my homemade flutter jigs and some of the fish that ate them

[Gadget]

Pretty pleased with myself,wet weather thought bubble had me carving balsa to make master copies,then moulds and the requisite blanks for paint and prep led to these .then a trip north to tackle some lure eating beaties and this was the result. Now have 4 sizes,280gm,435gm 580gm and 630gm. random weights because thats the nature of my rather amateurish carving skills.

[thorhammer]

Awesome work! looks like fish don't see non-standard weights!

[Swami805]

Nice!

[Cor]

Great to catch a fish on tackle you made yourself!

[Gfish]

Excellent! Nice picture. I guess I don't use these type a lures enough, 'cause it never occurred to me to rig the hooks like that, so they don't snag the line, which probably ruins the lures action.

[David Hall]

I like a jig that doesnt waste time and gets where its going in a hurry.  Very nice work there.

[gstours]

Awesome pictures of what works.  You did a professional looking job on the finish.  Great idea 💡 using the glow hootchy on the attack hook too.   I'm jealous,  and inspired.    Thanks 🙏

[mo65]

Great work!

[Marcq]

Proof of concept 

Marc..

[Shark Hunter]

Great Work Mate.
Your Carving skills seem to be up to par.

[Rothmar2]

Nice jigs and Reds! That looks like a Pilbara, West Oz, backdrop. The Hi-Viz is a clue too

[conchydong]

Beautiful jigs and fish. The fish look very similar to the American Red Snapper ( Lutjanus campechanus). What is their name in the land of Oz?

[Gadget]

Close Rothmar2 but back of Dirk Hartog. Hi Viz is only so they can find my carcase if I go overboard. LOL No one will be able to get to you in time to save your neck.
Conchydong they are Red Emperor .The large of which was 12kg. They are a Lutjanus .
Shark Hunter, the worry was that they wouldn't flutter correctly as that's the trick to it. They might look good in Balsa but once made in lead,If the jig falls backwards after the lift instead of gliding forward and fluttering down then they will fail (no predator likes its prey to flee from them, then suddenly turn around as if to attack) and you can't work that out until you've incurred the expense for the moulding silicon and had a go.If you get it wrong its back to the drawing board.
They need to be heavy and glow as we are jigging in water up to 350metres deep.although these fish came from 115m.

[Gadget]

a couple more fish that ate them on the last trip

[Dominick]

Nice work on and off the water.  Dominick