Cave Dweller

Nice to see the Spelunker make it out of the "Cave". How did you come up with this shape? Was it a cutoff? Something gone terribly awry? Or was it a purposeful attempt to make something different, something "outside the box", or maybe it was a piece of that box? HMMM,,,

Douglas

I remember seeing this in a picture earlier and it looked like a mistake???? Came our very cool....how does it run?

Rod

I made this sort of as it happened, from start to finish. I had no plan for it, either shaping it or in the painting process. I just painted whatever colors I grabbed off the shelf, more or less. Actually it runs great as a wake bait. It runs about 4 to 6 inches deep with a fast retrieve and about 0 to 2 inches with a normal retrieve.

I did try to copy the eye area of a vamp (with the cutouts) and I tried to add the slant of jerkbait to the forehead to move water and create a downward bias.

So, lol, yea, it was sort of a mistake, but it is functional and seems to have potential as a surface/sub-surface, low-light, muskrat-lookin', wounded-beaver, easy meal sort of thang.

I do think it needs a bigger, bushier, black bucktail dressing for the ass end.

And maybe a top hat and mustache and an entourage of baitfish toady escorts.

Almost missed this puppy. what a nifty looking little bait. Forget those fish with all them teeth, bass would crush that thing! Well done.

Kinda reminds me of a cross between a Shakespeare "River Pup", a Creek Chub "Dingbat" and a "Vamp" !

Very cool!

Thanks, Braided.

Stone Coal, I figured you'd see all the similarities because of your love of building vintage baits. I hope you're building again soon and posting some of your work.

Me too Vince, me too:(

Wicked design and your finishes are flawless!!!