Anyone tried or use these baits? Any hints on model or color to try. May purchase some in the near future. Thanks

Great baits....you can't go wrong with any of them. It's hard to tell you to buy a certain bait. I go back and forth, but the Zoom Tapp and Sand Flea are the baits I'd buy if I could only buy two. The Wobbler and Z-flat are a close second, and were previously my #1 and #2. Ed's baits are the only crankbaits that I will pay the retail price of $20 for. They are worth every penny.

I'll add that it is kind of a 'golden age' for WEC's right now as far as availability. Zoom Z-flats haven't been made since '04, but were recently re-introduced in a limited run, and E2's have been extremely scarce for years, but are abundant at Simmons Sporting Goods (check ebay). You used to only be able to get WEC cranks at Peepers or Bubba jacks, and they only had limited selections. Simmons has more models, styles, colors, etc. than I've ever seen....they never seem to run out. I'm beginning to think Ed Chambers is having an affair with the Zoom buyer over at Simmons.

Pick the style you need based on what type of depth / cover / situation you're using cranks for already.

My personal picks...

Stumpy DR - - awesome mid-diver.....one of the best, period.

Z-Flat Coffin Lip

Wobbler

Hickey

If anyone come across a Z1; I'll pay top dollar or work out a trade that will favor you. 

My favorites are the Sand Flea and Sweet P, but I also like the Z-Flat and Wobbler a lot. Simmons has the best selection of Zooms by far.

I'm a big hickey fan myself.  That was of course until I lost mine in the rip rap at Hefner.  Definitely the first bait I'm going to buy once I get a pay check coming in.

The Z Flat is my favorite. Nice tight shimmy, small profile. Second favorite is the E2.....a certified killer around shallow brush.

  Bought mine from www.peepersbaits.com and they seem like very high quality baits.  Haven't had the oppurtunity to fish with them much, maybe this weekend. 

  The ones I bought are the Stumpy, Hicky, and the Z4.  The Z4 seems kinda light to be a deep diver, but hopefully it will still cast pretty good.

Wonder if the Sand Flea is the same as Wobblers? Lip angle, size and design looks alike.

Forgot to mention that I got Classic color in all three.  Seems like a good a color for all water clarities, because at $18.00 a crankbait, you can't go buyin' up all the colors they got.

Wonder if the Sand Flea is the same as Wobblers? Lip angle, size and design looks alike.

Very different cranks. 

The Sand Flea is smaller than the Wobbler - also has a bit more of an aggressive action. 

Does anyone have experience with the Blazer?  It looks like a promising 'eye bait.

Wonder if the Sand Flea is the same as Wobblers? Lip angle, size and design looks alike.

Very different cranks.

The Sand Flea is smaller than the Wobbler - also has a bit more of an aggressive action.

For sure.  The Sand Flea has comparable action to the RC 1.5, only the Flea thumps harder.  Great little crank....

Forgot to mention that I got Classic color in all three. Seems like a good a color for all water clarities, because at $18.00 a crankbait, you can't go buyin' up all the colors they got.

'Classic' is a great color...I have a few in that color, and it is indeed a great all-arounder (as any shad color is I suppose)

Gone_Phishin'-  The Blazer is new, and I don't know anyone that has fished it. 

That's kinda what I figured.  Thanks Natural. 

I guess there's only one way to find out.

Thanks for all the comments. May try some in classic,a red craw color and citrus. That Z1 must be a special bait!!!!

Thanks for all the comments. May try some in classic,a red craw color and citrus. That Z1 must be a special bait!!!!

It's a good bait...not necessarily better than some of the others, but it is impossible to find, and I lost the only one I had. It is the only WEC crank with a rattle (it has a ticker rattle).  It is Elite Pro Jeff Coble's favorite spring crank.  Another tidbit from Coble...

"....Because Coble is not sponsored by any particular crankbait manufacturer and he has experimented with them as much as any angler this side of fellow Carolinian David Fritts he incorporates a variety of wooden and plastic cranks, and is refreshingly candid about the subject.

Coble is a big fan of WEC Crankbaits, named from the initials of Zoom Bait Co. founder Ed Chambers Sr. The handcrafted, hand-painted cranks are made of balsa and top-quality hardware. The WEC flat-sided Tapp earned Coble $100,000 in his 2000 Red Man All-American victory on Arkansas' Lake Hamilton.

"Ed makes fine baits," Coble says. "I think his crankbaits are a cut above. His are just more consistent."He spent a lot of time developing and learning how to make crankbaits. He's bought a lot of little crankbait companies that went out of business. He bought their tools and learned how to build them."

I was fortunate enough to talk to Coble about his crankbait preferences and he said that there is only one plastic bait he will throw with any regularity: The Speed trap. 

As for the WEC crankbaits, you have gotten a bunch of good recommendations.  My favorite would be the Hickey.  There are two different thicknesses though: Peepers tends to carry the thin Hickey (which I have the most experience with) and Simmons tends to have the thicker Hickey.  They are both great baits and I agree you can't go wrong with 'Classic' as a color pattern. 

I recently purchased a Blazer but have not had enough time to learn its personality.