Making a Flying Minnow fishing Lure

How to turn a flying c into a flying minnow fishing lure for rainbow trout
Link to pdf of tools and materials for the original homemade flying c
homeluremaking....

[@bpn12123]

Hi Paul My name is Bill, I'm 15 and I live in Greece I just learned about your channel about 4 hours before and I have already sea almost all your videos You are FANTASTIC Keep uploading videos

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

i know, i even reduced those sounds in the audio editor, never mind note to myself oil some stuff before filming. Thanks

[@thienphana1311]

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[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

I think the one the advantages of a fly c lure is the hook being held out in flight, i found it puts real distance on the cast, I use this on reservoir where that helps. As yet have only lost one fish using this lure and that was because i spent almost thirty seconds trying to untangle my line from my jacket while the fish enjoyed a good bit of slack line.I think the great thing about making your own tackle is your can make what you know works for you and add that split ring or not. cheers

[@61diemai]

I really like your simple solutions , Paul , ...instead of messing around with glue and paint you just utilize the clear shrink tubing ! .....and in the water your lure looks pretty much appetizing , too , ......at least for a trout , I guess , ......great work again , ...cheers , Dieter

[@jsf4star891]

Paul, you do a splendid job on your lure, as well as your videos. I have seen most of them and have enjoyed them all. I have to give you credit on being the frugal fisherman. I noticed your handmade whip finishing tool and have to say the first time I saw it I thought it was store bought. Keep up the great work.

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

JSF 4star The whip finishing tool was something i meant to buy but kept forgetting and in the end i made one from a welding rod which i am guessing works as well. Thanks

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

i think i have fished all the bad spots so it was about time i got to fish some good ones. The rainbow trout was from a small reservoir in Yorkshire, i used to live a couple of miles away from it but never fished it now i live seventy miles from i go there It is called Scout Dyke. Other fishermen tend to tell where is good and sometimes they are right. thanks

[@osvaldolosa3874]

I congratulate you. You are one of the best creating and explaining each step. You can tell you enjoy what you do. It is a pleasure to watch these videos. Never stop publishing them. It's a great help. regards

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

Good guess the wire is .8mm or approx .030 inch s/teel mig welding wire i think it is 316 grade there is a link to the pdf in the desciption with tools and materials for the older version of the flying c i am just working on the update cheers

[@garylawlor2288]

Nice. Good idea. I have been turning old flying C lures into bucktail spinners. They look good if only the weather would improve so I can go and test them on some big pike

[@derekirelandsirsmokepotalo1152]

Another fantastic video step by step instructions clear to understand and a great end product well done man.

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

cheers Dieter, i think my simple solutions stem out of a need to get to the water sooner than waiting for paint to dry.

[@oze147]

Nice little lure Paul! But don`t you have problems with trouts throwing off the hook? I just ask, because I usually use a little splitring to connect my hooks to the spinner, becauseI think if the connection is too stiff they can use it to lever the hook out of their mouths. And with the shrinking tube cover, there is not much room for the hook to move. Anyway, its a cool lure and as always a great video! Greets

[@tazmanmn]

Great video Paul love the use of clear heat shrink to keep the eyes and foil on that is a great idea I'll have to give that a try on some bigger pike spinners

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

i use it for making fishing floats, if you see the video making fishing floats on a hand cranked lathe. I also use it for making some devon minnow lure mounts and sometimes for dressing treble hooks.

[@ChristopherPHammond]

Absolutely brilliant tutorials Paul! Top advice and professional quality presenting. My new go to videos for home made tackle. Many thanks.

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

thanks

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

thanks, i was pike fishing the other evening with plugs and clipped this on for ten minutes just to see and watched a little jack follow it and strike just as it left the water but no banana. It works well for perch of decent size or little ones with bigger eyes than their bellies.

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

let me know how you get on and thanks for commenting

[@neilards]

great video paul, i bought 5pk of flying c of ebay to try for the sea trout and same as you said at the start of your video it never come of, not one hit on them so now can dress them up try them on my local river next season , thanks for the videos you upload

[@fuski23]

why the hell would somebody dislike this video? great lure and video :)

[@LoyalGers]

Lovely little lure. Outfishes a plain mepp 10/1. Personally, I'd ditch the yellow bead in favour of two small red beads, and change the tail to a dark red with silver holographic tinsel. And change from the copper french blade to a silver willow leaf but I'm just picky, lol.

[@prestonward7533]

Awesome spinner. What size clevis and what size blade did you use?

[@jonezkat]

Another great video thanks Paul. Where do you go fishing and how do you find out about good spots?

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

I have so many ideas of videos to make but the hard reality is every time i improve the production it takes that bit longer to make a video. I may at some point do a tools or shop vid but at the moment i feel like i have only just scratched the surface in lure making and really want to do some more vids about more original lure ideas and recreating old forgot lures. Thanks

[@bryanwilliams3395]

Have you ever used old mig welding tips ? I have just collected a handful of different sizes from work ,they are copper with a hole straight through ,thought they might make spinners ,flying c ect. I get all the scrap stainless mig wire offcuts which are useful but cannot think of a good use for the miles of mild steel wire that is scrapped apart from using it for hangers.. Any ideas? You may weld yourself and have old mig tips but if you dont ,all sheetmetal workshops will have some old ones in the scrap.

[@antonio999us]

Hello Paul I've just watch your video and I liked a lot. I will borrow some tips from your techniques. For example that aluminum foil to give a shiny silver to the lure, and use that transparent shrinkable tube to protect the body. Actually I'm not sure that I can find it here in Peru, but I will try. Thanks a lot for sharing your videos.

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

the shrink tubing is normally used in electronics if that helps

[@antonio999us]

Thank you Paul.. I use the plastic tube for my assist hooks , but I have not seen any transparent before ... that was great. I will look for it....

[@Piterszczyk]

Love your vids Paul, especially the way you recycle materials or use inexpensive materials from discount stores. I use a lot of cheap materials for tying pike flies myself :) This lure looks great as well and surely is a great caster. One thing though- after cutting the wire with side cutters I suggest to file down the end bit so it doesn't cut or damage the line, alternatively you could cover it with a drop of uv resin or even 5 min epoxy. Take care ;)

[@alancorner4359]

Hi great lure, thanks for sharing. Where did you get the pliers from ?

[@gavinerasmus9099]

Excellent Idea, going to do it right now

[@papp22]

would be nice if you made videos teaching how to use the rod (hook) that appears in 4 :: 17 minutes. As to the various types of us ... grateful ... always accompany their jobs ... are great (I'm in Brazil)

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

I can't find the original supplier as it was over a year ago, but what i found when i first started using them was i tried to clamp the wire and then just wrap it round the spiked bit and this didn't make a nice loop. Then i watched a jewelry making vid,(don't ask, it was just research honest) what they did was clamp and bend a little around the spike, then rotate the pliers a little and clamp again and bend again and then repeat and i found it makes a much closer and neater eye. Cheers

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

round nose concave pliers, the are normally used in jewelry making, i bought from e-bay

[@antonio999us]

Hello again Paul, A friend of mine noticed that you have a small manual drill on the backstage. I was wondering why did you do that wood-base to hold it. I understand that is tu used in horizontal position, butwil be great if you give me some additonal feedback. Thanks!!

[@taverhamdave]

I bought some of those pliers, but they don't seem to make as neat eyes as yours. I think the concave bit on yours looks deeper. Could you post the ebay link at some point forus, so we get the right ones? Cheers.

[@fakkak12345]

dear paul love your videos its realy helpful. can you kindly make a video on how to make barracuda tube lure please.

[@Arfabiscuit]

Once again another great video thought out and planned to perfection , Bravo

[@jenewman2]

Great vid, Paul! One suggestion: might remind folks to wear safety glasses when trimming the end bits off the MIG wire.

[@justevan6696]

Hey Paul, I would be very very glad if one of these days you could make a video, of you trout fishing! I've always liked to fish for trout but seeing how you make your own lures, it would be outstanding if you could do a trout fishing video with your own lures! P.S. your videos are the best!

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

The trout season is coming to and end over here so maybe next year. Cheers

[@oze147]

Hmmm..never thought about it that way! I always tried to optimize casting length by modifieing other components. You know, more weight, thinner line etc., but next time I also will try to stiff the hook to get more distance. Btw: Situations like yours proof that our understandings of time and space have to be wrong somehow, because why on earth is such mess always happening in the 5 minutes we have a fish on and not the two hours before or afterwards :-)

[@61diemai]

This surely is a good point , Paul , never seen it that way . Cheers , Dieter

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

there are worse things you can do with your spare time, i know because i have tried many of the worse, things. Thanks for your support and kind words and good luck with the fishes.

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

I might have to give it a go i have some over sized tubing i ordered by mistake, thanks

[@ssskinner28]

How come you dont twist the wire down by the hook will it not slip out if you catch a big fish? I noticed that that the hook just slips over the wire and you didnt twist it shut?

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

this is a bit of a funny one because some supplier sell it as width measured flat and some by diameter. I bought this as 12mm diameter 2-1 heat shrink so it shrinks to half its diameter. cheers

[@corollarollas]

great tips and description of tools used. i am inspired

[@tibbeatjshm]

Nice one think im ganna use the basic for a bigger pike spinner! Nice one!!!

[@SuperFourwinns]

Okay, Paul. I have watched all of your videos. You have convinced me to start building some of my lures. Where do I get the shrink wrap like you used? How about the jewelry pliers? Thanks Paul.........

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

Grant Jones I think you deserve some kind of award for watching all my videos. I bought the shrink wrap on ebay it was really inexpensive. The jewelry plier also came form ebay via china, they were sold as concave to round pliers 5" and cost me about £ 4-5. Good luck and thanks

[@liloiul]

Thanks mate, was looking after those damn pliers for a couple of months. just ordered them ;)

[@pikemax888]

Thank you . You do a great job, love the lures ..

[@EnriqueSantiagofly]

Excellent work, Mr. Adams.

[@nwdiscovery676]

Very detailed video, so appreciate good job. Thanks!!!

[@dkoriss1]

...great skills my friend, have you ever test it catching fish ?

[@grandwonder5858]

What kind of plier you used to bend the wire into little eyelets? Is it the kind with a small prong inside the gripping area? Is so, what you call that plier so I can look online and buy one. I checked the Internet for "jewelry pliers," but I don't see any prongs on those. When I looked at your video it looked like you used a plier with some kind of prong to help you bend the wire into eyelets, am I right? Thanks buddy, I love all of your videos. You have a real talent for making lures, something I want to obtain badly!

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

\The pliers i am using are called concave round nose pliers, they are normally sold for jewelery making, thanks

[@grandwonder5858]

***** Thanks for the reply, I'm going to buy me one.

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

thanks for sharing your personal preference in lubricant in such a public forum i thinking of selling some though. Cheers

[@antonio999us]

Thank you Paul, I will see your fishing float video....

[@tazmanmn]

Just have to make a bigger one for pike! I use #5 mepps and fox spinners all the time for pike and they work great. Check out NorthernScriptures bucktail videos to get an idea on the bigger ones there is all sorts of stuff with your ideas and his a person could come up with ;-)

[@Luger718A1]

How much does that little spinner minnow cost in materials? I like spinners, and making my own would be awesome.

[@Kenarew]

Did you ever make your own?

[@42pyroboy]

Man I would love to go to Scotland someday.

[@GondozaSulo]

Amazing way to recycle unused kit, thanks :)

[@italorocha32]

Olá bom dia, eu gostaria de saber onde eu compro estes materiais?

[@angelvermelio]

Hey Paul .exelente invento salmon chileno good, congratuleition, ingles not , spañol yes. good bay.

[@AddictedAngler]

those are real nice looking baits...

[@PlaneButcher]

Whats the name of the knot you use for tieing on those Feathers?

[@thommyv1671]

amazing when buy the fish eyes? what's the brand?

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

online from china

[@taverhamdave]

Great vid, as always, Paul. You might want to consider selling a couple though, and investing in some WD40!!

[@neilards]

hi paul what diameter is the shrink tubing used in this video , thanks

[@fionna]

Excuse me, how do you call the tool that holds the thread from 1:24?

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

this is a fly tying bobbin holder, this is a link to make a simple one making bobbin holders for fly tying thread

[@fionna]

***** Thank you! I will have a look at it. :)

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

i always forget something Cheers

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

can you tell my wife that, and that i should not have to do the dishes after i have been fishing, i am sure there is a law about it. Thanks for watching, i hope it has done any permanent damage, i am off to do the dishes. thanks again

[@pikemax888]

what kind of welding wire ? Stainless steel ? what size wire ? .030 ?

[@johnnynawa]

I need some of those pliers what's the name of Em

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

thanks

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

Cheers

[@lukefinlayson4307]

where did you buy your fly tying equipment from?

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

+Luke Finlayson ebay

[@jamesshields9243]

Luke Finlayson GAC

[@iancameron1662]

Another fine job

[@coloradospringsfisherman6058]

where did you get the eyes?

[@masterfigetspinner3596]

Can you make a fishing poper or a jarkbait

[@justinschmidt543]

You have cool tools!

[@luwa7401]

Very nice i like .

[@20alphabet]

Very cool!

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

i bought these on line i think from ebay

[@johnthomas5806]

looks easy to make...

[@karlwooduk]

someone needs some oil and would like to see you make a devon minnow.

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

it is safe to say i have been down many dark alleys in the name of research.

[@fishingknotsbae]

Mantap 👍

[@Aloistruebner]

sounds like all of yours need some oil!! ;)

[@TheAudiostud]

I buy all my gear from "Wilkinsons" absolutely brilliant and dead dirt cheap!

[@amaliamalagon22]

I made 1 in I cote big blewgile

[@yangeryonko8485]

Please make a video on how to make a frog lure.

[@PaulAdamsTheHandmadeFisherman]

i will do but it may be w while off yet

[@fredfable5655]

Brilliant!!!

[@sgtpavlov]

nice video

[@taverhamdave]

If it was that American lady making beaded necklaces, then i might have watched the same one... just for research purposes, you understand :)

[@feeberssissy2186]

Very cool

[@ЕвгенийЕкимов-ы6г]

Добра тебе!

[@sanadmemory5247]

excellent

[@stealthgunner5662]

I have that same vise

[@johnnynawa]

Nice

[@freddiearbuckle6806]

VERE NICE.

[@johnathanhigh5200]

that clamp soundes like a dying goose

[@carldeanwilliamsdvm6162]

Please move the microphone away from the squeaky equipment, when you turned it the first time it about blew my eardrum out. I was listening with my earbuds and rrrrrrrriiiiipppppppp