Microsal

I have bought lead from a battery recycling place that was of fairly high quality.

Do any of you guys out there sell, or can you make a flippin tube(4-5 inches) in redbug like Zoom's. I pour some simple hand molds, but am not interested in learning tubes. I have success with this color, but haven't found a tube in this or simmilar color. Please replie if you make anything simmilar. Thanks!

Thanks for the help. Iam wanting to make this bait myself, just for kicks. I have a friend with all the equipment. The rivers are loaded with log jams and mainly gravel or sandy bottoms. I fish from a canoe on these trips, so a short rod is more convienent for storage and acurate, low casts. I need the relative heavy line for the debris and to be able to hold on until can paddle upstream to retrieve hung up lures. I have tried several lures suck as small bombers, little n's etc. None of these seem to run well in the current or the lips or too small and cause the lure to hang up. It seems hard to find any small body lures( because targeting small fish) with adequate lips or designed to run deep enough. The current will definitely cut diving capabilities down. Thanks for the advice on design. Please send me any more information or ideas you guys might have.

I do a fair amount of float fishing in local rivers with lots of shallow water and a fair amount of current. Mostly catch spotted bass or largemouths (10-15 inches). It is hard to find a crankbait on the market that is small enough for the fish and still be able to cast on baitcasting reel. I want a wooden bait that the body is small and dives to legitimate 2-4 feet on 14lb. test. I need it to dive quickly to overcome the current. I am hoping for some help on the theory behind it, i.e. lip-size-relative-to-body, angle of lip, wobble type, etc. I know this will take some experimenting. There just isn't a bait in stores I have found that works well. Thanks in advance for any help you could give me.