Here's a smaller swimbait I just finished up. PVC, slow sinker, 5 1/8" long, weight just under 1 ounce.

great looking bait F W!

Looks awesome!

how do you get the swim bait to swim? do you bend the tail at an angle to displace water and therfore make the swimming motion. beautiful bait by the way!

This is a simple attempt at a answer. The bait swims due to the water pressure moving down the sides of the bait as you reel. The water makes the bait swim based on the body design, ballast weight, and lie tie position.

If Vman sees that question he will give you an answer that makes my head hurt.

I don't know enough about hydrodynamics to give you a short answer that really explains the physics of swimbaits, but here's an article on how fish swim: Fish Swimming. That article is about fish, not swimbaits, but the same basic principles apply to swimbaits and cause them to swim in a similar fashion to real fish.

The tail on my swimbait is mounted in a straight line with the lure body. I doubt if an angled tail would help the swimming motion; it would be much more likely to destroy the action instead.

I hope this helps.

Ben

Same way that flat flags ripple/flap when the wind blows. Don't worry about the science. A baits action will depend on the shape and how it is put together. Mostly will involve experimenting. So don't worry and go for it. Just realize it usually involves trial and error. Sometimes more, sometimes less.