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UPDATE:I gotta put things on hold because my funds gotta go to lacrosse instead of fishing.

So I'm gonna start my first swim-bait, after lurking and researching, I'm finally gonna begin.

I'm gonna start off with something small, like a tru tungsten 4 inch swim-bait, same size but probably only 3 sections.

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Something like that, except I'm gonna make look more like a blue gill (maybe a perch)

I started cutting the wood and doing some rough sanding, ill get pics asap.

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if your not going to put a lip, make sure it swims well. ive tried them without lips and they just dont do it for me, some guys can, i cant. with a lip it will always work.

aaron

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well, i really don't know what kind of wood it is, feels pretty light, maybe balsa? Just found it laying around. as for what I'm using to carve it. I don't have a band saw or anything so i cant do a real good job of cutting it, maybe i could talk to my old teacher, i know he has one in his classroom. i did a little hand carving with a knife, and most of it sanding with a dremel. I think I'm just going to split it in half instead because i accidentally made it smaller than i intended.

Few questions:

-what kind of epoxy should i buy and where is a common place that sells it?

-what would be the best joint type to use to make this work

- any tips on how to make it swim without a lip, or do i just gotta experiment?

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