My PVC swimbait

[jbass]

I've been fooling around with PVC for a little while and its based on the Gladidator bait but this is hinged. The hinges are  1 1/4" ss eyes with 3/32" ss bearing stock for the pins.

[whittler]

Great looking swimmer, really looking forward to seeing it finished.

[NateFollmer]

I love this body design, looks very cool. Can't wait to see this with paint on it!

[Steven Ladner]

Great looking swimbait. Whats the length of it?

[Fishwhittler]

That's a very good-looking bait. I really like how you did the fins.  8-)

[islandbass]

It looks great! It looks ghostly.  8-) Where did you purchase the PVC?

[Fishwhittler]

islandbass,

I just got my order from Vintage Woodworks.  I used to get PVC from Menards, but I think I'm going to switch over to ordering from Vintage Woodworks.  Their PVC doesn't have a plastic casing on it, which makes it much easier to work with.  Make sure you get the trim board, not the deck board.  The deck board has a woodgrain on one side which would decrease the useable thickness of the board.

Hope this helps.

Ben

[islandbass]

Thanks! I am seriously considering using this material, after I use up my balsa supply. Need some winter time projects anyway.

[jbass]

Thanks for the kind words;

IB-The material is something that Whittler told me about. I picked it up at Home Depot. It's brick molding door trim.

MD- It's about 7 inches long with a ballast of 7/8ths of an ounce.

The line tie is stainless steel eyes like the hinges and the hook eyes are home made stainless steel wire twisted around a 8d finish nail.

I don't have a clue as what to paint it just yet but I do like trout baits. I have a picture of a "Punker" type bait I made and painted with a trout pattern and I'll post that tomorrow.

[jbass]

Here's the "Punker type" I made and painted the trout pattern.

[Fishwhittler]

Very nice work on that Punker.

[NateFollmer]

Sweet! Looks awesome, love the paint job. Hows the other one coming?

[Big Bass Man]

Very nice looking swimbait !!

[jbass]

Sweet! Looks awesome, love the paint job. Hows the other one coming?

Nate, it's still sitting on the shop bench. I haven't decided what to paint it yet. My guess it will be a forage pattern we have around here, but not sure what just yet. Thanks for asking.

[Vooden]

What do you use to work it down after the rough cut, a dremel? By hand?

[jbass]

Nate, it's still sitting on the shop bench. I haven't decided what to paint it yet. My guess it will be a forage pattern we have around here, but not sure what just yet. Thanks for asking.

This took too long to post but I finally got around to finishing it. I guess I like the trout pattern. It swims great and dives around 6 to 8 feet and "wakes" just great.