I had the big black jitterbug! Used it at night time, caught a 4 and 1/2 lb Bass! Not that big by any standards but a nice fish. But it's the most memorable fish I ever caught! All you hear is the bloop bloop bloop of the Lure, then the splash of bass hitting it! I do not know why I never tried again! But I'm 65 years old now, and I think about it a lot!

Been waiting for a tutorial about how to make a jitterbug's lip for a while. Thanks a lot, Franco!!!

A jitter bug was the first top water lure my granddad taught me to fish with. Awesome lure, love the color scheme on it. Great job

I'm 58 and have my grandfather's lure like that. I've never had great luck with it, but wouldn't give it up. Thanks for the build, it was inspiring

Great video Franco! Beautiful looking bait with great action...and it catches fish!

Great build dude, I love your use of brass, gave it sort of an old school look.

Hello good morning happy fishing Friday 🎣👍🏼 I always enjoy seeing your luer making my friend

Pretty cool. Thanks for the video.

My dad just died in January at 83 years old. We loved to fish together and his favorite lure was the Jitter-Bug. We used to spray paint them completely black and use them at night. The black silhouette of the lure would help the fish spot it against the sky. At least that was our theory, we caught bigger fish at night than in the day light.

Love the classic lure builds!! Keep up the great work Franco. I was supposed to be in the Georgian Bay this coming week to give all of my homemade lures a test on Smallmouth and Norther Pike but unfortunately I am unable to go due to sever back pain and spams.

Excellent build. My first jitterbug was yellow and given to me by my Dad also. I still have all the lures he gave me. Love the bass work and ad hoc mandrill. Last footage with nice Bass great.

I'm about to build a Jitterbug for my future daughter-in-law and had to re-watch this video as a refresher. I made two Jitterbugs last year, so it's been a while.

Cool paint!

Your build is awesome, I really liked your paint job!

Turned out well 👍 nice build I liked the action & sound it gave off

👍 Great Build brah. Always a favorite plug for a sunset cast. I enjoyed that caterpillar ear to ear appearance.🤣

Maybe you could make two next time, and have a friend fish the same lure with you that day? At least some of the morning, give the bug a chance to catch the monster 😃

Now I love this! I'd like more of these builds, maybe a two piece? Thanks man

It is a beautiful lure, and works like a charm. Let's see what's next, I bet I will love it too!!! HAGD everyone

Nice Franco! I've been kicking around making a jitterbug and a hula popper for a bit now You've given me the nudge, great video as always thanks for sharing

Love to a up sized saltwater one

That was just awesome! 💯 great build. Can’t wait to see what’s next

That was very cool great job.

Hey Franco, awesome video. I really appreciate you taking the time to create a video based on my request. I think this will help with my own build. I'm not sure when I'll get around to it, but I'll comment with how it goes when I do. Thank you so much! You're the best!

Мастер своего дела! Отлично!

Great job !!

Lots of huge bass and pike have been caught on this oldie. I'm 62 and I can attest that it's been around a long time and I've seen it catch 8 lbs + bass. Watching while commenting and no idea what Franco is making on the lathe.😌

Quality Job there... But honestly to do this at the level you are doing , requires all the Power Equipment, ect. The average person isn't going to invest in this amount of Equipment. Fred Arbogaust, The original inventor, made them from an old broom handle and a vegetable can ; cut out from side wall of the can. You can also make the dish lip from the shoulder curvature of an arisol spray can. Then just paint the body black, which always works. hooks attach to inexpensive hobby eyelet screws; open eyelet type, then crimp closed. Your creation is Store bought Quality looking for sure. NOTE: It sat nose down , angled in the water at rest, instead of floating level, but you can easily balance it, using different, lighter lip material. My point , is only that the guy with bare minimal materials can make one of these, BUT...., it is very cool to have a professional Quality looking product as you produced. Thanks for the Video.

Nice lure, paint job and bass! 🙂

Terbaik

Great video ++

Hey Franco where’d you find that small chuck for your lathe I have the same setup and that Chuck would be perfect.

Из какой древесины изготовили приманку?

The wood is almost to pretty to cover with paint.

Nice one Franco! Coincidence, SolarBaits just posted an all wood jitterbug... kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ntlhjdFl0NHLmoU.html Must be the time of year, hot days make for perfect jitterbug fishing at night! Taking about surface lures, how about a Hedon "Dying Flutter" or "Torpedo" prop-bait build? I paint mine all black for night use. They are a little more subtle than the jitterbug. Cheers!

Wishlist: $50,000 workshop

Can you make a weedless buzzbait

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