@ Sonny.Barile
In fact the largest of my "Banana" models(132 mm , 5 1/3") can be used as a wake bait , provided that it would be made of maximum possible buoayant sort of wood
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Check previously posted pics(three lures swimming on surface) , these almost achieve this feature on a very slow retrieve with the rod tip pointing upward , especially when they come in closer back to you .
I am sure , if you make them little larger , as you said , and thus more buoyant , you might still enhance this swimming action
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I have just searched my various storage boxes in my basement and picked some lures , that might also be of interest to you .
All of these are prototypes , made of buoyant abachewood .
I haven't fished them a lot(just because they don't fit easily into most of my tackle stowaways , that I take along fishing
) , but they all do work nicely .
I just like to fool around with different and sometimes little weird designs
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In particular the one on top with a "frog" finish does not dive deep at all , when retrieved quite fast , it just swims along at about 4" under the surface .
Pulled back slower , it's tail shakes and swings right on the surface , causing a nice wake
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Don't quite remember about the other two , but they would act similar on a slow retrieve .
They all have in common to provide this distinctive side-to-side swing , just "corkscrewing" through the water , but never overturning !
The two lipped lures also have a jig rattle set in at their fattest portion of body .
When making the lip arrangement , first finish the outer shape of lure , after make the lip of aluminium sheet(1,5 to 2,0 mm) , on larger lures thinner SST sheet should do either.
Mark , center-punch and drill the screw holes into the lip and then press the lip in proper position against lure to mark the pilot holes at the blank through the lip holes with an awl !
It is very important to put a piece of paper inbetween
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This is to resemble the final paint ,-and topcoats , if you don't do this , the screwhole(s)and the hole on top of blank won't be aligned anymore and you'd have to extend the lip hole to an oval shape with a small router bit .
Certainly they might still require a little balance weight somewhere in front of the belly hook , if the line tie stands in the way somehow for this , I also sometimes drill the weight holes left/right of it , embedding two equal lead shots into them
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Greetz , Dieter
