucasswart6134]

what will you charge to make me a mold of a red eye mullet

[@leongrubaugh2418]

Me too !!!!!

[@andisvilmanis5013]

how many days it takes to carve one of this ??

[@SolarfallBaits]

maybe a week or so.

[@gmanlipripper]

hell yeah looked killer

[@wilmartin4686]

Do you sell them baits or have you thought about it. I would love to get my hands on some. I would definitely buy some

[@SolarfallBaits]

sometimes but not very often. i usually do that in my facebook group (solarfallbaits finland) or on ebay

[@user-ss5zy8oe5h]

where this paint is primed?

[@med.fishing]

love thes nice work

[@flickersoftbait8528]

what's color.

[@emson263]

Hey Mikko please add a link where i can buy that material You use.Regards

[@SolarfallBaits]

unfortunately the stuff that i'm using is as far as i remember only sold to companies, i got it thru a friend of mine who has access to it.

[@mitchstraffon1855]

How did you learn how to do this stuff?

[@SolarfallBaits]

i guess same as everyone else who makes lures, trial and error and researching what others people did before me.

[@kylestub553]

What rod and reel did you use?

[@lurefishinglloydie5031]

Awesome video

[@steventhomas7504]

What # OBO Modulan are you using?

[@SolarfallBaits]

I'm using the one that's has 500 density

[@cr0cket01]

do you have a channel called skallgrim as you both sound the same?

[@SolarfallBaits]

Im subbed to his channel im not the same guy though lol

[@KaszubBait]

good work!

[@user-ss5zy8oe5h]

what is this paint called, I can not find, thanks for earlier?

[@SolarfallBaits]

cab coatings soft paint

[@user-ss5zy8oe5h]

can you send a photo of this paint? please

[@SolarfallBaits]

if you google cab coatings its the very first search result, its not hard to find

[@ninatran7545]

best video ever

[@SolarfallBaits]

haha well i don't know about "the best video ever" but thanks anyway ;)

[@eddieetheridge3601]

Nice Work!!!

[@vladimirdimitrijevic6388]

hello..whose tree is the one you make the models from

[@SolarfallBaits]

I think i mentioned it in the video. Its not wood but synthetic model material called obomodulan

[@vladimirdimitrijevic6388]

@@SolarfallBaits thanks, and what hardness, now i'm looking at the net ... easy to process .... good for making wobblers

[@SolarfallBaits]

@@vladimirdimitrijevic6388 i dont know if it works with making wobblers but might be worth trying. The one i have sinks so its not the greatest material to make lures but works nice with masters

[@wernerstrydom2373]

What was that material u used again to make the Skinny Smelt master?

[@SolarfallBaits]

obomodulan

[@frispiyu1840]

tell me what paint paint?

[@thomasjehanne8134]

Hello What kind of wood or foam you use to make the master thank you

[@SolarfallBaits]

hey there thomas i mention in the video few times that i use obomodulan which is not wood but a synthetic mold making material

[@thomasjehanne8134]

Okay it was what seemed to me thanks for the answer

[@charlesarmstrong17]

Great work!! What grade OBO is that?