I've been wanting to do this one for a while now. Finally found a copy in great condition that needs a home on someone's workbench. This is an excellent book and if you do not win this one, I would strongly recommend that you hunt until you find a copy and buy it up.
Post "I'm In" to enter, one entry per person please. Random drawing will take place on Friday, August 1st.
Just check out the table of contents. 338 pages of great stuff :dizzy:
Contents
- Spinners
- Tools
- Spinner parts
- Steps in building a spinner
- Spinner variations
- Spinner costs
- Spinner kits
- Bucktails & Jigs
- Types of molds
- Bucktail hooks
- Sources of lead
- Heat sources
- Molding techniques
- Molding steps
- Finishing molded bucktails
- Wrapping tails on lead hooks
- Jigs & Bucktail kits
- Cost of bucktails
- Sinkers and Tin Squids
- Sinker Types
- Sinker sizes
- Costs
- Molding techniques
- Tin squids
- Cost
- Soft Plastic Lures
- Molding processes
- Molds
- Molding plastics
- Other additives
- General molding techniques
- Using rubber molds
- Steps in molding representative plastic lures
- Using aluminum molds
- Molding round lures
- Two-piece and one-piece plaster molds
- Molding in hooks & leaders
- Spoons
- Tools
- Hardware
- Spoon construction
- Making spoon blades
- Hammering blades to shape
- Hammered and cut finishes
- Fixed hook spoons
- Misc spoons & metal lures
- Testing
- Wood & Plastic Plugs
- Tools
- Plug hardware
- Plastic plug bodies
- Wood plug bodies
- Wood stock used in making plug bodies
- Carving wood plugs
- Use of power tools
- Sealing & painting
- Adding plug hardware
- Through-wire construction
- Fly, Bait-casting, Spinning, and Saltwater Rods
- Tools
- Rod Blanks
- Ferrules
- Guides and Tip Tops
- Reel seats
- Reel Seat bushings
- Cord rings & cork grips
- Handles
- Butt caps
- Winding checks & rod hosels
- Misc materials
- Spine of a rod
- Filing guide feet
- Wrapping guides
- Types of guide wrappings
- Other wraps and decorative windings
- Varnishing guide and decorative winding
- Seating metal ferrules
- Making glass-to-glass ferrules
- Gluing cork handles
- Steps in building spinning rods
- Variations of spinning rod construction
- Steps in building casting rods
- Variations in casting rod construction
- Steps in building fly rods
- Variations of fly rods
- Steps in building boat, trolling, and big-game rods
- Variations of boat, trolling, and big-game rods
- Tackle boxes
- Tackle box design
- Tackle box construction
- Wire Leaders, Terminal Rigs, and Misc lures
- Using leader sleeves
- Basic single-strand wire construction
- Terminal tackle and lure riggings (weed guards, spinner shafts, leaders, bottom rigs, lake trolling rigs, rigging, trolling skirts, surgical eels, snubbers, hook lears, bottom spreaders)
- Other Fishing Tackle
- Nets
- Net frames
- Plug retriever
- Gaffs
- Rod holders, sand spikes, rod racks, and rod cases
- Wading staffs
- Fishing floats
- Chum pots
- Bait boxes
- Ice-fishing rods
- Leader straightener
- Painting and finishing
- Types of paint
- Other finishing materials
- Painting methods
ii. Spraying
iii. Brushing
- Painting wood plugs
- Painting plastic lures
- Preparation of metal lures for painting
- Painting metal spoons and spinner blades
- Painting bucktails
- Painting patterns and using stencils
- Painting scale finishes
- Adding and painting eyes
- Baking of paints
- Electroplating metal lures
- Addition of glitter to lures
- Adding flocked materials
- Adding tapes
- Coloring plastic worms and lures with felt tip markers
- Final lure finishing
- Molds and special tools
- Aluminum bucktail molds
- Plaster bucktail molds
- Misc. sinker molds
- Tin squid molds
- One and two piece plastic lure molds
- Wire formers
- Anvils
- Metal finishing stamps
- Electric rod winders
- Rod wrappers
- Rod and tube-bending jigs
- The care and repair of fishing tackle
- Tools
- Rod care
- Rod repairs
- Reel care
- Reel repair
- Line care
- Line repair
- Plug care
- Plug repair
- Spoon and spinner care
- Spoon and spinner repair
- Soft plastic lure care
- Soft plastic lure repair
- Bucktail care
- Bucktail repair
- Misc equipment care