whittler

Question for all the extreme detail beleivers. If all the extreme detail, scales, eyes, fins, gills and such are important do you also beleive that line, split rings, and hooks are invisible?

Looking good there Ben but the bone bait leads the way for me.

This is a handmade crankbait with a soft plastic tail. The tail is made in a homemade pop mold with remelted plastics and yes they are repalceable. Great action in the water. I'm also making this bait in a smaller version, just don't have the tails ready yet.

Beautiful baits there Ben. Its an honor to be associated with such great baits, thanks.

Thats some excellent work there Ben, your own design being my favorite.

Fantastic looking group of baits there Marty, but then I would not expect anything less than the best from you.

If I have white, black and either green/brown, I'm good to go.

The bait in my avatar is the smallest crankbait that I make and use.

I need someone who pours plastics to pour some swimbait tails for me, don't want to start another hobby. I have the mold which has already been used to pour some prototypes using remelted plastics. The picture is one of my swimbaits with the tail attached. Will only need about a dozen of each color, green/watermelon, white and brown like the bait pictured. Will pay cash or will trade for custom handmade cranks. Pm me and we will work something out.

Fine looking batch of cranks there Marty. Don't get so busy that you cant' get a few wet for yourself.

Not to shabby there Marty, absolutley my favorite style crankbait. If you can't catch them on those you might as well take up golf.

In most baits it will require about 2/3 -1/2 less weight with PVC as opposed to a balsa bait.

Dang it Marty, those things won't catch any fish unless you put some gills, fins or at the very least a fancy name for the color. In all seriousness beautiful work.

Question, since you have already bought them, why not try one yourself and see how they work?

Wow Marty. Those are all excellent but you know the black one has to be on top for me, just does'nt get any better.

Just some excellent work Ben. It would be very difficult to chose a "best of show" in that group.

Beautiful work Marty and thank you for posting a genuine handmade, getting real tired of seeing the Chinese crap being passed of as a custom.

Have you ever considered just going back and reading what you wrote? its not that i cant spell i just cant type If you realize you have a problem then correct it. Get a dictionary, use spell check and learn where to capatialize. For example, sponseer, what is that?

If you will just go under water sometime and listen to baits you will be amazed. Even crankbaits without rattles can be heard 8-10feet away and if a human can hear them a bass certainlly can, plus the vibration that we can't feel can be detected by the bass. A bait with a rattle can easily be heard from 50feet away, sounds like a little man with a hammer in each hand.

Are you retired? Because you seem to have the time to turn out a lot of nice baits! Go Time, he has another 45-50 years till retirement but he does have a whole lot of talent. Nice work Ben, can't pick a winner.

Great looking baits, clean and simple patterns work anytime.

When the DT series first came out I bought 4, broke all four in the first hour. No I"m not a weed slapper. Uncle Leo has this right,Cold water seems to magnify the breakage issue. Never broke one in warm water even banging the bottom but have broke them in cold water below 55 degrees. The material they use for lips is not genuine Lexan (polycarbonate) but is more of a Plexiglass (polystyrene) which explaines the cold water breakage. If they had extended the line tie back into the bait it would have strengthened the lip quite a bit. They can be repaired and made bullet proof but if you cannot do it yourself its not worth the effort. Wait until you have that tournament winning bass on and close to the boat and she swims off with the DT and leaves you with the lip.

Fantastic looking baits Ben. That pair on the bottom would have to be my favorites.

Have to agree with Gman that third bait is one of my farorite color combos. Chartruse, orange and black, can't miss. Also partial to the two bottom baits but they all look exceptional.

Some great colors there Ben, all those should be bass killers.