Making an eel lure, carving a wooden swimbait to look like an eel.

I have never made a floating swimbait before or an eel lure. This one is double new.
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[@stevebrockway4738]

Science and intuition keeps me coming back for more. Your hinges appear to give a more finished look to the lure. I bet the fish probably don't care, but I noticed.

[@striperhunter-ic2wt]

Nice Friday morning build with coffee, looking forward for the 2nd part

[@leehowell4258]

I like the shape! Would be cool to see a longer eel with many segments but that would be really labor intensive. Also, I wonder if you could make the fins out of a soft plastic that would undulate in the water like a real eel? Literally last night I was excited that it was Friday for another Engineered Angler video to come out! Thanks for all of the awesome content and giving me one more reason to look forward to Fridays!

[@gfishin1332]

Always interesting to watch you using engineering principles to your lure building. Using these methods has improved my lure quality. This is my favorite lure building channel.

[@EngineeredAngler]

Thanks so nice to know 😊

[@scottb4767]

Neat idea, plus Franco, bringing back the MATH! Looking forward to part 2!

[@phillipallen2578]

Looking forward to the next session!

[@mike1261]

T.G.I.F. - Thank God It's Franco! I always look forward to your Friday morning videos. I saved some cedar scraps for making lures, still have quite a bit left. I've had more than one lure fly across the room, one even busted completely in half. Can't wait for next Friday to see how this one turns out!

[@EngineeredAngler]

Thanks

[@hankvana2149]

I thoroughly enjoy watching your lure builds Franco! I do a lot of things differently, but it's always good to see other approaches. I specifically like the "engineering content". Living by a swamp ( actually it's a beaver pond but "swamp" sounds cooler ;) ) I have tons of dead/dry standing cedar available to mill into boards so cedar is a favorite lure building material followed closely by poplar. Looking forward to part 2!

[@lukelabonte6869]

Awesome and amazing as always..look forward to part 2 🎣🍻

[@michellejeff8621]

I agree with gfishin, your channel is crazy informative and has so much info! I just started building lures, it’s been something I’ve been wanting to do for years and you help in every aspect! Love the videos! Excited to share my final product! Thank you for sharing!!

[@EngineeredAngler]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@bicalipierfishing8951]

Hello good morning my friend happy fishing 🎣 Friday 🎣✌🏼💛how are you doing today I enjoy seeing you fishing lures wow that was scary how fast that luers flew wow I can't wait to see part 2 👍💛

[@EngineeredAngler]

Thank you

[@TheArtisticAngler]

Nice build! Very new and interesting design.

[@EngineeredAngler]

Glad you like it!

[@krisb5638]

This build is very interesting! As with most of your videos, I love the approach you take and how you explain your process. Can't wait to see this one finished up next week!! I'm curious why you do your weight calculations before doing the final wood work (i.e. carving the joint slots for the screw eyes). Wouldn't that throw off the volume measurements enough to make a difference? I'm also curious to know how much final lure weight you account for with the paint and finish clear coat, especially for builds like glide baits where you're targeting a suspending lure and the precise weighting of the build is critical for performance

[@EngineeredAngler]

Good questions... the answers are a bit to long to answer here...we'll have to do Q&A soon

[@davidcarley8566]

Should see videos by the "African Lure Craftsman" showing the building of his jointed garfish swimbait. It was a monstrous effort - a good looking lure he made, though. I enjoy your vids.

[@EngineeredAngler]

Thanks for the info

[@pablogrande8971]

Nice! Thanks as always.

[@EngineeredAngler]

You bet!

[@jasonpluta3128]

nice work! enjoying the videos.

[@jamesortegajr5720]

Franco you have to pay homage to your roots and make Peanut Bunker 💯 slow sink jointed glider 😂 great work

[@EngineeredAngler]

That would be cool...I like the pun.

[@colbylivingston4319]

Looking great Franco !

[@EngineeredAngler]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@jhnnyboy100]

Very informative video.. Thank you sir for taking out some of the mystery of lure building. I've learned at least 3 or 4 ideas to use from this

[@EngineeredAngler]

Great to hear!

[@hookreelfishing]

Your builds are always amazing!! Great video ++

[@EngineeredAngler]

Thank you so much!

[@davidtitcombe4686]

You're picked a complex lure this week Franko, as normal I have difficulties with the maths. Can you show an easy way of working it out. Where maths goes I have real difficulties, being dyslexia doesn't help. I understand how you've got the density of the wood, (a brilliant idea to do that for all types of wood you use), the problem comes with working out how much weight needed for it to just float or sink. Do you have a very simple way of working it out so even I can understand it. By the way I was fifty before I had a definite diagnosis that I was dyslexic, so suffered a long time not understanding numbers, I see them as a jumble. Thanks for another great video and I would really like to try this one out but a sinking one for sea bass here in the UK.

[@EngineeredAngler]

Yup numbers can be a maze for some folks. I'll try to simplify my explanation...I don't always explain in the clearest way.

[@biglebob1]

Coincidentally, I too am working on an Eel type top water swimbait. Yours looks really good! For the fins I decided to carve a little notch on the back and belly and then glue in zonker strips (strips of fur) in after clear coating the finished lure. The idea is that after getting wet the fur will look more tamed and fin like. Currently I just carved out the lure and segmented it, but I will update here once I get to finish the lure. Do you have experience with using feathers and types of fur for decorating hardbaits?

[@EngineeredAngler]

Look forward to your update. Not really a feather and fur user...

[@biglebob1]

@@EngineeredAngler Hey, so I finally got around to finish the lure and let me save you a mistake... the zonker strips look incredibly ugly ^^. I mean it is pretty hard to describe but all I can say is, don't use zonker strips for eel fins! Damn I had high hopes too, but you got to try to find out.

[@andyprest]

Looks good, an interesting lure design 👍 if you did casts from that lure do you think the fins would be strong enough out of epoxy? 🤔

[@EngineeredAngler]

The thickness of the tung depresser is just enough to cast well but it's definitely a weakness.

[@aaronk4310]

Will it swim of course your an engineer 🤔

[@vilasvandal3539]

Nice

[@EngineeredAngler]

Thanks

[@lukeprince7690]

Looks like a bowfin to me

[@philipcochenour5223]

I have an idea for a build make a minnow crank bait out of legos

[@wolverinex4243]

3 piece are better than 2 piece bc it snakes better.

[@carvecastcatch3068]

What made you want to use Cedar? Haha I've had problems with it too.. What is your favorite wood to work with??

[@EngineeredAngler]

So far I really like cherry