These are some more little gill gliders I made for this year.

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It's a bit difficult to get action out of little gliders like these, I think they turned out well. I drill two 3/8th inch diameter holes diagonally towards the tail of the lure body one and a quarter inches deep. They are small holes for pouring lead in but, it seems to be the easiest way to get an action out of these little guys.

Check out the action in the video link! 

http://youtu.be/Zxi6nxXg4qo

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Heres a custom painted swimbait I just finished. I was going for colorful, but not too crazy. It's 3.3oz and 7 inches long. 

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And another

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Thanks I'm glad you like the swimbaits!
I make them from molding solid two part resin in RTV silicon molds. The carving and construction of the master blank is the most tedious work apart from the painting of each resin blank I suppose. 

After the resin is poured into the mold and hardened the blank just needs the excess carved off and a little sanding. The resin is also mixed with the right ratio of microballon powder, making it so the resin floats. It would sink like a rock otherwise.   

The joints are held together with stainless steel rods that run all the way through the lure body. And I weigh these swimbaits a lot like a glidebait, so it sinks belly first.

These Bull Shad swimbaits are by far my favourite lure I make right now, so I thought I would share a little of how I do it.   

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I took some pictures along the way as I painted a big Brown Trout Twitch/Trolling Lure. Thought it would be cool to share.

The dots are masking fluid

 White base coat after the masking fluid dried

 After removing the masking fluid

 After the clear coat

Here's the finished lure with all of its clear coats. I call it the Bloody Brown Trout.

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Those are sweet, love that brown trout!  Thanks for sharing!

Thanks guys,
Here are some randoms I just finished. I'm going to test them/fish with them a little today.

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Here's a Grayling crankbait I did from start to finish.  

It's carved from an old chunk of Mahogony wood.

All carved out and weighed..

Lip and line tie epoxied/screwed in..

After a layer of sealer, resin, and then foiled.

Before the resin underneath the foil hardens, it's easy to push scale patterns into the foil with a steel mesh.

After some airbrushing/painting 

Add the eyes, sign, and clear coat. Here's the finished bait!

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Finished this 10 inch long Crappie swimbait today. It's going out for its test swim tomorrow..

Thanks,

Here's a little Mahogany crank I just finished. I've been learning a lot about crankbaits lately, and how to get the most out of them. It seems to me that when you add the ballast to the center of gravity you consistently get good results. I use a pair of calipers, but you could just use your thumb and pointer finger probably, and grab the bait on either side. Then if it falls forward or backward, you just adjust where your grabbing until the lure balances perfectly. Then just mark along the belly where your grabbing the bait, drill straight, and use a good forester bit when you drill.

When you add the lip, line tie, and screw eyes I find it puts a little more wight towards the front. I think this is a good thing because it allows for a straight lip crankbait to catch some water right away and there's no extra reeling to get the crank to start cranking. Maybe some of you guys have have some more solid techniques, but I wanted to share what I do, and enjoy the lure!

Hey Everyone,
Just moved into a new house last week and I'm getting back into the bait making groove. I love my new basement shop! Plan on producing many baits from it.
Here's my latest batch.

Here's a top water prop bait I just finished today for a friend. It's painted in sort of a Miller Perch pattern with a little orange on the shoulders and a brown belly. The blades are counter rotating, and I thought the extended hardware was a great idea.

Here's an iridescent small mouth bass tail fin glider I just finished, it's carved from Mahogany. Just about to go see how it swims.

I'm going to start pouring softplastic baits and I wanted to show you guys the master blank I carved out. I wanted these baits to be a little smaller sized for my first model, it's a ribbed back 4 1/4 inch paddle tail.. I tried to replicate a crappie minnow, but it turned out slightly different. I'm really happy with the looks of it anyway. I still need to decide on the hook set up and make a hardware mold that I can pour the lead into. I'll keep you guys updated on it's progress. Again, thanks for the previous compliments too!

Here are some customs I just finished. They might be the last hard body baits I do for a while. Soft plastics are consuming my interest for now, and I'll have some customs of those to show you guys soon too.

Hope you like the lures!