Fysshe Lures

Ian Salmon's North Queensland  Lures

 

Basic shaping after copying template 



Sanding the body into shape


   

Cutting a bib 

 

 Shaping finished, ready for E-poxy sealing and painting.



  
Couple of 5" Calliope tiger style finished, ready to rig   
  
   

            Rigged and ready to go.

                   

               Variety rigged and ready to post!   

           
          Ian dabbles in spinner jigs, if interested. Cheap as..

I first became interested in making lures after reading an article by Vic McCristal on his friend Eric Moller who carved his own lures from Cedar and hand painted them. Not works of art but caught plenty of fish. These lures are now collectors items.

 I made my first lure in 1970 and caught a Bass in the Williams River on it. I was now hooked!

In the mid 70’s I designed a few shapes primarily for river Bass and Flathead but with the advent of impoundment stocking in the 80’s, a whole new field opened up! The benchmark local lures at the time were Cobra and Boomerang but American lures dominated the market. By the process of trial and error, I soon worked out sizes and styles that worked well on our natives. Black and white with scale was the best colour at the time only to be surpassed by violet and white in the 90’s.

We were involved in estuary fishing with lures at the time and small Rebel lures were the top of the tree but were not cheap. I soon had a few lures that were catching as many fish, if not more, and am still using the same ones today with great success. New fluoro colours became available and the catch rate increased.

On our northern trips, we would pursue Barra, Jacks, Pelagics etc, and I made several types of lures that worked well, although the paint work suffered on some of the more toothy critters.

Here I am 40 years later, living right at the water in North Queensland, catching Barra, Jacks, GTs, Tuna, and other estuary delights. 
I still make my lures by hand and use silky oak, red cedar and some imported softwoods.
 
Being retired now, I make a few lures to supplement my meagre income and derive pleasure when someone has success on one of my lures.

From Bass styles to Barra, have a look in the LURE SELECTION gallery and choose the lure you like.
I also make a few models with aluminium bibs, which my clients reckon add some 'flash' to the action.

Tight lines and cool cans!!

Ian is not on the internet but is happy to take your phone call re orders

Give him ( Ian "Fysshe" Salmon) a call on:

(07) 47778519 in his workshop,

or

 0423 480154 on the his mobile


Email: To his ISP /provider
        
fysshelures@iinet.net.au

    

PO Box 42
Taylors Beach.  QLD.  4850