DoomDiver Posted April 5, 2020 Report Share Posted April 5, 2020 I found out the birch log in my garage had spalted after sitting for over a year drying so I figured I would make a 'naked' glide with it. Here's the log I processed. Found it on the side of the road by my local lake while fishing one day. The coloring was pretty interesting once I got a square blank out of it. I had to fill some voids with epoxy but it doesn't seem to have affected it. The finished product. I hate the tail but haven't had time to learn to make urethane ones yet. One day.... = I've since learned the optimal retrieval speed to get a nice wide glide but it works pretty well fast or slow I think. Next one will be better balanced to focus on the slow methodical wide glide. BirchGlide1.mp4 BirchGlideSpeed.mp4 japanesebassman, BrhodesBassin, azsouth and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthefisherman Posted April 5, 2020 Report Share Posted April 5, 2020 Looks great! DoomDiver 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TootsMalone Posted April 6, 2020 Report Share Posted April 6, 2020 That thing looks awesome. Love the wood grain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoomDiver Posted April 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2020 2 hours ago, TootsMalone said: That thing looks awesome. Love the wood grain! Thanks! I'm hoping the fish will too! We will see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoomDiver Posted April 13, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2020 I'll be putting on a seminar for catching tiny pike with "big" swimbaits if anyone is interested. azsouth, porkmeatballs, El_Weruso and 2 others 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlegg96 Posted May 19, 2020 Report Share Posted May 19, 2020 Awesome work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoomDiver Posted January 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 A little upgrade from the last pike. I wasn't able to fish much this year but this mid 30in pike was fun in the kayak. SoCalBassBum, azsouth, TootsMalone and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spencer_518 Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 The wood grain is sweet! DoomDiver 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CG_Fishes Posted January 13, 2021 Report Share Posted January 13, 2021 she sure is pretty DoomDiver 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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