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Gator, I have a few baits I made the same way out of balsa, with the slot for the thru-wire. I epoxied the wire in and never had any issues with it. I still use basswood instead because it's a pain to weight the balsa....

I'll second the epoxy putty! That stuff saves me from alot!!

Welcome to my humble abode. You can find pretty much anything you might need here... if you can find it.... And my latest project, just finished painting and now ready for some clear...

I just got off the phone with Harbor Freight customer service and they said they've discontinued it as well....

ITW makes Permatex and Devcon!

I know a couple guys that use it and they're pretty well known, Amma Bama lures

Hey bob. They are both made by the same company so the products should be very similar. The issue with WalMart not selling it isn't that it's not available, it's not available for the prices that Walmart was charging. Essentially it went from $2 for 25 mL to $4.95 at the local harware store. Luckily HF carries it for $2.50 and they are much easier to work with than the WalMart staff They will even check their quantities for you over the phone.

you can use a krylon clear over it, heat set it, paint over top, and if you don't like the top paint, hit it with windex and watch it come right off.

I think it has to do with the fact that you can relate any bait to another within a 10% range...all of those baits look like squirrely phantoms which look like muskietreats, which look like...and this roundabout continues. How about the WTD topwaters?? Just a way of life when you're all trying to mimic the prey of a fish with the same materials.

I just got off the phone with a retail distributor from ITW who told me they are no longer supplying Wal Mart stores.

Industrial Strength Sharpie!!