How to make crankbaits

[Jordan Bozarth]

Would balsa wood be the best

[apb]

Different woods will give a different action. Thats something that you'll have to experiment with to get the action you are after. Balsa, basswood, various cedars, white pine, all work for crankbaits.

Andrew

[kygorski]

My brother in law was a tool and die maker, he worked with an old german who made his own version of rapalas. Used balsa, wired through the bait, wepainted them with a sealer, used foil, metal brass lips, and coated them with epoxy paint. they used to tear up walleyes on the wisconson river and the mississippi also. One the die was made, they could knock them out in a couple of hours. He was a great fishing buddy, had a brain anurism at 34 yrs old.We would fish almost every week end, while the wifes watched the kids and went to bingo. Its true the good die young.