chefchris Posted February 7, 2020 Report Share Posted February 7, 2020 Figured I'd share this cool story about this baits journey. I purchased this 316 OG Wake that @SPEEDBEADhad converted to a glide back in 2014. Wayne had spent a lot of time weighting/tuning it and swam great. Think it was bone/white when I got it. After I got it, I cleaned up the hook rash, lip slot, joint area and weighted areas, and I sent it off to @pizz for a repaint. Color from referenced from a pic of a wild juvi rainbow trout from a backwoods stream in RI. Bait came back in April of 2015 and looked amazing, think i fished it a few times but never really gave it the time it deserved, was too into surfcasting for stripers that season. I sold it locally to another RI swimbait tosser, later in 2015. He sold it at some point, then it was resold 2x and @asohozaended up with it. I don't think anyone fished besides him based on how great of condition it was still after 5 seasons. I had seen it in a pic he posted with his other 316 collections, I had reached out about it and just thought it was cool it surfaced back up. He ended up posting it for sale on the Black Market and I grabbed it to fish it this season. I threw some hooks on it and found some open water to see it swim again. Bait has a cool slow side to side swim, and the joint will knock if you give it a good twitch, otherwise its quiet, sinks level, super cool bait mod and stoked to have it back and give it its fair share of time in the water this season. basskickinrednick, morris1, 5150KokaneeEaters and 22 others 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rubberdaddy Posted February 8, 2020 Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 cool story be interested to see how the fish respond! missinfish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rogervang Posted February 8, 2020 Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 That's cool man! I've seen that bait floating around but didnt know it was yours. Very cool wake/glide conversion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Posted February 8, 2020 Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 Sweet looking bait and great story. Post pics of the catches! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thastickybandit Posted February 8, 2020 Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 Chef can you get some video of it’s swim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchris Posted February 8, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2020 38 minutes ago, thastickybandit said: Chef can you get some video of it’s swim? Yeah if the water stays open near me I’ll try and get something filmed sooner than later SumoNinja and willsochill 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willsochill Posted February 10, 2020 Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 My buddy attempted to make this one into a glide and never finished it. I turned it back into a wake and crank 10”. Moves the hook hanger back. Made a new tail and Bill. Thing wakes and cranks better than my stalk 10” wake. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niki814 Posted February 10, 2020 Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 4 hours ago, willsochill said: My buddy attempted to make this one into a glide and never finished it. I turned it back into a wake and crank 10”. Moves the hook hanger back. Made a new tail and Bill. Thing wakes and cranks better than my stalk 10” wake. I got a 10" I was working on making a crank. El_Weruso, willsochill and concrete_bassin 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noreaster603 Posted February 10, 2020 Report Share Posted February 10, 2020 thats a sweet story man, that bait looks killer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concrete_bassin Posted February 16, 2020 Report Share Posted February 16, 2020 What an amazing paint job. Paul's very talented, I appreciate you sharing your experience and the good company that men like us can appreciate one another with respect.... Ripp'em and Grip'em BROTHER!!! Thanks for sharing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
concrete_bassin Posted February 16, 2020 Report Share Posted February 16, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, concrete_bassin said: Edited February 16, 2020 by concrete_bassin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codyc Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 Paully D owned that bait for a period of time to it got around Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chefchris Posted February 17, 2020 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 2 hours ago, Codyc said: Paully D owned that bait for a period of time to it got around No kidding? I think he owned it after Brandon got it from me. I know it changed hands like 2-3x or more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codyc Posted February 17, 2020 Report Share Posted February 17, 2020 Ya I almost traded for it but it’s like the girl you’ve seen everyone with but no one person for a long time lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missinfish Posted February 18, 2020 Report Share Posted February 18, 2020 Funny, being friends with @SPEEDBEAD I remember that bait when it was a still a bone 10” wake and he decided to do that mod. I know there was a swim video at one time. I personally had a Bass colored one that I sold to Dave @flaswimbaiter and he either made it a suspender or a glide also. Like to have that bait back to revert to a wake if anyone has it? Was in pretty rough shape last I saw it, probably long gone by now. lol SPEEDBEAD 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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