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| nxtwrldrcd |
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| Hi, I asked myself that question just over a year ago. I’ve always been a fan of jerkbaits and crankbaits; it’s the ability to add your own “finesse” when working them that I like. I know I’d probably catch more fish on bucktails in the waters I fish, but I find more satisfaction in going out there and thinking it’s my twitching and jerking that fooled the musky into believing my presentation is real. I’m an engineer by trade so I have the latest technologies in solid modeling, rapid prototyping, mold making, and molding at my disposal. I’ve made some lures for others in the past, and I really enjoyed it. So I thought I’d do another just how I like the bait to be, and then name it after my baby daughter Molly. Here’s a list of what I wanted and what I did to achieved it: 1) Tuff construction – I went with a solid plastic body with insert molded hardware 2) Natural profile – Went with a drop-belly, gill line, and no strait edges. Every surface is free flowing and filleted. 3) Big silhouette – I wanted allot of visibility without the mass of a big round body, so I went with a tall thin shaped body. 4) Flash and Roll – designed a lip to provide these classic crankbait actions 5) Tuff lip – I went with a thick bullet proof lip that’s gusseted 6) Snag Resistant - a reverse chamfer on the bottom of the lip that tends to deflect off rather than dig into rocks and structure. 7) Easy twitching – Went with a curved lip helps the bait “kick out” sideways easier. 8) Shallow Working – I like to fish close to structure and see what I’m “working” I processed the bait to have a slow rise – just enough to slowly float over a weed clump, but heavy enough that with light twitching it will maintain it’s depth. I can keep it a foot down or crank it down to 8’-10’ 9) Good Troller – I like my baits to have a little “wonder” in them – instead of the bait following in a strait line, the bait swings or “wonders” back and forth a few feet. I like trolling shorter line lengths at idle speeds, so depending on the cast length the bait will troll 8’-15’. 10) Twice the fun – Scaled up the 7.5” by 33% and the 10” was done in a keystroke 11) Realistic paint patterns – something I enjoy doing, but I’m not good at yet 12) American Made – I made it all here in the USA and use stainless Wolverine triple rings and Eagle Claw lazer sharps – both made here in the USA too. That’s just about it. I’ve already enjoyed my first few muskies on it and man did that feel good. If only I enjoyed sales and marketing as much as I enjoy designing and prototyping the bait would probably go somewhere – but hopefully the bait speaks for itself. Hey maybe I do like marketing – I think I’ll use this for my website’s front page – done and done. Thanks Mike Attachments ----------------  Molly bait 7.jpg (108KB - 326 downloads) | |||
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| I'm sorry, I'm having computer problems Attachments ---------------- Savage Lures.jpg (196KB - 212 downloads) | |||
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