Latest Gliders

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:) 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