Three more new ones

Hopefully the swimbait is gonna work out better this time:yes: , .....fingers crossed :yay:!

Really love these topwater baits shape:yes: , I am gonna make one after it one day , but right now I am busy with "metals" again !

good luck:yay: , Dieter

D$%n fine looking baits, Mark. You are doing some wonderful work.

David

Your lil gill looks awsome, really like the brighter colors on the trout to... hope that your gill swims to:teef:.

Goodluck, Jacob

Beautiful, all three. I think you are on the right track with all the weight in the front section. Thats where it is at in my half-n-half but as far back in the rear part of the front section as I could get it. It swims fine, but mostly it is the head shaking back and forth. Good luck with it, I like the Lil' gill.

John

Great Work Mark! I really like all of your baits. The Bluegill is my fav! Keep it up and show us the pictures of the fish you get on them. Take Care.

The Rookie

Thanks guys.

I have always shied away from small jointed lures, because it's hard for me to get all the hardware and weighting into small segments.

I hope the Delta/Rookie tail and different weighting improves the action of the bluegill.

I like how the first one turned 180 on the rip/pause, but it didn't have much action on a straight swim retrieve. Just a gentle S, almost back to back Cs, with the head moving all the way to one side, and then the other, and the tail section following. I think I need to play around with different retrieves and speeds more to figure out how to get the most out of it.

In the mean time, Saturday I'll find out how the new bluegill swims.

Fingers crossed.

Good to see you more these, the shapes of the trout and bass are nice. I was going to say sexy or graceful but that just didn't seem right. They all look great but I'm partial to the bass.

Hope that sunny works out for you.

Well, the sunfish swims like a champ! Whoopee!!!!!

I'm going to make a couple more this week, in shad and baby bass.

The gliders work well, too. I had to trim the Krystal Flash tail on the rainbow a bit to get it to walk well, but now they both work great. Funny how a 1/4" of feather or mylar can affect the bait so much.

I had also made a mini punker, a 5" semi-Sammy, on Friday, I wanted a walking bait that was relatively small, but still cast a long way, to hit the boils. I tried it on Sat., with just a white primer on it, and it walks and glides great. So now I've got two more primed, and waiting for paint jobs. One will be a silver shad, one will be a sparkle white, and one will be a baby bass.

Pics. as soon as they're painted.

Glad to hear about the successful maiden voyage of that little dude , Mark !

greetz , Dieter:yay:

Mark, Congrats on getting that little rascal to swim. Looking forward to seeing your topwaters when you get them painted.

John