I have purchased the soft bait and hard bait kit, and what I really want to make is smaller crankbait (2.5-3 in) with a deep diving bill for trolling up Stripers and Walleye at Lake Powell here in Utah. I have already purchased some balsa wood blanks and crankbait bills (with split rings on the bills) to design a mold. My question is, does anybody have any good ideas on how to attach the bill to the wire so that the whole bait is essentially a wire through design. My first idea was to drill a small hole in the back of the bill and thread the wire through and back on itself. I would then bend the rest of the wire for the hook holds, etc like Larry does in his Workshop DVD. Also, is it best to build the mold to include the bill or is it better to nuild the mold around the balsa wood with a slot cut for the bill and then add it after. It seems that for what I want to do with a wire through design, it would be better to design a mold to include the bill in it. If anybody has experience adding bills to your homemade plastics or could direct me to a resource that does, it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.