Bait building, rattles and slot

Well, progress has been a bit slow but we should be able to start installing some lips ( bibs ) today.
These are some pics of the rattle chambers and slot.

I think for the most part everyone is finished with rattles and have put in the front and rear screw eyes. We leave the hook hangers out until after lip installation. The jigs we have were made for 14" baits, so the hole for hangers are not there for the smaller ones.

My 10" baits are .052 wire and the 14" perch baits I used .062. I am also adding a cut down worm tail to 2 of the perch baits using a plastic screw wall anchor. I will get some pics to show.
We are also going to try using Gorilla glue on the lips.  I did a test bait with some and it was impressive. With epoxy lip installs you can normally get the lip to crack loose by hand. On this, I had to put the lip in a vise and twist it from the tail of the bait to break it loose. This was in a 14" bait!
I haven't had time to play much with the aspen baits but I will get going on them again.
There are some added pics from the lip install. The Gorilla glue really seemed to hold well, and was a much cleaner install on the lips. Next they will get a bead of epoxy at the lip to wood area for extra strength. The jigs shown are a real help in aligning the lip, making it as true as we can get them.The hot dog boards are for holding the baits during different processes.
The worm tail attachment was relatively simple also. The rear hook hanger was held in, as to allow a barb to be placed in the worm tail . This was with the thought of keeping the hook secured to the tail and not flopping around. Maybe it will pay off for all those following nippers, that love to nip the tails off.  

( Keep it in the Water )