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| Love the forum and all the honest help. My question is what kind of wood works best for topwaters? I have a neat design I am working on.
Thanks
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| Pine, fir or basswood are my picks.
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Location: Kawarthas, Ontario | Cedar and soft maple for me.
It depends on what you want the bait to do. Look at density charts of the different species and you'll get an idea based on the responses you get here. |
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Location: WI | For walk the dog style lures I use hard maple and all other I use cedar. If you are making a tally whacker style bait make sure to add a bit of lead to the belly to act as a counter balance so the lure does not "roll" or spin from the force of the tail going around.
Chad
www.danczyk-lures.com |
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Location: Eden Prairie & Pine Island | Pine is easiest to work with and does the job reasonably well. Cedar also a good choice. You start to loose bouyancy with any harder woods. |
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| I have found that lighter woods such as basswood and pine are better for topwaters. Heavier woods like maple will work for some patterns though.
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| Thanks for the help. I appreciate it.
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Location: Pewaukee WI | I'm pretty sure cedar is toxic so be careful if you are using that. |
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| I think I heard that about cedar too somewhere. Be sure to wear a mask when you are turning/sanding.
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| Red Cedar, hands down. Pine works but after long periods of use it tends to soak up water which can cause problems. |
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Location: Corning, Iowa | I have some yellow pine, and you talk about toxic. I wear a mask, ans it still is bad. I don't use it very much, just for that reason.
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Location: Oregon | Wear a mask with ALL woods, they are all toxic at some level. Cedar is a good wood but I don't like to use it generally because it's so grainy.
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