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I hardly ever post, however I fish mostly top water and love crawler baits. Pompadour is straight up hard to beat. Runs great out of the box and is pretty tough and easy to tune if it gets out of whack. I even staring making my own when I first saw a Battlewing and heard they had problems staying in tune. All that seems to be way better with the Battlewing II (which I own several). Too many baits never enough time. I like them to sound like a rusty hay bawler coming across the water. Lots of mechanical noise seems to work good for me. I'm looking forward to Mega Pompadour. Not all crawler baits are the same just like any other style of bait. However I have seen many times the bass wouldn't touch any top water and go down the same stretch with a crawler bait and it wakes them up. My all time best color is solid chartreuse without a doubt.

If you are going to do multiple pours (production) you are going to HAVE to degas in order to have any consistency in your baits. Especially if you are mixing in balloons. Every time you mix you add air and it's the number one cause of pin holes. Pin holes are evil and must be eliminated.

That made is made by Avicula and is made in Taiwan.

Speculation all based on history of ish that has happened in the past. Sorta tough to argue about facts. I'm curious of what flavor kool-aid they will serve? Also will knee pads be available or should the "sports" bring their own?

Queen Mickey + fan boys = same ish every day (yawn) I suppose y'all only fish Yamamoto Senko's out of respect too.

It seems he is selective of who's emails he replies to and also way past the initial delivery date he stated. Oh I get it, he is just knocking off Randals business model.

Same here. I just hope he is busy and for some reason has not seen my emails or maybe they are going to his "junk" box. I ordered a couple back in May and never got confirmation after I sent the requested info. Looks like a nice shad glide and certainly have no worries on the wait because he didn't request payment up front. Plus I'm not in a bind for baits, just looking to try something different.

Same here.........

That is not true at all. I have converted floater FS's and they swam just fine. Just gotta know were to put the weight. His baits are injected with different density resin in order to get his to sink rate. You would have to literally carve away the bait to make it lighter to SF.

I know the guy that bought those. He is a collector with stupid "FU" money. If he see's something he wants you WILL NOT outbid him.

Sweet GEEZUZ, this is great ish. The butt sniffers against the realist. Party on!

RB Gamakatsu is what the Dr uses.

Any trouble you have is your own fault for ordering. Let us know how "crossing your fingers" works out.

You tune it with slight rod tip and more reel handle movement. It's called fishing.

Sorry Mike and welcome. Nothing personal, just read through the locked threads and you'll figure it out.

Contact Andrew Hinkle and get him to contact Randall Kilpatrick who will contact Huddleston. You should get a reply between never and not going to happen, depending on the weather.

I should clarify that I was referring to the Hinkle Shads. They all swam good, however all different. Yes, I even had one that floated.

Hinkles have no consistency from batch to batch. I had at one time 4 of them and none of them where the same except they were all full of pin holes. There are hundreds of baits that will catch fish just as good as a Hinkle Shad and readily available with zero wait. I have to agree with the positive post about Matt Lures. The guy takes care of his customers and actually follows up without being shamed into a reply.

Not sure about the money part, however your actions sorta prove ya wrong on the chest poundin' part.

Hey Randall, You can sell more baits than you can make. You have people waiting (me included). You never respond to messages. Your bait is a damn good shad glide, however you seem to be better at making excuses than delivering baits. Try some Coco Butter on that swollen "hoo-ha".

Just bad business. I'll never give him another dime. They ain't no Unicorn bait.

I wish I would have know Paul was painting them. I sure would have been way more greedy. Those look awesome.

I didn't know Pizz'er was sprayin' em. That's nice!