small mouth

[spare tire 10]

Hi, This is a smallmouth crankbait I made. Unlike the largemouth on an earlier post, I left off the dorsal fin, and tried to get a little more detail on the head area. Please let me know if there is something I can improve on.

I dont care to much for the red on the gill area, it was carved out , mabey should of left it alone.

thanks

Tim

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[StoneCoal Tackle 10]

Good looking baits Spare, I like them both. As for me I like red gills on everything! But that's just me.

Carve on,

daymon

[doomdart 10]

spare, I think they look great too. Personally I prefer the lip cut to be a little deeper just for added insurance, but that's just me. I think if you're epoxying in the lip, scuffing the unexposed lip surface first, it will be fine. They really look excellent, man.

[Yake Bait 10]

Great looking baits. I like the spots on the belly of the smallmouth.

[BobP 970]

I also like the shape and paint on the smallmouth. As far as gills, I'm among those who usually like them - just a touch to show a baitfish in trouble. If you cut out a template for them, they'll come out very neat and you can use them multiple times.

[kenshomi 0]

I like it - I think for us Mi guys tans and browns are key colors.

I also like the spackle belly

[woodieb8 174]

great color. browns are underated.

[Howard Capone 10]

They just keep getting better! , Improvement on the eye, the head, and the Gill area. Keep up the good work.

Howard Capone

[spare tire 10]

Thanks guys for all the kind words. I'm kinda new to this but I'm having alot of fun with it. I do scuff up the lip surface and drill a couple of holes for the epoxy to go . thanks again everyone.