JBlaze

Vic, I like your bait. one end to the other. I think the 035 wire will do fine. I build spinner baits with it and they stand up very well. John

This thread is intriguing, Here is another Tennessee boys version, attached to the rear of a crank bait with a heavy split ring. No snaps on this one. .035 wire twisted up on a Hagens G-Lock style hooks, no weights on anything except the belly of the crank bait. May have to add weight to middle wire to keep it from tumbling. Belly hook removed from the crank bait. Haven't tried it yet but will let you know if it works. John

Now we are getting somewhere. I enlarged the picture and If I am looking at this picture correctly, the snap is not right. What will happen is that when a fish tugs on this thing, the top of the blade will move forward and downward and the face of the blade will apply a downward force on the snap and could cause it to open. Turning the snap upside down eliminates this possibility. Thanks for posting the pic. John

ING, I don't know much about physics rules or how you seem to be applying them and No one said anything about applying forces equally to the front and back of the snap. I will try to make you understand what we are talking about. When an angler pulls on one end of this lure and a fish is pulling on the other end of the lure, depending on which way the locking side of the snap was installed up or down, the pressure, force, leverage or what ever you want to call it is applied to only one side of the snap either the locking side which could and sometimes does cause it to open or the straight or non-locking side of the snap which will not open when the pressure or leverage is applied to it. The proper way to install the locking snap to keep this from happening is with the locking side down. I suppose that there is equal force at each end front and back of the snap where the line is tied and the lure blade is attached if that is what you are thinking. As I said in my original reply, I'm not sure that I made myself clear when explaining and I don't know how to put a pic in this reply so I hope this helps.

I may have the solution to this. It was brought to my attention by a friend that this same thing was happening to my clatter blades (my version of chatterbait) This friend suggested that I turn the duo-lock snap upside down and the pressure would not be put on the locking part of the snap. You can check this out by tying one on and then pulling on the line while holding on to the bait. You will see that the pressure is put on the hooking side of the snap and could possibly force it open when a big fish is surging against it. Remove the snap and start it in the other hole firstthis will turn the snap upside down and force the pressure of the blade against the solid side of the snap which will eliminate the possibility of the snap being forced open when a big bass is pulling on it. Not sure that I explained this correctly or well enough to be understoodif not, I will post a picture later.

I will give it a try and report back as to the results. Thanks John

Was trying to get a snag-less deep running bait. This thing only runs about 6 to 8 ft deep. It sits in the water with the bib pointing down. The top of the body is fairly flat and wide. When retrieved, it looks like the body is catching so much water that the lure is changing its angle to an almost flat trajectory. I am thinking that the line tie should be moved closer to the body so that the forward section of the bib will have enough pressure on it to counter balance the pressure that is on the rear of the lure. Opinions appreciated. It has plenty of thump and tracks straight and true. I will try to attach pics to this post if it doesn't allow me to do that, I will put them in the gallery. The lure is made of 3/4 inch PVC trim board and has a single 5/0 VMC spinnerbait hook the whiskers are sinker peg stops.

When I push the upload button, I get the upload page. Step 1 is dark black. I hit the browse button and select my picture and I can't get it to do anything else. I have hit enter and it does nothing. I have hit the step 2 button and it doesn't do anything. What am I doing Wrong?

Here is the short cut to the tutorial. easy to make and easy to use. I have used it on a jig in place of a weed guard. http://www.tackleunderground.com/community/topic/12037-making-consistent-screw-locks-rev-1-0/ http://www.tackleunderground.com/community/gallery/image/5496-jigs-shakeys-or-both/

Andy, I too would love to find that bait keeper or figure out a way to make it. So far it has eluded me. My best solution so far is to use a Twist Lock Coil. It is a screw lock bait keeper with a centering pin. It is made by Owner and is available at Bass Pro Shops. The other solution is to make your own screw locks. there is a tutorial by Kelly here on TU. It is called making consistant screwlocks. it is easy to do and works very well. Hope this helps. John