How should sink rate be specified on a purchase order?
Short answer
As a density class plus a weight, never as a word. Westin publishes the same length in suspending and sinking versions at different gram weights, and Rapala's glide bait takes screw-in interchangeable tungsten weights so one body can be fished from just under the surface to roughly three meters.
In detail
On a purchase order that becomes length in centimetres, weight in grams for each density class, and the weighting method. Where a factory offers a lead-free body, ask for the material and its density, because a heavier substitute at the same nominal weight changes both sink rate and price.
The numbers behind this answer
| Length class | Specification published by the maker | What it changes in the product |
|---|---|---|
| Mid, 10 to 12 cm | Westin lists 10 cm low floating at 31 g, 10 cm sinking at 34 g, 12 cm suspending at 53 g and 12 cm sinking at 58 g (Westin) | Where the European volume sits, and where sink rate, rattle and color count decide whether a buyer takes the whole ladder |
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Part of the product record Glide baits for pike, musky and striped bass (Other hard lures). The record carries the tables this answer is drawn from, the fields a factory needs before quoting, and an explicit list of what has not been verified.
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