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Posts: 25 Location: The Netherlands |    a 4,5'' jerkbait i repainted,...and two 8'' AmmaBamas i painted for Bill Looney,.. Willem | ||
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| This one runs like a monkey and I hooked a real pig with it last Sunday. Lost him when he launched out of the water though. Cut this bait from a piece of cherry and used stainless steel for the lip. Really starting to favor the stainless steel for the lips on some of the baits. Has a great action because its thinner than Lexan and a nice flash to it.  | |||
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| Thanks, you guys. The extra line tie is another option to produce something different in the way of action with the bait. The line tie further back and on the sloping forhead instead of the front creates a different pivot point when the rod tip is swept. Will it work? Lol, we'll find out, but the worst that can happen is that I'll just use the nose line tie instead. Most of the baits I copy, are a learning process for me and I like to try adding or subtracting an element to see what the bait does differently. Sometimes small changes can produce vicious strikes from an otherwise ordinary bait style. I do a lot of experimentation with crankbaits and jerkbaits. The lip angle, material, and size are all variables that I toy with. That is not to say that you won't have failures in the process but that's okay. I'm in it for fun, not profit, and I have come up with several styles that no one else is making that I know of, and a hand full of them have been real producers on our local waters. Jerkbaits and gliders are a line that I think can still be improved upon. The Suick is one that I'm going to take on this summer or fall. Here's a couple of other styles that I'm going to be testing soon:  The bottom one is a bit hard to see in the above photo so here's a better one showing the way I intend to tip the tail with a bucktail:  The Deep Bert is has been a "go to" bait for me in the past, as has the Suick, but I think both baits can be modified and improved. If you build gliders, you know how much experimentation is required just to get the weighting right. You can imagine how changing several variables at once can be problematic. None the less. it is fun and I've had a few real home runs with a few that I came up with. The lathe baits are a whole "nuther" thing. I bought a lathe a few months ago, and I built a glider that runs fantastic. I've already tested it and its waiting in the paint shop to be paint...lol, along with about 35 or 40 others, but I'll get to it and I intend to fish it quite a bit this year during the peak season. That's one of the problems with musky baits. You don't really know if the bait is a producer or not, until you fish it enough during the right times at the right places, over the right structure, etc, under the right conditions. Don't have a picture of the lathe-made gliders yet, but I'll post them when I get them painted. Here's a few more of the variations of standard baits I'll be trying this year. They're made of a variety of woods, including cherry, maple, and sintra signboard:  It's all madness, really. But I can't stop.  | |||
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Posts: 676 Location: Wisconsin | The new topwater, redesigned with a front hook. Attachments ----------------  FrogtopCART.jpg (37KB - 349 downloads) PinkblurCART.jpg (38KB - 337 downloads) | ||
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Nine inch VampGlider prototype (actually this is the second one I've built). Runs really nice.  | |||
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piketalk - 5/3/2007 8:58 PM a 4,5'' jerkbait i repainted,...and two 8'' AmmaBamas i painted for Bill Looney,.. Willem Willem- I really admire your work - I have found some more with similar designs, except they are much larger, check them out here- http://s206.photobucket.com/albums/bb290/hazmail/Outback/ Keep up your great work .Pete | |||
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Posts: 2024 | Well shoot, I'll throw my hat in the ring! These are Showgirl/Gerry Kid type baits. For a pure BEGINNER the flashabou is extremely easy to work with. I have to say after throwing some of Gerry Carroll's baits early this year and falling in love with the flashabou material I had to try my hand at making a few myself. That stuff comes absolutely alive in the water more, IMO, than silicone, bucktail, even marabou (a close second to flashabou). Components: 7/0 Mustad 3551 (shrink tubed to wire) .045 wire #8 Colorado blades/#7 Indiana's on one of them #6 clevis All blades hammered to increase light reflection. All baits have two blades each. 1/2 ounce "keel" weight to increase casting distance and keep the bait down when burning. Would love input, good or bad!! Not sure why the file size limit is only 100 KB. Sorry for the small pic sizes. Edited by esox50 9/1/2007 10:32 PM Attachments ---------------- P1000753.JPG (94KB - 311 downloads) P1000754.JPG (86KB - 302 downloads) P1000756.JPG (90KB - 330 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 25 Location: The Netherlands | @hazmail Pete, thanks. you are right. and they have a similair action too  ...before hitting the water.... Willem Edited by piketalk 9/2/2007 8:53 AM | ||
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