Captain Bomblast

I'm new here so "Hello" to you all. I have to say that I agree with the FREE bit above. Cedar is nice to work with and wherever you can find a stand of them growing, there are bound to be a few that are dead, but still upright. Get the necessary permissions and chop, chop, chop. Most decent lumberyards will have a fair selection of woods in various forms (fence posts, dowels, etc.) that you could choose from. As earlier stated, birch is good, but in my experience, is too soft and rotted when found dead in the woods... but a trip to the local firewood supplier might get you some well-seasoned chunks to use. As for the "best woods for which kind of lure" part of the question, I'll leave that for the experts... as I'm still learning that one myself. Anybody out there ever try yellow pine for lures??