T_Bend

Over the years if there's been one thing I've heard about which buzzbaits work better than others it's the "Squeakers" or "Squealers". I became interested in how to make this happen during a tournament on T-Bend back in the late 1980's and have "tinkered" around w/different ways to achieve the "perfect squeak". Of the techniques to make this happen- from holding it out the car window at 75mph, taping it to a fan for 3 nights, crimping the rivet, making the shaft hole on the blade square w/a square nail, filing the shaft and/or blade ends to roughen em up, adding an extra rivet- I've tried them all! (Or have I?). I saw Reaction Innovations even had one called the Squeaky Dolphin that employed a "2-part threaded knarled brass" fitting .Those buzzbaits are now discontinued and sell for upwards of $75 online these days. (see pic). I'm surprised w/the level of 3D scanning, printing & high-tech reverse engineering software available to mechanical engineers these days no lure company has jumped back on this idea! I'm presently looking into it myself! My latest endeavor to achieve the perfect squeaky buzzbait is all about friction & this is my question. What are the common sizes of buzzbait wire used in molding the heads? .052 -.053? Seems the bigger size wire would fit tighter on the blade, creating more frictionw/the proper size blades- Voila! More squeak- But this is just a theory. Any comments- good, bad,etc are welcome.