how do you make homemade freshwater fishing lures?

We are both fishing together at a very scenic location. About your lure question you just need to find metal scraps, feathers, paint, and etc. The hard part would be cutting it then everything else you can tie on, glue, and paint. Just try to mimic a lure from the store.Plastic can work , but not as well as metal. Panther Martin is my favorite for Trout.

This website has all the items you need for making lures, including kits, im sure you're husband will find that a very good gesture

http://www.jannsnetcraft.com/

Info on making lures

http://luremaking.com/

My favorite lure, is actually a spinner, mepps aglia, other than that i fly fish.

in lure making, there are a number of factors to think about, like

top water

sinking

suspending

wood

plastic

jigs

spinner bait

what fish you plan on targeting, has a lot to do with lure design