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Using a Shawn Collins mold. Everything I read was dead on. Pricey but awesome. I've never had a mold pour so well, and even though this is a SUPER narrow design, when I pour with a pot it pours perfect. Much harder by hand to get the thin flow you need. This post would suck if I didn't post a picture of one of the baits, so here ya go! Hope y'all like it.

Now @ the other end of spinner bait pricing- https://www.google.com/search?q=Lucky+craft+spinner+baits&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a#q=Lucky+craft+spinnerbaits&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&tbm=shop

Ok so after rummaging through my tackleboxes I found that 90% of my lures contain a screw eye in the bill. The other lures have an infinity clip or the omega clip molded into the bill. Only recently has Rebel changed the tow point to and omega clip. All the screw eyes stick out of the bottom of the lip. You could try drilling in a screw eye and placing a small piece of wood underneath to give the screw something to grab onto, not an aesthetic option. Most of the screw eye pictures came out fuzzy and unusable but this should give you the basic idea.

That's about as good of an analogy as one could possibly hope for Richard. I especially liked the last line. Ben

Lmao, no not a sucker at all.....I have boxes of boxes proving I am a sucker!.....just look at the member site....With all that is said , in my opinion this is the best tackle making forum around. I've learned how to hand pour plastics (yes the lost art) here. I read every thread, and people like Jim at Ghostbaits took me under his wing along with Alsworms and others I might be forgetting to mention. When I couldn't pour plastics any longer, Ted Chodor (cadman) took me under his wing and taught me how to skirted baits and powder 5 color jig heads using his tap method. Horzontal tubes from Bojon......Crank bait painting form all the guys that still participate especially LureProf. My highly sarcastic and Passive Agressive behavior from The Rookie. I have read every thread in every section and have done extentive search.....Guys willing to share their work and take the time to make detailed videos like Frank and Solarfall without having to worry or care about people copying their styles or techniques..Carolina Mike, Romeo Dichoso, rayburnGuy, Mike, BopP,etc....etc.........The high tech guys like Vodkaman and others.....don't take offense if I didn't metion your name. It's no good to get old......Longhorn with his silicone mold making and hot lamp set up.....Crawchuck and his detailed tutorials on making hard baits out of live craws.......Incredible stuff that save so much trial and error which equals tons of money and insight....toadfrog with his nutty ideas. The list goes on. So, with that being said, things get in here that shouldn't, maybe things get deleted that shouldn't..some shameless plugs and deceit might be intentional and somemight not......but it doesn't compare to the benefits and willings to share tacklemaking ideas and techniques. I help when I can, and I argue when I don't want to kick the dog! I would love to carve my own baits but Arthritis and Emyphsema keeps me from doing that. I can't use Auto Clear or any paints other than Createx, Auto Air and Polytranspar.....so i paint cheap Chinese blanks.....but the high end ones (LOL) I rambled on enough and hope this helps because this is what I get from coming here....if i offended anybody or if you don't agree with me......BITE ME!

I have to agree Dieter is a wizard and a bountiful source of information, you really need some time on your hands to go through his youtube channel. If you are looking for various ways of attaching the line tie check out some Australian lures they really have it worked out when it comes to tow points. Interestingly some of the older Rebel cranks had a screw eye in the lip which could be replicated with some epoxy or a thick lip but since then they have moved on to a omega clip style. I will have to take some pictures and show the various changes they made over the years. I'm still trying to find polycarbonate that's thinner than 2mm for my shallow cranks, Lowe's hardly carries any sizes out here.