I dabbled in making crankbaits about twenty years ago. I made about six and have a couple of unfinished blanks carved out. One is a crawfish and the tail is the diving lip . I have some top water blanks too. One is designed to back up after it is twitched. I dont think that is possible but thats how I  designed it. They are sitting unfinished in a drawer. I may finish them some year. I have an unused paint compressor . I was going to make more but just got out of it.

 

Anyway , these are made of cedar with a plexiglass lip. I drilled a hole in the bottom and filled it with lead solder to weight it. I glued the lip in. Dont even remember what glue I used. The line tie is a jig hook shank. I didnt know what I was doing and the lure would probably come apart if a big fish was hooked.  But I  did use them and they worked real well. Everyone I made caught fish and miraculously  held together. One of  of these two ,on the retrieve,  would run straight then randomly kick out one way or another before returning in a straight course   Something manufacturers would love to duplicate. Anyway heres a photo of my two best ones .

 

 

 

I like.

They look like a cross between the old Norman Little N's and the Bagley Killer B's.

 

Really nice.

Nice work! & cedar to boot... I love my cedar top water double prop baits...

very nice

Add a Missouri Craw pattern and your ready to rock