Thanks a lot fellas for the kind words!!
Skippy, lol...she will show up soon...i was sure last week Friday, but didn't quite make it
The Flaptails are either WRC or pine, I don't weight them in the rear like the original Lido's,I like the line tile low and it keeps the arse high and the flaptail blade will alternate between spinning and randomly slapping the surface.
The lathed gilder is just over 5oz and made from poplar, I tried to build it to swim like a Hughes river, sinks nice, and I like the erratic glide I get from it.
The cranks are cedar with aluminum lips, I was on a crank building spree a couple of years ago and have a bunch of blanks I'm finally getting to. No luck with the Muskies on the cranks yet but the bass love 'em.
MS