5" swimbait

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Any updates or pics?

Nice looking bait.

[Fishwhittler]

Unfortunately, I lost that bait not too long after posting pics of the finished bait. :'( I was trying to cast it with a Daiwa Silvercast reel (not the best idea, but it was all I had working at the time), and the line tangled inside the reel and snapped off. I think the tangle was partly due to the reel engaging during the cast, but I still shouldn't have been trying to cast a swimbait with a spincasting reel.

I tried dredging it up with deep crankbaits, but that didn't work.  I think that bait is gone for good, unless I accidentally pull it up while I'm fishing.

Here's one of the lures I built since then, using things I learned from the first one. Now I've got an Abu Garcia C3, so there's no chance of me losing this one the same way I lost the blue swimmer.

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That bluegill is TOUGH looking.

I like it.