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Very realistic, nice work!

Did you foil the gizzard shad ?

Thanks a bunch. No foil was used. Just Wicked silver and aluminum, which suprisingly puts off a pretty good flash in the water.

The coloration is perfect..........

  The big eye finishes it off...............

 Plus,it`s nice to look at..........

   Fist bump.

Baits like this are why I like checking the gallery often.  Amazing  work! 

On 6/2/2017 at 9:49 AM, rhallman said:

Thanks a bunch. No foil was used. Just Wicked silver and aluminum, which suprisingly puts off a pretty good flash in the water.

That thing is a hunting machine!

Hard to hide talent.  Great looking bait!

Many thanks for all of the positive comments.

Recessed line tie?

Line thru just like a soft swimbait. The line is tied to the screw eye on bottom that can pop out releasing the lure. I attached a pic of  another swimbait on mine showing it popped out.

Super clean and interesting about the wicked silver , well done sir !!

Fabulous ! 

I like it!

What techniques did you use to get it so realistic?! Amazing work!

Thanks. Truth be known, it was made from a real shad replica. I can make hard swimbaits, but cannot get the realism like the real thing. It swims best in a soft plastic version.