The Hunt For Big Fish with Larry Dahlberg

With the help of Larry's guidance and all his help finding the right products and materials I have finally created my first homemade swimbait. I used a Rapala X-Rap as my master, did the through wire construction w/ .055 stainless music wire, and used Larry's method of pouring a top section/layer using micro-balloons. It ended up being 2 1/4 oz and I think i'll be able to toss it a mile not to mention it's solid as a rock and will no doubt stand up to some pelagic punishment. Just wanted to say thanks for all the guidance Larry and taking the time to make such a great video and sharing your techniques, I can't wait to start making my own variations now that I have been through the basic processes. Here's a link to some pics.
http://picasaweb.google.com/Ryan.Anders ... directlink

Here a pic of the finished product:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/vr ... directlink

Had a little trouble laying down the reflective tape without it creasing due to the shape of the lure. Have a few ideas on how to fix this next time. I think I'm going to get some of the metallic powder and see how that goes too.

The swim bait Look`s Great.I am impressed.

Very nice

Nice work - show us some pics of your first trip out with it

Yak Man

It looks great! Good job!
best,
L

hey grandpa21 where did u get the wire and the. Reflective tape

hey grandpa21,

what rod and reel set up do you plan to primarily use this swimbait with?

The Link for the pic of the finish product is Broken.I tried to see the picture.

hey grandpa 21 where did u get that reflective tape u used on ur swimbait