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diemai

By diemai

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Here are my latest sinking glider jerkbaits , basically lathe-turned , but with their flanks cut plane and tapered down the head of lure .

For this purpose I left one end of the basic wood dowel remaining on the turned blanks head end , I had cut it to a square shape prior to turning(I most likely use round dowels for turning) , so that I could utilize that square end to fix into the vise of my hobby routing machine to cut the flanks plane .

After I have cut off the square end and shaped the curved upper head portion on a 40 grit sanding wheel .

Lures are weighted fore and aft to sink level , the larger one(approx. 4")at 6" per second , the smaller one about twice as fast .

Larger lure is painted with rattlecans , smaller one only has a yellow base sprayed on , the "catsuit" pattern(just out of a temper:huh::huh:) I dotted on with earcleaners and modelmaking enamels .

Haven't tried them outdoors yet , but I have made a similar lure before , on these ones here I have improved the line tie location compared to that previous one , so I am quite certain about a good gliding action .

greetz:yay: , diemai

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bbduc

Interesting shapes, I like them. You are a rattle can Picasso. The red hooks look great with the larger bait. Curious to hear if the flat flanked cuts create an action unexpected.

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mark poulson

They look great! You are an artist with a rattle can. worship.gif

If you come to LA, you have a great future as a tagger!:wink:

As I was looking at your lures, my 14 year old daughter was on her computer next to mine. I asked her what she was doing, and she said she was looking at her friend's art.

I told that was what I was doing, too.

Made me smile.yes.gif

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fatfingers

These are really nice. I like the pattern on the top one the best and I especially appreciate the others you posted in the same batch that are "experimental." That is what makes this hobby fun and I'm with you on experimenting. I love doing it and I learn a lot from doing it too.

Great work, great baits.

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