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You are correct that you can save money on making your own lures. Smokey and I make our own jigs.
However , by the time you add shipping and bad hooks (not all 100 in the box will be good) , all the things that fall through the cracks , you are up to $3 per lure. that's actually outstanding if they catch fish.
So you spend $75 and you have 25 lures , all the same though. can you afford &75 for all the smae lures? maybe a 4 Mombo's (black and olive) , 2 tobis (silver with blue back) , 2 poppers ( Habs) , 6 Bucktails in Different sizes. Thats 14 lures for the same money but now you can cover almosr any fishing situation.
I'm not trying to discourage you , just giving you something to think about.
Now , you could make it work by getting three other guys to chip in. Now you all get 6 lures for $19. That sound good?
Anyway , I'm obviously a big proponent of make your own as witnessed by the 1300 jigs Smokey and I made this year. However , you have to think and come up with a good plan that fits into your overall fishing scene. You also have to do it in the context of your overall situation.
Since I only have time to fish 1 or 2 days a week but have virtually no limits on the money I can spend for my meager fishing habit , I need a strategy that says i must be ready to fish anywhere successfully or I lose a precious asset , my time available to fish. You on the other hand Patrick can fish every day but have no job and therefore limited money. Your strategy should be to figure a way to be able to at least fish certain places with certain gear for a lot of days. That means being real smart about what you spend your limiting resource on.
Anyway , making lures is a great idea but you have to look at the whole picture.
Good choice of hooks BTW. I like Mustad Hooks.