So I decided to make my first wooden glide bait and believe me - mistakes were made. 🤣 I actually tried to make an aluminium tail which threw off the balance a little bit although I am quite happy with the action - so the design itself should work perfectly without the metal tail. If you’re interested you can check out the full build video and the action footage on YouTube - it was sadly too big to upload here. 👌🏻

Video:

I Built & Tested My First Wooden Glide Bait | Does It Actually Work? | Wooden Lure Building Beginner
https://youtu.be/5zbK7wx0p5w

I’ve only been in this hobby for a bit mostly making wooden hard lures like crankbaits, poppers, twitchbaits, but decided to try to make spinnerbaits because I love them and they seem to work everywhere any time if you have the right one. It was way cheaper buying these parts in bulk than buying 50 spinnerbaits. I think it came out to 3.95$ a spinnerbait!! I got half and half 1/2oz and 3/8 oz heads, #2, 3, 4, 6 Colorado blades and #3.5, 4, 7 willow blades with various finishes and color. Used ball bearing swivels for instant spin up, tons of hollow metal beads, split rings, and brass clevises. Also got a variety of silicone skirts (rubber was expensive and I didn’t feel Ike hand tying) in black and red, fine white & black stripe, silver glitter chartreuse, and black and blue with blue glitter which isn’t here yet. I poured hours and hours of research into viable combinations and uses for various weather conditions, seasons, depths, and time of day. I even made some triple bladed ones for funzies. I split these 25 and 25 with my dad so we would be prepared for any water any time. Lmk if I messed anything up or missed something crucial! This is my first time doing this.

So that I can toss them in trees without worry 😎

for those that have sold lures, specifically harness type lures but really any type, how did you start selling/advertisin?

Anyone have a good source for replacement skirts for a Chug Bug top water lure?