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huntandfishwv

Posted 4/8/2015 4:55 PM (#764076)
Subject: 2nd prototype balsa

Posts: 126

Location: Culloden, WV

Bleeding shad pattern
5-1/2" 1oz
Needs etex top coat still just base coat shown

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ToddM

Posted 4/8/2015 5:50 PM (#764081 - in reply to #764076)
Subject: Re: 2nd prototype balsa

Posts: 20178

Location: oswego, il

Wow look at that lip angle! I would love to see how that thing twitches!

huntandfishwv

Posted 4/8/2015 5:58 PM (#764082 - in reply to #764081)
Subject: Re: 2nd prototype balsa

Posts: 126

Location: Culloden, WV

From initial prototype and after adjustments and tests it is a good mix of belly roll and left right this has an action I like. Shallow running and backs up when you let off.

huntandfishwv

Posted 4/8/2015 6:10 PM (#764083 - in reply to #764076)
Subject: RE: 2nd prototype balsa

Posts: 126

Location: Culloden, WV

The lip still has tape on it

ToddM

Posted 4/9/2015 7:07 AM (#764156 - in reply to #764083)
Subject: RE: 2nd prototype balsa

Posts: 20178

Location: oswego, il

huntandfishwv - 4/8/2015 6:10 PM

The lip still has tape on it

Hopefully it will wear off after a couple of fish. Not a bad idea, I have my car covered on masking tape to protect the paint.

huntandfishwv

Posted 4/9/2015 7:28 AM (#764158 - in reply to #764156)
Subject: RE: 2nd prototype balsa

Posts: 126

Location: Culloden, WV

Etex curing. I'll post another after cured

huntandfishwv

Posted 4/9/2015 12:31 PM (#764215 - in reply to #764076)
Subject: RE: 2nd prototype balsa

Posts: 126

Location: Culloden, WV

Etex

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huntandfishwv

Posted 4/20/2015 11:32 AM (#765618 - in reply to #764215)
Subject: RE: 2nd prototype balsa

Posts: 126

Location: Culloden, WV

Did final test. This lure can be twitched on top. Slow cranked or burned in from casting. Exactly what I wanted and sits tail down at rest. The water line is right at the pupil.

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huntandfishwv

Posted 4/20/2015 11:34 AM (#765620 - in reply to #765618)
Subject: RE: 2nd prototype balsa

Posts: 126

Location: Culloden, WV

Max depth 1-2'

spinnerbayt

Posted 4/21/2015 9:18 AM (#765720 - in reply to #764076)
Subject: Re: 2nd prototype balsa

Posts: 42

Location: West Virginia

I see that you said you are using etex? Doesn't look very thick if that is a balsa bait you will need a thick build up to protect it. That being said, it looks like the perfect twitch bait for Mud river.

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huntandfishwv

Posted 4/21/2015 10:48 AM (#765738 - in reply to #765720)
Subject: Re: 2nd prototype balsa

Posts: 126

Location: Culloden, WV

Yeah etex and was just for me. The balsa has been hardened underneath with thin super glue. Two coats of thin super glue sanding between coats and etex top coat. The next baits I'm making will get more attention to the details. This was just design concept that ended up working. It will go directly in my tackle box.

Ray Fuller

Posted 4/22/2015 1:42 AM (#765903 - in reply to #764076)
Subject: Re: 2nd prototype balsa

Posts: 340

Location: Lake County Illinois

Very Nice !!!

huntandfishwv

Posted 4/22/2015 8:51 AM (#765925 - in reply to #765903)
Subject: Re: 2nd prototype balsa

Posts: 126

Location: Culloden, WV

I have 4 more made just going to paint each as p/ request of each person I giving one to test out. If they fish good I probably make 15 more.

huntandfishwv

Posted 4/30/2015 8:10 AM (#767348 - in reply to #764076)
Subject: RE: 2nd prototype balsa

Posts: 126

Location: Culloden, WV

This is one I made for my brother.

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huntandfishwv

Posted 5/1/2015 8:31 AM (#767480 - in reply to #764076)
Subject: RE: 2nd prototype balsa

Posts: 126

Location: Culloden, WV

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huntandfishwv

Posted 5/6/2015 6:53 AM (#767903 - in reply to #764076)
Subject: RE: 2nd prototype balsa

Posts: 126

Location: Culloden, WV

First batch for family and friends

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ShutUpNFish

Posted 5/6/2015 7:24 AM (#767909 - in reply to #764076)
Subject: Re: 2nd prototype balsa

Posts: 1202

Location: Money, PA

I always like the paint schemes that impart a craftsman's own personal style...you have that and your style will only get better as you continue to create....don't ever try to be something/someone else, but build on your own style. I love the muskie pattern!

huntandfishwv

Posted 5/6/2015 9:13 AM (#767925 - in reply to #767909)
Subject: Re: 2nd prototype balsa

Posts: 126

Location: Culloden, WV

Thanks a bunch means a lot. I just try what I like and have fun doing it. Now just need my buddies fishing them to see if they get a bite.

dougturd

Posted 5/6/2015 2:04 PM (#767961 - in reply to #767925)
Subject: Re: 2nd prototype balsa

Posts: 32

Couldn't agree more with Paul. Nicely done, really like the way your baits are coming together!

huntandfishwv

Posted 5/12/2015 9:42 AM (#768547 - in reply to #764076)
Subject: RE: 2nd prototype balsa

Posts: 126

Location: Culloden, WV

Gave few of these away. First person to fish one was good friend he raised 2 in twenty minutes. This is what a properly sealed finished bait looks like.

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huntandfishwv

Posted 5/12/2015 10:17 AM (#768552 - in reply to #768547)
Subject: RE: 2nd prototype balsa

Posts: 126

Location: Culloden, WV

GIERAT

Posted 5/12/2015 7:56 PM (#768617 - in reply to #768547)
Subject: RE: 2nd prototype balsa

Posts: 43

Location: Chicago

I like the way it sits in the water....very nice.

YoungGunMusky

Posted 5/14/2015 9:56 PM (#768854 - in reply to #764076)
Subject: Re: 2nd prototype balsa

Posts: 14

Really like the paint job. How did you achieve that scale pattern?

huntandfishwv

Posted 5/15/2015 12:27 AM (#768857 - in reply to #768854)
Subject: Re: 2nd prototype balsa

Posts: 126

Location: Culloden, WV

Painted the bait white then detailed with black and red throat. Then a slight misting over the bait with bright metallic silver through a scale pattern mesh

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