Bette Davis Eyes

If I were a fish, I think I would annihilate that lure just cause it is Soooooooooooooooooo purty. Like the size and weight. How does it swim ?

John

Very neat job for its small size , must have been quite finacky to assemble the three sections plus tail !

Nice lure:yay: , diemai

Thanks John/ Daemai - this lure was pretty good before I painted / finished it, but now does not want to preform (only at med/fast), I think the hinges have a bit too much friction for the bait size, and also got small amounts of D2T in them when gluing them up, which would not help. I am going to add a tail in the hope that this adds a little extra drag and does something. I hate it when I finish a lure and find it is a dud. We will see what happens, the tail is being set at this very moment.pete

indeed a piece of work , the trouble must be at the first joint , it seems the pieces are very close

worst case scenario, place a lip , if the tail does not work

Very nice. Too bad about the swimming action. I hope you can save it.

One of the reasons I use the screw eye/pin hinging system is to avoid epoxy in the hinges.

I think Pikeman's right. Your front joint looks too tight.

Too bad about the post finish swim action, but it sure looks nice. Once again fantastic paint work. I have a sucker bait I finished awhile back that started out running perfect but when I finished it up and tub tested it, the thing had a nasty roll at any speed. Frustrating, but like you I'm determined to fix it. I may need to post some pics in the forum and ask for some help on this one.

Did you see the altered version of your of your hinge "Mark Twain" posted recently. To me, it looked like the best of both worlds between the hinge system you created and a traditional eye set-up. Maybe worth a look. Less resistance and maybe a little less strength.

http://www.tackleunderground.com/photos/index.php?n=4649

Mark/Pikeman, there is enough gap there, it's just that the head is tilted toward the camera, so looks like there is none.

BBDUC, yes I saw that and it looks like his is on the right track, with smaller lures I think there is just too much friction, and this should cut it down considerably - I just had another look at your jointed baits, very neat little set up, nice work .pete

Hi hazmail , I didn't said anything ; bbduc mentioned about a hinge I posted inspired by your dna hinge! please do not forget in that picture is not the rivet included .

ps how a pin hinge system is looking like ??