How do I choose the diving depth?
Short answer
Decide it before tooling, because depth is set by the bill geometry cut into the mould. A buyer who approves a sample and then asks for a deeper version is asking for a second mould.
In detail
State the target depth and the line class used to reach it, and have the factory confirm the bill angle against that number.
The numbers behind this answer
| Behaviour | How it is built | What the buyer has to fix first |
|---|---|---|
| Deep diving | Long bill, weighted transfer | Maximum diving depth, which is a mould decision |
| Sub-type | What it is fished as | What decides its price |
|---|---|---|
| Crankbait | Steady retrieve, diving to a depth class, deflecting off cover | The lip and the diving depth class, ahead of the body |
Where this answer comes from
Part of the product record Custom hard lures: how an OEM hard-bait order works (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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