Looks like I may be your first subscriber. You've made three lure making videos, which I mentioned earlier is what I like to watch. This crankbait didn't appear to swim properly and I believe I know why. One of my early crankbaits did the same thing. Go look online at photos of store-bought crankbaits and check for this one thing: The line ties on crankbaits with long bibs/lips, and especially ones designed to be deep divers, will be one-third to one-half the way down the bib/lip. Your line-tie is located on the nose of the lure body which makes the lure want to body-roll, instead of dive and wobble. Try putting a line-tie out on the bib/lip and you'll see a big difference in action. Good luck, this is a fun craft!
Thank you for subscribing! I did try to do that with the line tie on the last crankbait that I did (Even though the lip was way smaller lol) and I don't know why I didn't do it on this one. That probably would've had it working pretty well. This definitely is a fun craft!
@@TheShedChronicles Chalk this one up as a learning experience. Because these last two have different line tie placements, you can easily see the difference it makes. You can still "mod" this lure. Either cut off or leave the original line tie, and add a new one like you made earlier. I wouldn't go as far out on the bib/lip this time. Looking forward to the next build!
Looks like I may be your first subscriber. You've made three lure making videos, which I mentioned earlier is what I like to watch.
This crankbait didn't appear to swim properly and I believe I know why. One of my early crankbaits did the same thing. Go look online at photos of store-bought crankbaits and check for this one thing: The line ties on crankbaits with long bibs/lips, and especially ones designed to be deep divers, will be one-third to one-half the way down the bib/lip.
Your line-tie is located on the nose of the lure body which makes the lure want to body-roll, instead of dive and wobble. Try putting a line-tie out on the bib/lip and you'll see a big difference in action. Good luck, this is a fun craft!
Thank you for subscribing! I did try to do that with the line tie on the last crankbait that I did (Even though the lip was way smaller lol) and I don't know why I didn't do it on this one. That probably would've had it working pretty well. This definitely is a fun craft!
@@TheShedChronicles Chalk this one up as a learning experience. Because these last two have different line tie placements, you can easily see the difference it makes. You can still "mod" this lure. Either cut off or leave the original line tie, and add a new one like you made earlier. I wouldn't go as far out on the bib/lip this time. Looking forward to the next build!