Baby Red-Eared Turtle - Realistic Fishing Lure
Realistic baby red eared turtle fishing lure
10xl Partridge Carrie Stevens hook and two pieces of tapered Orvis foam strips
Foam segmented up the hook to create the turtles tail
Five pieces of fine brass wire secured to the hook to create the legs
Wires bound together with thread
Toes are separated and yellow goose biot feathers secured to create claws
Thin foam strips are secured on top as well as underneath to shape the legs
The fun begins, detail coloring, using micron markers
The head is shaped with a long strip of chenille. Blackened mono fishing line was pulled through the head with a needle, glass beads slid down, plastic melted until it was flush with the beads.
Two strips of colored Swiss Straw are secured behind the hook eye
Straw is pulled back and secured with thread
The red ears are colored
The straw is colored with Pantone and Micron markers, pulled forward, and secured with thread
Straw is pulled back to shape the turtles retractable neck
The shell is made with a thin piece of flat foam
Pattern was cut into the foam with an X-Acto knife, and flame used to heat the foam for bending
I bent it into shape using my thumb and three fingers, then dipped it in cold water to set the shape
Thread is used between the legs to begin forming the body
Swiss Straw is wrapped around
An
under shell was also made, and using a needle and thread,
the turtle body was securely sandwiched between the shell pieces
He looks real enough to become lunch
Oh no!
I guess I'll have to make another one...
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