Fishwhittler Posted July 6, 2012 Posted July 6, 2012 Hey guys, Here are my latest baits. I got a bit burned out and haven't been doing much lure building for several months, but lately I've started to get a few lures put together and I'm getting back into the swing of things. These first two are pretty standard shallow and medium divers. I haven't had much practice airbrushing for a while, so I went with something fairly simple. The third bait is something else. Earlier this year I did very well on soft paddle-tail swim baits, and I got to thinking about it and decided to try to replicate the paddle-tail action in a hard bait. I haven't had a chance to test the finished bait, but it swam fairly well when I tested it pre-assembly, so I think it should work. Quote
Super User MALTESE FALCON Posted July 6, 2012 Super User Posted July 6, 2012 Great work as usual Ben. Let us know how the swimbait performs. Falcon Quote
Fishwhittler Posted July 9, 2012 Author Posted July 9, 2012 Thanks guys! I took the swimbait out for a swim the other day, and it works fine (I even caught a couple bass on it!). The swimming motion is roughly what you'd get if you take a soft plastic paddle-tail swimbait and make the action three times as pronounced. I'm very pleased with this prototype, and now that I know the concept works I think I'll do some more experimenting. Tight lines! Ben Quote
Super User Jigfishn10 Posted July 9, 2012 Super User Posted July 9, 2012 I was wondering what happened to you. Great job Ben, they look fantastic. Quote
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