NateFollmer

Yeah, I'm sick of seeing Pat Toomey's face also... He's every other ad now

Thanks dsaavedra Vodka I can do that once I get my pvc package Can't wait... Tonight we cut! Muaha haha muahahahaha!

Great football shots! Haven't tried any "fast"action yet but I want too. Fourbizz quit being a show off nice pic and fish. I probably won't be out fishing until next week. I hope they are still active like they are now! I miss my camera FIX IT!

Cool, thanks for the info. Ill have to play around a bit before I get too much done and have a failed design ha

Hey if you guys are posting info that's going to help someone then go off topic, I don't care Is pvc close to the same density as balsa or any woods? I want to figure out placements of lips and weights "in the field" with pvc but will be using wood too, so I need to find a wood that's close to pvc...

How heavy are your jigs? I use the lightest jigs possible at all times because if you go too heavy, the fish gets too much momentum during head shakes and can throw the jig. Smallies are notorious for this

Someday I may try that... Not now though We did kind of get off on a tangent about other methods, so I see where the confusion was haha

Great looking spinnerbait! I bet that's going to pull in some big ones!

I used to smoke and do all that junk back in High school. You know how I quit, fill your mouth with chew and shallow. I can't even smell the stuff without feeling sick now. Be prepared to be sitting on that toilet you flushed the dip down though You got this! Don't give in!

I'm going up to cut my master's (templates if you will) Monday night. The PVC should be here sometime next week, but I have a lot of wood to play around with. Not going to get into molds or anything yet, just going to use the replicator for now. I'll document the master making process and post pics then! I don't think I can test the masters though, they will probably be corian or a similar material and will probably sink like a rock... If he isn't busy, maybe I'll just cut a few out of wood to and test those before I waste my time on the replicator...

Buddies? I'm sure alot of guys here will paint a perch for the right price.

About a half hour south of State College. Beth. is about 2 to 2 1/2 hours away. We can meet up sometime, we will probably have another Pa meet up soon too.

The way I see it done with foam is by pouring it into molds and letting it set up. I always thought it was a block and you carved it. They say the 16 lb foam is similar to balsa in both buoyancy and durability. Some say the action isn't as good though. I'm not sure though so maybe others can answer better.

The masters will be cut in two halves. I was going to cut the lip slot into the master after it was done. It's kind of hard to model something organic like that, then give it a hard cut off edge like that. I could do it, but for all the work I'd have in getting the lip edge modeled in, it would be easier to cut the master later Has do to with the flow of the polygon edges and stuff... boring, so I'll stop my rant here haha

What part of Eastern Pa are you in? I'm in Central, so it may be a hike for either of us

Way ahead of you If I pour, it's going to be foam. If not, it's all going to be wood and PVC. Looking into getting PVC scraps now! All my designs are done. I need to split these in half and get them sent to the machinist and I should have 'masters' soon!

I thought about using foam, but I'm going to try some woods first and see how well they do. I cut back on the detailing because of this. When I absolutely know I am going to mold the baits, then I'll go nuts with details. The way I sculpt and work, it's easier to add details later on than it is to remove them. The wake bait design (first one posted) is probably going to lose it's lines and I'll just have to paint them. I don't think something that small is going to hold through wood

Good stuff Dave! Big M - Thanks for that info. The lipless crank is really the main one I wanted to make. I love them, they always seem to work Don't fear the computer models! I know I won't be able to carve both pieces symmetrical, so I gotta make these the only way I know how. Nothing will ever beat a hand carve though! Whenever I get these babies made, I'll make sure you all get to try some

Well man it says no fishing so as much as it sucks, they have a point. I would contact the park owners and express your concern about not being able to fish. Get other anglers in your area to start a petition. Ask to maybe at least allow C&R in the lake. Nice fish though, even if they weren't supposed to be caught

Jerkbait! I used a different shader for each shot... I have more fun messing with shaders than anything:

Cool. I'll have to take a trip to lowes and see what's up there. AZEK looks like the main PVC of choice over on TU. I was going to go to a lumber yard that sells it around here and see if they had any scrap. Doubt it, but worth a shot

I heard some of that stuff has some pretty large cells and isn't good for lures. Any brand you suggest or doesn't it really have a brand? I know AZEK is big, but I haven't really heard of any others.

I like Tru-Tungsten's frog. I have never used the SPRO one, I just started using the TT because it was given to me and I'm set in my ways I also like to throw the Rage Shad and the rage craw for when I want a 'finesse' frog.

Looks awesome! I may have asked you this before, but where are you getting your PVC from?

I use my trout net when I fish for smallies in the winter I keep them in there the whole time and keep them in the water. I only take out the BIG fish to take pictures of. The average and 'decent' smallies just get released as soon as the hook comes out. I don't really think they get a shock, the only fish I really worry about keeping them out of the water due to temperature shocks are trout, especially the dinks