Great 'making of' -video of one of the traditional Finnish salmon lures. May I add a little background info - as a knowledge junkie - for the non-Finnish audience or others who haven't heard about 'nirha' -type lures before: Nirha is a traditional Finnish plug lure, kinda in between jerkbaits and popper lures, originally mostly used for fishing salmon in currents. Nirha swims just a tiny bit deeper than a popper - just inside the surface water - but not as deep as a jerkbait and, is also worked similarly in the water with little pulls and twitches to make straight slides and sideway slides like a jerkbait but, it should not splash the water like a popper. Originally, just like in this video, nirhas were made from scots pine bark (Pinus sylvestris). Pine bark is very soft so the nirhas weren't very durable but, they were very easy to make for the same reason and they were cheap to make too. Nowadays the coatings are better and harder so even from bark they should be somewhat more durable. Characteristic for the 'nirha' -type lure is that the loop where the line is tied is under the head and the nose of the lure comes a bit over the loop and there is no swimming plate. In some nirhas the nose comes as much as half an inch over the loop. Nirha is tied with an open loop knot - for example with a Rapala knot - to the line to give it more lively swim. Another charasteristic thing for the 'nirha' -type lure is that fish tend to miss hits on it a lot. On average maybe as low as every fourth strike leads to a succesful hooking. Nirha has also been used in traditional trolling with a row boat in currents, not just spin fishing.

Awesome as always! Thanks for making these. You inspired me to start making my own lures and using a lot of your techniques.

I was watching this Video at 1am and man.....i Fell asleep while you were painting , because of that music 😂😂 awesome Work

Your work is an inspiration to me. I am finally making lures now, and i will definitely try this foil technique. Greetings from Brazil.

Another great video I picked several useful techniques thank you. Amazing work as always

You are an artist. Amazing work!

Great stuff, so enjoyable to watch, thank you for posting.

I have the urge to give this a try. you make it look so easy..

Thanks for making this video!!!

your videos are fantastic and you have inspired me to actualy make my own baits thank you :D your step by step explaining has made it so enjoyable

awesome ... your skill so good... the scale you made are the great ideas its look real

Nice!! You got some skills there my man. nice video

Finally been waiting to see a lure made from pine but this guy went beyond and just used the Bark !!🎣

Best working. Luke from Russia.

beautiful work, congratulations

So glad to see a new video from you! And bark? I never would have thought of that. Here in Florida we have so many different pine trees....I've gotta try this. As always; thanks for inspiration!!!!!

I could only imagine the excitement of a salmon smashing a top water bait. I love top water and have caught salmon from my kayak in Toronto but never combined the two.

Wow-beautiful bait. I would not want to lose that one with all that time invested.

Beautifully done!

So good I really enjoyed watching this one (nice edit)

Nice work! Swims very well!

So amazing! Thanks for sharing

thank you for making the video!!! "sniffing epoxy like a junky" had me laughing

Amazing work again :)

Very nice job,I would have never thought to use pine bark as a lure body. I think I'm going to try to make a jump frog such as that they use in S.E. ASIA of pine bark

Nice work,as usual......

Amazing works man!

Great Video !!!

As entertaining and instructional as ever, excellent job. do you remove the coatings from the exposed wire after each coat or wait until its finished?

Trens de Pesca - Brasil - Parabéns pelo trabalho!

Great work, how do you keep your knife sharpened? Do you sharpen it yourself?

It's really gorgeous video

Nice video! Very inspiring!

Thankz for a very helpull video u give me a idea to make my own lure...

No words I subscribed to the channel

You an fishing artis...awsome...

which music do you use for the "act like a junky" part?

fantastic vid loved that

Good job God bless you

Real nice. Thanks.

Привет! Отличные приманки и руки золотые. Так держать

wow , fantastic

Good informative video

Genius thanks.

badass man! thanks!

awesome dude.

I was listening to Made To Cast and you mentioned this bait as an all time favorite. It is very hard to research in America. I found your video of course and an online seller with a Nils Master Nirha. It has a similar design but very different fish shape. Another commenter said the Nirha should slowly sink but you have noted a tail down 45° Float. I'm attempting to build one but not sure if I am on the right track or if I have made something completely different.

Nice Stuff mikko! How much weights the lure?

Hi solarbaits which season is it best to pick this bark (maybe doesnt matter)? I picked some today in Oslo but i didnt look closely at it and was full of bugs and holes and pretty dried out when i looked at it at home.

It is an amazing lure as always. Can is ask what kind of mesh it is and how can I find it on the net

what size wire are you using ? Amazing work as always, great job.

Good job bud, you make some sick lures. Really like these hand carved ones. The barra over here would go crazy for something like this. Have you ever tried making a popper with this technique? Cheers

Nice video my friend! Flysofishing

Super!!!

that bark cuts like butter

loved your work really helpful, can you let me know what type of primer did you use? also epoxy? as well as the lacker?

hmm once i get to the wire stages, i would take my wood burner and trace out the impressions of wire instead of cutting them out, much easier process and safer for my fingers. (older guy)

good Idea, I have to try it :)

Good lure👍

Hello What is the name of the white liquid that dipped the wood before placing the aluminum do you mean 1-CAB Beteslack Matt 1L with titanium dioxide 2-/CAB Beteslack White 1L .CAB Beteslack Hard 1L .CAB Beteslack Regular 1L / with titanium dioxide The other question The varnish you use before drawing is it 1-water based varnish 2- polyurethane varnish The last question Why did not sealed the lure be with epoxy?

Hello Mikko, greetings from Peru... As always, your work was amazing and generates tons of new ideas. I spent this week travelling for work in Argentina without having any free time, I’m just back home and wanted to see something to relax. Then I found your last video. These 21:26 minutes ran very fast following all your flawless steps for doing this lure. I’ve never thought to carve a tree bark to do a lure, I love it. It was incredible to see how easily you carve the wood. Just some questions to help me a little: did the epoxy you used to glue the two halves was the same 5min one that you used to glue the foil???; what kind of lure varnish did you used to coat and seal the wood?? How long did you let it dry between each one of your six coats? … thank you for your incredible video and sharing your tips…

good finishing

Mikko awesome work mate what type of pine is the bark off mate

que produto é aquele no pote que você mergulha a isca?

Nice! What did you use for the through wire?

Can You tell me, which areograph and paints do You use?

very cool

man looked like a dream to carve. I just got an air brush haven't got a chance to use it yet. it turned out great A+

Hı thank you for video. I have a question. What is first white coat metarial? And all epoxy 5 minute?

muito bom meu amigo! eu tambem faço umas iscas artificiais estou vendo seus videos e vou tentar fazer umas iguais

it's very good the bait is made by senior

Nice! hey what kind of varnish do you use? can you use waterbased? thanks

i have a question how much weight shoud be given to the lure .I tried myself to make some stickbaits but always had the problem that they dont swim very well because of not having the right weight at the right position

You ever make your girlfriend things out of wood? Would love to see some ideas

do you ever show yourself fishing with them and catching fish as i want to see them tested against fish.

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Parabéns, muito bom

Hi I'm interested in the hands made fishermen thanks

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nice

Barking mad .

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It's kinda a shame to paint the lure the wood is beautiful. But so are your lures. Love it.

Hola cual es el nombre de la madera que usas.

Quero uma desta isca

Do you clear coat your lures?

Suomi perkele torille

Can you make some lures and do a giveaway? Do you sell your lures?

En Chile imposible de comprar los ojos del pez no vende nadie

Mikko believe it or not i did float's for perch, tench, ect. Some parts are really good but some are just like the worst balsa You ever came cross

Can you share templates? please

Mistäs ostanut ton sahan

super bad movement....thats y u should buy from stores

its an "Art"....

прикольно жаль что не по русски

Dude...you can probably make a lure out of a piece of shit..well done!!!!!