Small Cover Crank

That's an awesome looking bait. Really like the color selection.

This one definitely looks good. I've noticed these baits you have been posted have all been Sintra; how do you like the action on it compared to the balsa cranks you have fished? Have you tried any of your designs in balsa yet?

This one definitely looks good. I've noticed these baits you have been posted have all been Sintra; how do you like the action on it compared to the balsa cranks you have fished? Have you tried any of your designs in balsa yet?

Smokey,

I haven't tried making any of these designs out of balsa, so I'm not sure how big the difference is.

I'll need to do some more actual lake testing to get a better idea of the differences, but I've done some "test tub" videos (yes - in a tub) that you can watch on YouTube.

Here's a link to my vids:

http://www.youtube.com/user/Stringjam#p/u

Cool. That white with the black stripe down the back on your protos makes it really easy to see the action; definitely have some nice wiggle going on with those.

Does the Sintra wood have a different buoyancy than balsa. And love the color pattern on this bait.

Does the Sintra wood have a different buoyancy than balsa. And love the color pattern on this bait.

Sintra is an expanded foam board (PVC)......it's not as buoyant as balsa.