Mountainryan Posted December 15, 2022 Report Share Posted December 15, 2022 When I started making baits I convinced myself I couldn’t carve or sculpt (still can’t sculpt). I used 3D printing and a variety of methods to get around this and liked the outcome but didn’t love it as it’s a huge lift to make molds and really not able to make refinements or changes easily. Here are some of those. then a few months ago I got an itch to make a wood bait… grabbed some graph paper and got to drawing. Found the graph paper helped me stay even and make copies to use to cut out. Like many others marlingbaits taught me a ton of tricks. After drawing I grabbed some basswood I had lying around and made a big rat. It’s like a 7” body. Guessing the weight needed and watching how lively wood is was addicting. I drew up all kinds of things, some made it to wood, others didn’t. I like the process of working through a bait till paint and clear then getting to start fresh again. I’m not really interested in selling any and will fish most myself. I do give them to friends and would like to jump on the next bait swap. some struggles I’ve found with wood has been: finding board stock the right size- I can manage to find many woods in 2x4 but 2x2 actual size is better. So I glue and cut and make do. wood is buoyant! It takes an impressive amount to get baits to sink- so I’ve switched to denser woods. I hate lead (I manage a state lead poisoning prevention program) so having to use lead and lots of it is the worst lol. I will add a reply with more pics of the different baits I’ve made. If you like em give me a follow on my baits IG swimbaits_sometimes thanks for looking. Ryan Jim137a, Awk08, danthefisherman and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainryan Posted December 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2022 Mossyback Angler, Habitual_lip_ripper, danthefisherman and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainryan Posted December 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2022 photo transfer crappie 5” crawler Awk08 and Big Epp 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mat crasher Posted December 15, 2022 Report Share Posted December 15, 2022 Awesome work dude! Glad to see you came back to wood. I’ve done a lot of bait modeling in fusion, but there is something extra special about taking a block of wood and sculpting it into your vision. Can’t wait to see more! Mountainryan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountainryan Posted December 15, 2022 Author Report Share Posted December 15, 2022 Thanks man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass478 Posted December 15, 2022 Report Share Posted December 15, 2022 Sick baits man. Mountainryan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted December 16, 2022 Report Share Posted December 16, 2022 Looking good Ryan! There’s just something so appealing about wooden bait…keep it up! Mountainryan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habitual_lip_ripper Posted December 27, 2022 Report Share Posted December 27, 2022 You have some incredible looking baits bud! Great paint too, really nice looking stuff. Mountainryan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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