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Klondike, If you're making a small, sinking, jointed wood bait, there are some things you might want to consider before you chose balsa. You will need to add enough ballast to overcome balsa's most outstanding feature, it's buoyancy. That may require so much ballast to be a problem in such a small bait. Balsa is not a very strong wood, and that is critical in a jointed bait with hinges. I'd go with a heavier, stronger wood that doesn't require as much ballast to get it to sink, both for it's strength, and because you don't have a lot of room for ballast in a 2.5" bait. If I use wood, I like pine for small baits, because it's easy to carve/shape and strong. It is buoyant enough to let you ballast the belly, which will help the bait swim true. But, if pine is too buoyant, I would probably look for something even heavier, like poplar, because I still want some buoyancy, so the tail section still swims. Woods that don't float are a nightmare to carve, because they are very hard and full of oil,(teak and malaysian hardwood come to mind) and they are very hard to tune so they swim. Small jointed baits are a bear. Good luck.

Does anyone know is Bears and Bass Tackle make or offer a sample pack like Caney Creek does? If not does anyone inject these baits? Im just starting and trying to decide on the ones to choose from. Thanks in advance Spencer Sorry I know the list is long but I really want to buy the right one (I don't have the money to buy the wrong ones) I've basically put them into categories for myself Craw, Beaver, Grub, Swim Bait, Fluke, Lizard, Creature, Worm(curly tail, senko, ring, drop shot and flat tail) Bass Tackle Bite Me Craw 4in Split Tail(Short or Hog) Flippin Hog 6in 4.5in Grub 6in Curl Tail Lizard 7in Ribbon Tail Worm 7in Curl Tail RING Worm 6in FAT Stick 6in Stick 7.5in Fat Treat Worm 6.5in Flat Worm Bears Baits Crazy Craw Craw Worm Manic Craw Craz Craw Big Hoss Kodiak Craw Water Weasel The Beast 2.5in Twin Tail Grub Gecko U-Tail 6in Paddle Tail Stick Bait 5.5 Sick Willy 6in Full Round Finesse Worm Any Stick Bait from 5 to 7in fat and skinny

Hi all... I'm pretty new to painting baits and to the forum as well, but I wanted to mention that I use an ultrasonic cleaner to clean my airbrush parts. I had one for cleaning tattoo equipment and it works great so I decided to use it for my air brush and it seems to do a great job. You can get a small one for under $50 and most Walmarts and Targets carry a concentrated ultrasonic cleaning solution in their jewelry department. I break the brush down and run them in the cleaner for about 20 min then rinse it all off well. The only thing I don't put in there is the needle because things can move around and I don't want to take a chance on hooking or warping the needle tip. It makes the wife’s wedding ring all sparkly again too which serves as a nice distraction so I can sneak away and get back to painting.