Shad from the tutorial

CA Delta man thats a nice looking bait, great job on all of them . jody

I agree with Jody. Wow!

John

Love the baits, great look, design and colors, but what about hooking percentage??? Just my observation, seems like hooks are close together and small??? Have you fished them??

Rod

Thanks for the nice comments guys.

@ rjbass, when I finally went to buys hooks (last minute of course) I picked up some 1/0, #1 & #2. Now that I look at the photo, they do look really small. There is a #1 on the front & a #2 on the rear. Now that I think of it, the 1/0 kind of killed the action. I also have had plenty of guys request that I move the front hook forward. Next batch for sure. Some day I will get it right. Na, I will always screw up before I learn the right way, it's in my genes.

Tim

the main thing is that they catch fish....they look like they will for sure......

Rod

Nice stuff CA! Those hinges look pretty good. Do they hold up well?

Yes, they do hold up very well, when casting & the bait actually lands in the water, The only bad thing is when you make a bad cast & realize it's going straight for the rip rap, so you thumb your bait caster & pull back hard (only creating more speed) & then it happens. "CRACK". I was able to repair & it's been holding up fine. Oh ya, don't pitch it out onto the docks, so your buddy (that just arrived) can get a closer look.