Alright, ive made 2 lures before, a popper and a walleye diver type lure, both hand carved with a piece of wood and a knife. I just finished a shad rap looking bait, and now im stumped. How do i get the line tie on the bill? Also was wondering if i can weight a wooden bait. And also, how do you get the concave right on the mouth of a popper, i cant get it too deep into the bait. Thanks.

I just finished a shad rap looking bait, and now im stumped. How do i get the line tie on the bill?

Plan A-You can drill a small hole in the bill and take a wire and bend it in a U shape and put both ends into the hole then twist the wire on the back side of the bill and bend it at a 90 degree then drill a small slot in the center of the bill slot dip it in epoxy then insert the bill and wire into the slot.

Plan B-take an eye screw and screw it into the bill and take some epoxy and dab some on the back side to prevent the eye screw from backing out.

Plan C- same as A but bend the wire in a U shape put it through the lip and bend both ends of the U wire at a 90 degree so that one wire is overlapping the other and dip the wire and bill in epoxy and push the wire into the bait and the bill into the slot.

Plan A is the easiest to do.

Also was wondering if I can weight a wooden bait.

Yep you can buy a belly weight or make your own or just drill a hole in the body of the bait and stick in a weight and epoxy over it. If your just drilling and sticking a weight in the bait put it in just forward of the front hook and make sure it is center this will set the crankbait slightly nose down. For other lures like topwater or jerkbaits where you put the weight depends on how the bait will sit at rest.

how do you get the concave right on the mouth of a popper

Drill it, carve the bait body then lay it flat and with a large drill drill the mouth then finish it off with sand paper.