I have been making fishing lures for over fifty years. It is not hard, but in this day and age, and with so many ready made baits to choose from, it is just as easy to buy ready made. Just like sliced bread and ready rolled cigarettes changed the world, mass produced lures have made homebuilt lures sorta obsolete. I own molds for making soft plastic worms and grubs, and used them for years. But now I buy natural pork rind worms and grubs ready made and seem to catch as many fish or more than I did with the soft plastic. I still pour lead heads for my jigs because I like different hooks than are in most ready made products. But working with lead is kinda dangerous and lead is outlawed in many places. If you really want to try though, best of luck to you and check on the net for supplies such as split rings, hooks, piano wire, plastisol, and other such goodies. A good lead pot and ladle are nice to have because even hand carved wooden lures often need balance weights. A bending table with moveable pins is also nice to have for bending hooks and wires. A curing oven to work the soft plastics is also nice to have. A small compressor and an air brush is another handy piece to have. I will be glad to tell you how to make hollow wooden lures and any other that you want to make. Santa

like labrador said poppers. first thing i learned to use with a fly rod, you can use a float on spin rod with them. Usually get the big gills with them. heads you can buy on cabelas. dress them up wit a bunch of different colors, the tying is pretty simple. i also make spinners wire bender assorted sinkers spinner blades and hooks. this is how i learned to tie. just made 2 muskie bucktails and redressed old ones.