The range of lures for fishing predatory fish is huge today. However, many amateur anglers prefer to make their own bait. Firstly, it’s a good saving, and secondly, catch on bait made do it yourself, much more interesting than the store. It was such amateur fishermen who came up with this type of bait as the "Mandula".
The style of fishing with such a bait is a jig, that is, techniques such as dragging along the bottom, explosions, impulse wiring, and so on. The article will consider an example of how to make a mandala with your own hands from improvised materials.
Materials and tools:
- lead weight type "Cheburashka";
- hooks (double and tee);
- three clockwork rings;
- fine-grained foam rubber (solid);
- two floats for winter fishing;
- wire;
- tinsel.
Manufacturing process:
Step one. Creating the tail
The tee hook will be used as the base of the tail. It is necessary to take tinsel and use it to create an imitation of the tail. For this, several pieces of tinsel are cut and threaded through the hook ring. To fix the tinsel, it is necessary to cut a piece of foam and put it on the hook as indicated in the picture.
For even more reliable fixation at the junction of foam rubber and a hook, you can drip with glue.
Step Two Creating a second bait section
As a second or middle section, two floats for winter fishing will be used. For these purposes, narrow parts are cut off at the floats, and wide ones are put on a piece of wire. Then at both ends of the wire with the help of round-nose pliers it is necessary to create ears. As for the color of the floats, here the variations can be varied.
Step Three Creating a bow section
To create the very front section, you need to take a double and wire. You need to wind the wire around the hook so that a loop eventually forms. Now you need to cut a rectangular piece of solid foam and put it on the hook by punching. After that, all the elements will be ready to assemble gear.
Step Four Mandala assembly
The rings are used for assembly. With the help of them, all three parts are assembled, and a sinker is also attached.
That's all, the bait is ready. According to the author, it attracts the attention of such predatory fish as pike, zander and even catfish. You can experiment with the shape of foam rubber, flowers, tinsel and create several options for lures. As a result, with such a kit, you can always be with a catch, even with the weakest bite.