Baby Red-Eared Turtle - Realistic Fishing Lure

Realistic baby red eared turtle fishing lure

10xl Partridge Carrie Stevens hook and two pieces of tapered Orvis foam strips


Foam segmented up the hook to create the turtles tail

Five pieces of fine brass wire secured to the hook to create the legs

Wires bound together with thread

Toes are separated and yellow goose biot feathers secured to create claws

Thin foam strips are secured on top as well as underneath to shape the legs

The fun begins, detail coloring, using micron markers

The head is shaped with a long strip of chenille. Blackened mono fishing line was pulled through the head with a needle, glass beads slid down, plastic melted until it was flush with the beads.

Two strips of colored Swiss Straw are secured behind the hook eye

Straw is pulled back and secured with thread

The red ears are colored

The straw is colored with Pantone and Micron markers, pulled forward, and secured with thread

Straw is pulled back to shape the turtles retractable neck

The shell is made with a thin piece of flat foam

Pattern was cut into the foam with an X-Acto knife, and flame used to heat the foam for bending
I bent it into shape using my thumb and three fingers, then dipped it in cold water to set the shape

Thread is used between the legs to begin forming the body

Swiss Straw is wrapped around
An
under shell was also made, and using a needle and thread,
the turtle body was securely sandwiched between the shell pieces
He looks real enough to become lunch

Oh no!

I guess I'll have to make another one...
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