VolunteerSwimbaits Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 Thought I would share the process of building of my bait. It all started back in December as a "winter project"... I had an idea for a bass profile swimbait. I didn't know if I wanted a swimmer, or a glide, so I went with both. I finished up the master, and decided to go ahead and put some basic scaling details to help break up the pattern. I know was ready to mold the bait, so I prepared the mold for the resin... After the mold was complete, I made the educated decision to bend the hardware for ultimate strength. After about 3 failed pours, I finally had my first prototype, and of course I messed up the ratio of microballoons, and back to the drawing board... this went on for several days, of pouring, testing, and changing. Finally I had the first working prototype, which I was really happy with the glide and the action. After this I began to expand on my mold, and make other models. I found out by taking out a middle section, I was left with a perfect gill imitation! Now I make 3 different models, and each one is fine tuned to my liking. The gill runs 7" and 3 oz. While the full size is 8" and 4 oz. of course the inches and the ounces depends on the sink rate, and what model (glide or swimmer). The swim videos are below, Thanks! bchalk22, morgantm16, Fishfoo and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchris Posted February 7, 2019 Report Share Posted February 7, 2019 awesome stuff man. that smallie pattern is on point i also think the way you left the master whole and then cut it is the way to go, especially for a new bait that you want to mess with, VolunteerSwimbaits 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azsouth Posted February 8, 2019 Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 nice baits and video. VolunteerSwimbaits 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VolunteerSwimbaits Posted February 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2019 @azsouth @chefchris Thanks guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigpoppabass Posted April 28, 2019 Report Share Posted April 28, 2019 (edited) Bought this bait this winter and finally had a chance to test it. Has an easy glide that falls between an islide and 262. Bait checks out and is beyond legit. Just inquired about getting a couple more. Very easy working glide imo. Has a very slow sink I am not a fan of but have learned that baits that do that tend to work even better in traditional sb conditions with a chop on the water. Edited April 28, 2019 by bigpoppabass bchalk22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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