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These are both made from Azek PVC trimboard.  I built them each in three days.  I primed them with Rustoleum 2X Paint/Primer, Createx paints and Folk Art metallics for the colors, and two coats of Rustoleum 2X Gloss Acrylic for the top coat.  I added clear nail polish over the eyes, and along the belly treble hook's swing path, to cut down on hook rash.

The top one is 1" thick, and weighs 20 grams with #2 KVD EWG trebles.  The lower one is 3/4" thick, same hooks.

They both swim 3-4' deep, and are stable at high speed, with a big X side to side swim.  They are flat sided, so there isn't much roll, and I tapered them down from full thickness at the shoulders to 1/2"+- at the belly, to make them more stable at high speed.  They have a 3/8" LPO metal rattle in the front part, and a smaller multi-bb rattle farther back, so they make a lot of noise.   I built them to fish fast over shallow grass, and along weed lines, and I want to provoke a reaction bite.

Nice job Mark, Love the bottom one.

Just now, Saugerman said:

Nice job Mark, Love the bottom one.

Thanks.

We have bluegill and golden shiners here on the CA Delta, and that's what I was aiming for.

The bottom one weighs 17.5 grams.