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Location: mpls | O.K. I give!! I want to play the swimbait game too!! Mine are made of Cedar so I use a Box joint for strength. I have been making them this way for the past 5 seasons and have never had any sort of failure or any complaints, so I plan on sticking with it. This picture shows a Fibett tail ( Like John and Snax), but I usually make them with rubber, just thought that I would experiment - I like it!
Joe
Trueglide.com
P.S. Anyone that is trying to get a hold of me lately- I had a little accident at the shop with the lures that I planned on having for the Blaine show. I had to remake the entire batch that I am taking to the show!! This has kept me from coming out of the basement for the last two weeks!! I promise I will reply to all of emails when I see sunlight again! LOL. Here is a little baitmakers secret- When the instructions say,"mix part A with Part B" Don't mix Part A and Part A- no matter how tired you are. @@
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Location: mpls | Let's try this..... |
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Location: mpls | Nope! Can't get anything to post. File size is correct, |
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Location: Muskoka Ontario,Canada | Looks great Joe! I love how your baits are all different but they all look like Trueglides! |
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| Awesome bait! hahahaha I am sorry to hear about the part A + part A mistake................definitely brings up some boner moves I have pulled in the past. Anyways great looking baits as usual!
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Location: Muskoka Ontario,Canada | I almost left the house once recently with a few microfibetts glued to the end of my nose!!! I must have had an itch while adding the fins! lol |
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Location: Burton, Ohio | Looks great Joe! Man I hear you on that part a to part a thing. Been there done that on a couple of baits last year. Like you said. Slaphappy sleep deficit stuff! LOL
I just had a fun one at work a month ago. I was finishing a 20 foot conference table and the project manager neglected to tell me there was a change order for a color change. After 3 coats of Conversion Varnish................ We had to buy this stripper that would remove your skin if you didn't have gloves!!!!!!!! Butt it works great on epoxy for baits also! LOL
I hear you on the swimbaits. I have some going on also. They are an art in their own. So many great ones have been posted the last two weeks on here!!!!!!!!!!!!! Eye candy for sure! I love seeing the videos of their actions!!!!!!!!
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Location: Oregon | Joe, you didn't mix A with A? Have never done that myself but think about it often.........wow, all that work down the drain!!!
Beautiful swimbait.......love the colors. Hope you are doing well.
Jed V.
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| wow joe that one wouldnt be left alone for long in my home waters .. i have tested two parts of part A , but it was not a total disaster! it was the second layer of e-tex .... |
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Location: WI | Joe,
Nice Swimmer, I like the idea of a box joint.
I had to laugh reading your A to A mix. I could write a book on things going wrong building baits!! I feel your pain.
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| Sweeet Cisco Joe!! That lure wouldn´t swim alone for long in my waters here . |
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| Beautiful bait Joe as usual, as for A+A=BIG MESS , it has gotten us all and what a mess and loss!!!!!!!!!!!!! Sorry to hear it happened!!!!!!! Doug Bradley |
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Location: Lincoln UK | Joe,
that explains a few things, couldn't have happened at a worse time. I would hate to have your coffee/diet coke bill.
Great swimbait but Noooooo on the micro-fibre, you are a trend setter.
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Location: mpls | Chico!!
Yep, The Caffine bill is higher than usual.
Just experimenting some more, I don't know if you saw the Pike swimbait in my boat this summer, but it also had a Fibbet tail. I am making a couple of new molds for plastic tails, that should turn out really cool. Just haven't had the time to finish them up.
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Location: Omaha, Nebraska | Joe,
That is awesome! Your work is amazing! |
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Location: Lincoln UK | Joe, didn't see it but glad the rubber mold is on it's way sometime, not a fan of the micro fibre, can't really say why but I'm not.
In the boat in September and it seems a lifetime away now- I want to come back.
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| Awesome as usual Joe. I think the plastic tails like the ones you use on your other soft tailed baits would work well. It would keep them looking similar to your other baits, and with the toothpick pin, replacing the tail is easy to do. Either way, its unmistakeably a Trueglide. |
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Location: Mid Wales, UK | I agree with those last couple of comments Joe, plastic tails look better with your painting style ***IN MY OPINION***
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Location: mpls | Thanks Guys,
I just made this one for myself, I had no intentions of making them with the Fibetts. I just couldn't wait to put it together- and since I didn't have the tail mold made yet........ |
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| Beautiful work. I love the detail including the lateral line. |
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| You guys are all crazy, I would not put any of those swim baits in the water to get chewed on.To much work in them .They are Art not lures. All of you guys are nuts.Put in a glass case Yes! Put in the water ,Not Me. Awesome!!
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