Crazy Joe

I use barrel swivels pined in with stainless steel wire. Drill a couple holes in the end of your joints that the swivel will fit tightly in and then drill a smaller hole in the sides or top of your bait to catch the eye of the swivel. Epoxy the pins in and you got a joint. Barrel swivels are used for fishing anyway, and even for bigger fish, are they not used on the end of a steel leader? This works for me, others use a through wire method that would need some more power equipment. Using the barrel swivels really would only need a drill and side cuts to cut the wire. Again, just how I do it.

I would like to take the time to thank all of the expert advice that I have read throughout the years I have been frequenting this site after being told about it by Whittler. Thanks for all your inspiration and encouragement. Members like fatfingers, jrhopkins, vodkaman, Bobp, hazmail, The Rookie, tiger, and many many more have helped me more than they even know since this is the only time I have posted about this. I have been working on some trout swimbaits that I have posted in the gallery, and wasn't sure if they would work well or not. I have had marginal success with the swimbait beast and had given it up all together untill so many of you here, as you always do, began posting pics of your great work. I tested them out today and they work great! I have done my research here on this site, it also helps to have a great maker who lives only five miles away in the whittler, and all of it has helped me. Thank you to all who answer posts, and who show there fantastic work. Keep it up. If anyone is reading this, just starting, or puzzled about how something is done, don't forget to use the search function and keep plugging along and making baits. Joe