retrobass Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 If this is the wrong section for posting this please excuse me, I'm still a noob here. I've gotten back into flytying and bait making recently, and just cast a few hundred jigs (pics of those to come). Last night I had an epiphany: A floating buzz bait. If a bass pops it and misses, you have a second chance. I decided to spin deer hair much like a bass popper onto the shank of an old buzz bait and took her out for a test today. It drops super slow, like an inch per second. This makes it possible to do VERY slow retrieves and subsurface buzzing at any level, along with some interesting jumpy/ wake action at higher speeds. It does float on its side, which should hurt the hook up ratio a bit I would think. I decided to make an inline prototype this evening, and after several hours of butchering another buzz bait and spinning I came up with the black beast pictured below. It has enough hair that it may well completely float, though its a solid 10" from stem to stern. Any thoughts or suggestions would be much appreciated. At some point, if this bait turns out to produce, I'll probably buy the components individually and build up some inline buzz/deer hair/popper monsters. Cheers, Jimbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 Been there and done that a long time ago. Look in the pics gallery or do a search there for "nova". www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrobass Posted November 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 How'd the fish respond? Been there and done that a long time ago. Look in the pics gallery or do a search there for "nova". www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted November 18, 2011 Report Share Posted November 18, 2011 I've fished floating inline buzzers before and the fish really liked those. You can buzz them up to a stump, or other cover, stop it and sometimes that's just more than they can stand. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 How'd the fish respond? We only have smallies in my area and this is a fairly large bait. Consequently you don't get a lot of fish but what you do get is quality. A stinger hook is a must. I use 5/0 hooks and the head is 1/2 oz. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted November 19, 2011 Report Share Posted November 19, 2011 Here's what I came up with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
