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I forgot to mention that if I don't swim it like a glidebait with quarter turns and just reel with a slow or fast constant retrieve, it swims fantastic.

Hey everybody. So a few months ago I made an 8" glide out of resin and a small amount of microbubbles. I got it to slow sink level and it looked great, but I had to take it out to test. For some reason, when I would quarter turn my reel handle(like with all 2 piece gliders like a Deps 250 for example), my bait would glide just fine to my left(it's right). Then I would 1/4 turn my reel handle again and it would start to glide the other way for a split second, then glide back to its right. I kept trying this over and and over with different casts and weighting, but the same thing kept happening. My bait mold has a spout on the top(where the bait's back would be) just so that the microbubbles can rise to the top of the bait. After over a month of experimenting, I scrapped that design and sculpted a new one that was maybe 1/2" thinner(Going to be around 8.5" with a plastic tail) because I thought it would help with less water resistance. The mold finally got poured the other day and I made a resin cast this morning. I placed weights(4) and taped them to the belly when when it was 1 solid piece and it was perfect. It sank so slow that it was practically suspending and it glided left to right like a dream. Feeling great about this, I cut the bait where I wanted the pin joint/screw eye connection and left the weights exactly where I had them when it was one piece and they were centered on the belly. Added screw eyes, but no split rings or hooks yet and threw it into my pool. As I started the retrieve, it did the same thing as the previous glide! It would glide 2-3 feet to its right, come back left for a split second, then glide back to its right. I tried messing with the weighting, changed the placement of the front line tie so that it was a little higher than the centerline of the screw eyes and it kept doing the same thing. I tried messing with it for maybe another hour and there would be too much weight in the head or too little. Any suggestions or I'm sure somebody has had this happen before. I just can't figure out how to solve the puzzle. Don't have a picture right now. I was outside so long messing with this thing that my phone died. Thanks in advance!

haha I bought 2 other pieces that I needed from Home depot the other day. I just need this trigger grip filter to show up and then I'll be testing some painting!

Yeah, I think I have to get one of those. I bought the male universal coupler, but I forgot the hose when I went to home depot, so I couldn't remember what else I needed. Soon! I've carved wood masters and cast resin swimbaits, glides and another prototype. Need to weight, paint and test!

Hey there, I have a few questions regarding compressor to airbrush hose connection. I got an air compressor(California Air Tools 5.5) and I have an Iwata airbrush. Bought the Iwata hose and I know I need some kind of adapter to connect the hose to the compressor. In the instruction manual it says to get a male universal adapter, but I think it needs something else. Anybody that has a California Air Tools compressor, care to tell me what kinds of parts I need to connect the Iwata hose to the compressor? I have a few resin prototypes ready for my swimbaits/glides and wanted to paint a few to test the workflow and to get them out for testing. Thanks in advance!

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Thanks for the suggestions so far. I'm really experienced in using swimbaits for saltwater(So Cal). I started using Big Hammer, AA's, and Worm King when they first came out back in the day. All for Calicos, Sand Bass, Yellowtail, Barracuda, etc. Obviously when the cuda are around, you get a lot of plastic bitten in half. That's why I'm thinking about a lexan tail for saltwater baits. If I were to sell these in the future, I wouldn't want a customer out on the water to have the tail bitten off and then the bait doesn't swim the same. That's mainly my only concern about soft tails for saltwater. Thanks again!

Thanks for the replies so far. DaleSW, I was thinking about creating a soft tail, but not really sure what to make material it out of that wouldn't rip. The thing is, I want to create a much large glide bait after learning the ropes that'll handle much larger fish(saltwater) down the road. Thanks in advance!

Hi there, Just registered. Very long time fisherman and artist. I'm going to be building some swimbaits/glidebaits when I have some spare time. I was thinking of possibly making the tails out of lexan just for durability's sake. I had a few questions and I've been searching, but I haven't been able to find anything. -I already have a tail design and I was going to secure it by a pin/epoxy. Was going to double stick tape my templates onto the lexan(probably 1/8" thick") to cut them out. Do all of you that use lexan tails cut them out with a bandsaw and then polish the edges afterwards with a dremel? -What would be the easiest way of coloring the lexan a specific color and what clear coat works the best? I saw a thread saying that people used concrete sealers. This first(hopefully of many) designs will be a 6"(tail included) multi-jointed swimbait. Thanks in advance!