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which is why i stopped doing it and i dont reccomend it

go back to walmart and buy split shot but if you INSIST on melting lead, here is my low-tech method of doing it (which i abandoned because its easier just to tap a splitshot into a drilled hole) make a "spoon" out of tin foil put several .5" pieces of lead solder in the spoon light a candle hold spoon over flame till lead melts pour lead in hole

it would probably be much easier for you to just drill holes in the bottom of the bait and stick the egg sinkers in that instead of melting them

w00t!!

i dont see it. there is no #256 on the swimbait page... :-?

Do you really think that they look at the snap and be turned away but not see the massive treble hooks hanging from the bottom of the bait? nope, i just try to keep things as natural as possible.

There's a third option, which is using a snap with the split ring. I've been doing that for years and I'll be darned if I can see any reason not to continue. No visible difference in action or number of strikes that I can detect. true, i left that one out because i dont do it. there are 2 reasons i dont do it: 1.) its bulky. i dont like all the hardware sticking out the front of my bait. i dont think the fish like it either. 2.) it adds weight. weight that is not supposed to be there. if the bait was supposed to have that much weight in the front, the manufacturer would have put a beefier split ring on for added weight. and there you have Appendix A of the Saavedra Pocket Guide to Split Rings ;D

cool!

by the way, i'm not ragging on your fish El Grande, those are awesome catches im just not too fond of the taxidermy. :-/

those bass look very generic. they dont look all to realistic either... the colors dont look much like a natural bass, it seems like they have a specific set of colors that they use on every bass and they all look identical. i wouldnt get BPS to taxidermy my trophy catch...

sinks a little less than 2 foot per second with hooks and a clip on the nose

just gave it a real quick bucket test with out hooks and it is a medium sinker, and it sank tail first. with hooks it will probably be a medium fast sinker and will probably sink level. sweet

I believe YOU made a typing mistake. You're supposed to capitalize the first word of every sentence. Also, "Master of Puppets" is a proper title, so it should be capitalized also. nope...that would be a grammatical mistake, not a typing mistake

oh woops, i just realized you were talking about BBZ-1 (trout) i was talking about the BBZ-1 Shad the trout has been out for over 2 years, so you should be able to find some info on it...

yup, this is what its gonna look like, except it wont be as tall:

nothing else matters--metallica, live at middletown NY, 6/17/1995

yes its basswood. 97 cents for a 5x7x3/8" piece at walmart.

thanks this one will recieve a photofinish of a gizzard shad

you can't find that information because the bait isnt released to the public yet... but just from reading reviews and looking at pictures and videos, it seems well worth the 20 bucks. i made a poll about this bait vs. the tru tungsten shad, and most favored the tru tungsten for its versatility. most also were not going to buy the spro shad because the creator of that bait copied mattlures design on a different bait. the creator (bill seimentel) did not copy anyone on this shad though, and regardless of what bill did or did not do, the shad still looks like a quality bait, and worth the 20 bucks. just my 2 cents

got a little tired of my old design (after making over a dozen of them in a short period of time) so i came up with a new design. i took a picture of a gizzard shad, stretched it a little along the X axis, so it is more long and narrow instead of short and fat, and i came up with this:

heres the way i see it: if the bait comes with a split ring, its probably there for a reason (weight to balance the lure, free range of motion, etc.) so you have 2 options: 1.) keep the split ring on and tie onto the split ring 2.) take the split ring off and tie clip to your line. this will be pretty much the same weight as the split ring and it will still allow free movement. if the bait DOESNT come with a split ring, once again, theres a reason for it. example: if you put a split ring on a rapala floater, it will sit in the water nose down and won't work as well. when there is no split ring, you can either: 1.) tie directly to the lure, limiting the movement 2.) use a loop knot (rapala knot) which will provide the range of movement a split ring will, without the added weight. and there you have the Saavedra pocket guide to split rings

you're not alone i havent caught a fish in a month, and the last bass i caught was only 9" long :'(

mike d. i dont even watch the show that much, but hes a real person, not a celebrity, and he doesnt plug sponsors every 3 seconds. that makes him my favorite

st. anger--metallica

the day i tried to live--soundgarden