Kb, I'll have to make a guess here, but I would say western red cedar.  The white cedar seems to be a little harder to find but I'm going to find some and eastern red has a lot of excess oil in it.  A Old man told me once that I should be making my deep divers out of white cedar (best wood for making cranks) in his opinion.  

I'm at a disadvantage I don't have a planner and some of the other tools needed to mill lumbar down to crank bait size.

Allen, that is one of the better pre made lure bodies I've seen on the market.

Why dont you just email yakima and ask which wood they use.

Kb, I'll have to make a guess here, but I would say western red cedar. The white cedar seems to be a little harder to find but I'm going to find some and eastern red has a lot of excess oil in it. A Old man told me once that I should be making my deep divers out of white cedar (best wood for making cranks) in his opinion.

I'm at a disadvantage I don't have a planner and some of the other tools needed to mill lumbar down to crank bait size.

Allen, that is one of the better pre made lure bodies I've seen on the market.[/quote

thanks big m   kbhere  sent a pm  also i going to ask the guy that has a saw  mill where i get a lot of my wood  from if there is any white cedar here in indiana   kb

kbkindle,

    I have a unpainted factory poes crankbait body you can have. Not sure what kind of cedar it is but someone at a saw mill should be able to tell you?

Allen

kb here  i did what one of the guys suggested to do about what kind of cedar they use in poes crankbaits   they answered me today   WHITE CEDAR  is the wood used.  i have never caught a bass on a bait that does not have a bill  i have not  used one a lot in my serious bass fishing in the past  30 years .  but i did order 3 xcalibur  xr75's  one  crawdad,royal shad,firetiger colors  going to give those lipless bait another try.   and also going to copy design of it to make a few of my own.  i know some of you guys dont like a person who steal's a design from someone else   and ia'm guilty on this one    going to make them out of cedar  kb

Its white cedar?  I thought it was some type of red cedar.

Kb said he contacted Poe's and they said white cedar.  Maybe the old man I talked to was on to something.  I got to find some white cedar.

Who sells white cedar?

Did any one ever try poe's series 2500 crankbait?

hey guys   kb here    i donf know who sell's white cedar   but iam going to find out  i know two different  portable saanother sitell guys  ia'm sure the would know   ill let you know.  if you find out before me give me a hollar   kb

Another lure maker told me that Poe's was using air dried wood and that was the cause of the bad the finish.  You have to use kiln dried wood or the moisture in the wood will swell the bait and the paint cracks.