Arnold

i had a pair and they worked pretty well! gave it to my buddy though and bought some heavier duty ones!! still a great tool for the price!

I use the Lews bb2z for swimbaits! I have 30lbxxx izor on it at the moment and it seems to hold more than enough. Its one of my workhorse reels now just because its comfortable and lighter. I throw everything from 8"hudds to Deps 250's Pretty good reel if you ask me! If i were you,i would stick to the bb2 reels for swimbaits!

Right on brotha! Next up, global domination!! Congrats!

Kevin makes some awesome baits! He is also a cool guy to deal with!

Gone to soon.. You were a talented builder and it was only the beginning. Rest easy friend!

Those are some beastly wakes! Awesome work brotha!

I've been using etex. Works really well... Really durable, and leaves a glass like finish! You need to build a lire turner though so the epoxy doesn't sag.

Okuma is going to be coming out with a travel swimbait rod! It's going to be in the citrix line up with 2 different models with one the the rods maxing out at 8oz. I believe! I actually read it in a news letter they sent me and said its going to be available for 2015. I was looking around for a travel one myself and thought this would be great. It's going to be a 4 piece with travel bag as well!

Going to add you 360 users.. My gamer tag: SoppiestMonkey6

That thing is sick brotha! How'd it stand up to the oceans predators?

If you can, save up for a Dremel! I have one and it's my workhorse! I'm going to be getting a bandsaw, drill press, and Oscilating spindle sander soon! But if you can save up for a Dremel, it will make it worth your while!

Looks amazing! Going to look awesome with paint!

I recommend youtube for videos and flickr for pictures. Have you gotten the 3piece to sink yet, or are you going to make a sinking version? Kinda hard for me with just an iPad at the moment... And it's only a first gen too The 3 piece I have in the video is basically sort of a test run. I'm getting all the mechanics down like sink rates, joint system, and balance/ballast down. Honestly, these lures I've made so far won't stand up to fish I think. I just want to get the basics down first of swimbait building before I move on to more durable lures! Still need more research and development I think... Getting there though and been learning a bunch!

Very cool! Would love to see the process done in person! Super cool how it gets all the detail! Delta man made a few here a while back which is awesome too!