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How do you secure hooks in hand made balsa crankbaits? I have got some I  made that I used epoxy to glue in 3/4" screw eyes. It seems that such a light wood any descent sized fish would be able to pull the screw eyes right out of the balsa.

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Lure making sites out here in the www.  try tackleunderground.

Sounds like your basic approach is sound with the epoxy and screw eyes.  Only improvement i can suggest is reference to West Systems epoxy

http://www.gougeon.com/

for the properties of various filler additives.  This is expensive way to go and may not be justified.  I never used balsa wood,  some makers use basswood, cedar, or straight grained pine.  They use a wire harness system which is glued into a split blank.

One idea - which is used on some Japanese trout swimbaits I have -  is to use heavy braid (Spectra or PowerPro) as the harness and connect your hooks with split rings.

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