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Thanks Vince, though I don't think it's really proven yet, may be TOO rigid, there are alternatives though. Trouble is you have to build a jointed bait to test each different hinge - just see what they come up with ! ! !pete

BRC- Nice one, swims great, I like that cupped head innovation, maybe I should try that. pete

David, I just found this, don't know how I missed it?? Very unique plump little meal, it says eat me, and like all are saying, great scale /paint work. Well done .pete

Jimmy, that's beautiful work. pete

diemai- This is the text from the gallery post, hope it explains it a bit, sorry but it's very simple to make, but very complicated to explain- "Bob I have done quite a bit of searching, and can't find anything like this. Essentially it's a 'double helix', which is a spiral within a spiral, made with hard S/S .9mm Mig wire, and took about four nights in the shed to 'perfect' it, and four days at work thinking about it, with many yards of twisted stainless wire wire, laying on the shed floor. Because they are made with a double helix, I have decided to call them the DNA Hinge . Once the sequence was cracked they are very simple to make, and made with this wire (.9mm), have a joint, or barrel width of 2.7mm (.106299

John- This is a bit confusing, but I posted a reply to questions by 'bbduc' in the HB Gallery 'First Swim Bait Green/pearl', but after typing a reply could not load pictures, so had to load them here, sorry for the confusion- I think I stuffed up here.pete

Jimmy, as soon as I saw it ,I thought European, there is something different in the style/colour you guys make lures, very nice lure and great painting skills.pete

All amazing Vince, bloody amazin.pete

'Sapper' you have tried a bit of everything here, for a very nice result.pete

Bob I have done quite a bit of searching, and can't find anything like this. Essentially it's a 'double helix', which is a spiral within a spiral, made with hard S/S .9mm Mig wire, and took about four nights in the shed to 'perfect' it, and four days at work thinking about it, with many yards of twisted stainless wire wire, laying on the shed floor. Because they are made with a double helix, I have decided to call them the DNA Hinge :) . Once the sequence was cracked they are very simple to make, and made with this wire (.9mm), have a joint, or barrel width of 2.7mm (.106299

Thanks guys for all the compliments and constructive criticism, it is appreciated. Sorry for not replying sooner, but I did yesterday, and was told I it was in a queue, must be a long one. Jed / Mark, I finally managed to find some expanded poly sheet yesterday, and made a 'standard' blank last night, to my suprise the pine and ex-poly weigh the same (5.5 gm's), so density should not be the problem ??- most timbers here are on the harder side, including Kauri, but I find it works nice. Half way through making the jointed bait and on testing, I found the weight in the head was excessive and after reading another thread on weighting (VM etc) realised I would have to shift some (it had 3gms in head 1.5 in second segment) - I drilled some out of the head which improved things, but was still very much head down - tried to add more weight to the second segment but found there was too much wire etc to get a hole for the lead, so decided to leave well enough alone, rather than butcher it all togeather. I will make another soon, and plan to make the head slightly larger and change the H/W ratio a bit, this will also reduce the trailing segment's in size - also move the weight back along the 'chain', this appears to be a very fine science, not sure I have the patience or available space in the blank. Also finding as Mark is saying, the hinges are too rigid, and really need to be as smooth/free a possible, a tiny bit of glue or prop in the hinge makes all the difference. Thank you again for your input, I'm still learning.pete

Thanks 'Parrot' -they are testing me though.pete

DjBeju. I just discovered this, beautiful work, must have taken you hours- will have to give that a try.pete