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Posts: 388 | I am in the process of making a maple jerkbait that has a spinner blade built into the body. Initial bouyancy checks in the sink have forced me to use hollow metal beads to keep the weight down. Metal hardware for thru wire and hook hangers as well as the hooks gives most of the requied balast. Right now the tail hook makes the bait sink in a tail heavy way. I can get the bait to barely float by leaving the tail hook off. My guess is by the time this bait is painted and epoxied, it will be neutral bouyant and the tail hook will mess with the tuning. Other than going froma 0.040" blade to a 0.020", any other comments of suggestions on how to maintain the correct weight distribution? It is not too late to put a lip on this baby and make it a crank bait either if that is the only solution. I attached two photos of the bait, pre and post assembly... Thanks Edited by Pete Yake 1/6/2008 3:08 PM Attachments ----------------  PICT3891b.JPG (46KB - 103 downloads) PICT3892b.JPG (50KB - 96 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 4053 Location: Land of the Musky | I think going wiht the 0.02 blade woudl help a lot. Also, you could drop some of your spacer beads and replace them with oversized Lindy Rig floaters. I have used these on a few baits that sunk too quickly and they worked out great. As long as you have a metal bead behind your blade that should be good enough for not wearing down the floats. Cool lure! James Attachments ---------------- LureA.jpg (55KB - 108 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 388 | Don't think it will spin without hitting something, actually hoping that is what happens. Depends on how wide the blade flares out. Main objective is to create some flash and motion and also some metalic noise when the blade hits againts the beads. If it doesn't work I can always hang it up as a basement decoration  | ||
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