clydesteiger Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Is there a tutorial on making a lipless crankbait ? I have a idea for making one combinding two designes to make a new one with balsa if possable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaPala Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Frankly there's a lot of categories of lipless baits, glider, vibe, jerk, pencil just to list a few. Being a crank and lipless would mean designs like Worden quikfish, flatfish and a few other which are actually just lip combined with the body or in the case of vibe baits they are the top front part of the lure. Each have their different approach. Unless you're more specific, I think it would be too much info to cover. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 You make some beautiful lures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stringjam Posted October 28, 2007 Report Share Posted October 28, 2007 I would love to have a balsa "Trap" style lipless. Something with a fairly slow sink rate and no rattles. This type of lipless works great in clear, shallow situations - and they seem to be really hard to find. (here's my fav....Air Viper Risebacker - sound-less model.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philB Posted October 29, 2007 Report Share Posted October 29, 2007 Hi I produced this lure as a jerkbait originaly but as it turned out it is far more suited to cranking. It has an action just like the old creek chub pikey and is a deadly lure in the top 2' of water and I never jerk this bait. It can be fished super slow and the Northern pike here in the UK just cannot resist this one. It is quite a large lure at 8" and I do not know wether it's characteristics would change if made from balsa or another wood as I have only so far used Beech. I could email you a Jpeg template if you wish ? philB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
