Baby Red-Eared Turtle - Realistic Fishing Lure
![Look's like I'll have to tie a replacement turtle](../../photography/Flowers/bird-paradise-turtle-3.jpg)
Realistic baby red eared turtle fishing lure
![10xl Partridge Carrie Stevens hook and two pieces of tapered Orvis foam strips](turtle-1.jpg)
10xl Partridge Carrie Stevens hook and two pieces of tapered Orvis foam strips
![foam colored with markers and tinted flex varnish](turtle-2.jpg)
![foam segmented up the hook to create the turtles tail](turtle-3.jpg)
Foam segmented up the hook to create the turtles tail
![five pieces of fine brass wire secured to the hook to create the legs](turtle-4.jpg)
Five pieces of fine brass wire secured to the hook to create the legs
![wires bound together with thread](turtle-5.jpg)
Wires bound together with thread
![Tying the front claws seemed easier, practice helps](turtle-11.jpg)
Toes are separated and yellow goose biot feathers secured to create claws
![Thin foam strips are tyed on top as well as underneath to shape the legs](turtle-8.jpg)
Thin foam strips are secured on top as well as underneath to shape the legs
![The fun begins, detail coloring, using micron markers](turtle-13.jpg)
The fun begins, detail coloring, using micron markers
![The head is shaped with a long strip of chenille. A plastic strip was pulled through the head with a needle, glass beads slid down, plastic melted until it was flush with the beads.](turtle-14.jpg)
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 tyed on behind the hook eye](turtle-15.jpg)
Two strips of colored Swiss Straw are secured behind the hook eye
![Straw is pulled back and secured with thread](turtle-16.jpg)
Straw is pulled back and secured with thread
![The red ears are colored](turtle-17.jpg)
The red ears are colored
![The straw is colored with micron markers, and pulled forward, and secured](turtle-19.jpg)
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](turtle-20.jpg)
Straw is pulled back to shape the turtles retractable neck
![shell is made with a thin piece of flat foam](turtle-18.jpg)
The shell is made with a thin piece of flat foam
![Pattern was cut into the foam with a razor, and flame used to heat and shape the foam](turtle-21.jpg)
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 tied between the legs to begin forming the body](turtle-22.jpg)
Thread is used between the legs to begin forming the body
![Swiss Straw is wrapped around the thread base.](turtle-23.jpg)
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
![A tasty snack, crunchy on the outside with a soft creamy center...](../../photography/Flowers/bird-paradise-turtle.jpg)
Oh no!
![realistic baby red eared turtle and bird of paradise](../../photography/Flowers/bird-paradise-turtle-2.jpg)
I guess I'll have to make another one...
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