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is devcon like regular 5 minute epoxy or a lot thinner? What i'm worried about is having it dry with a very lumpy finish from being brushed on and spread around like 5 minute epoxy does

For you guys using devcon- what ratio of epoxy to denatured alcohol are you using? Thanks in advance.

There really is no single best lure, but if it came down to only using one thing it would have to be a 5" senko. I hate using them because its so easy to fish them but they flat-out catch fish any way you rig them.

For your budget, I would skip the cheap chinese injected plastic baits like the bbz1 and go for any of the following- 7" or 9" MS Slammer Hardgill 8" Huddleston Huddleston 68 special If you want to splurge a little go for an 8" triple trout.

Just a thought- hard swimbaits will last over 100 fish if used properly. That's a better bang for your buck than senko fishing.

Whatever you have confidence in. but seriously, any 4-5" swimbait works great.

I decided to brave the 15 degree weather on Saturday and went out for a few hours. Half the pond was frozen but I found a nice dropoff right near a creek inflow with some brush nearby. This guy decided to bite a green pumpkin chartreuse tail swim senko deadsticked and slowly twitched along the bottom. I was deadsticking the bait nearly half a minute at a time. Of course, I forgot to dig out the scale to weigh the fish but I'm guessing somewhere in the 2lb range. Sorry the pic is sideways. Thanks for looking!

cedar. It is tough enough to hold in screw eyes but soft enough to be easy to carve and sand. It also rquires less weight to sink than harder woods. I only had to use 1 1/4 oz of tungsten for this bait.

alright man I'll keep that in mine. I'm getting plaster tommorow so I'll pour some tails. The finished product (except the tail)

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Paint, clearcoat, and weighting done. Foiled gill plate. best I can do without an airbrush for now.

I'm going to fish this one. I'll make another with 100% exact scales (same on both sides and perfectly proportioned). I'm playing around with the weighting on this one to figure out the balance that will get the best glide.

its wedged in and superglued. The resin ones will have soft plastic tails.

its a labor of love for sure. I did everything with a chisel! Took about five hours.

My best work so far. getting painted and clearcoated tonight and then I have to wait for my order from lurepartsonline for all the hardware. Here's a couple pics.