Making a Popper / Jitterbug Blended Lure!

This lure is similar to the original Jitterbug with its action when retrieved, but instead of attaching a concave metal lip to the front, I integrated that feature into a single piece of wood. It also works well as a popper when twitched causing a nice splash. I also added a rattle to the lure for a little extra noise.

[@pontoontri-hull156]

This lure is great in so many ways! I have made both poppers and Jitterbugs, but nothing like this.
Although my Jitterbugs work quite well, I never liked how the metal lip caused the head to sink in the water, leaving the tail as the only part floating. The wooden cup in the face makes your float. You carved that with the skill of making a wooden spoon, without the spoon cutting knife.
I read your a comment from 11 hours ago that you hand draw your decals! Wow! I know most of your tool work is done by hand, but I didn't know these were hand made as well. Much respect! The more hand work I do on a lure, the better I feel about it being hand-crafted.
For some reason, this lure reminded me of your FrogFish hybrid that I also really liked!
Love the fearsome teeth!

[@paulcorbin7495]

Brilliant thanks for thr up load

[@sonofdons1962]

Great looking lure I haven’t seen any other lure that come close to yours
If you don’t mind what kind of program do you use for your stencil

[@thefourfootworkshop7004]

When you say “stencil” I assume you mean decals? The decals I draw by hand, scan them into my computer then print on clear waterslide paper using my inkjet printer. The only “program” I use for this is Microsoft Word.