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The first punker type gliders I made were from Douglas Fir, because I had a bunch of kd fir left over from a job.

The good news is it's strong, works well, and needs less weight for balast.

The bad news is it's heavy enough that I couldn't make a taller profile bait with it rolling, unless I put so much weight in the belly that it almost sank.

I would say try it, and see if you lure design works with it. If it does, great. It works great for big striper pencil poppers and low profile surface gliders.

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I've had no problems with the lures I made from fir so far.

I did seal them first with polyacrylic, before I painted them, and then top coated them with Etex, so they're pretty protected from the water.

And they are punker type one piece lures, floaters, not jointed lures.

I used the fir because it was a strong, relatively easy wood to work with that I had a lot of, and it was kiln dried, so I knew there would be no residual moisture problems.

I've since moved on to first pine, and now poplar.

I will stick to those two woods in the future, because they are both lighter and easier to work than fir, and yet they're strong enough to hold hinges and hardware.

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