Bronzeback Baits

Bronzeback Baits Handcarved wood glidebaits and swimbaits designed for trophy river smallmouth

Some recent baits 🔥
09/11/2025

Some recent baits 🔥


Some recent baits
09/11/2025

Some recent baits


Check out some of the new stuff I’ve been working on! · · · · · · · · ·
09/04/2025

Check out some of the new stuff I’ve been working on!

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Rat bite has been hot! 🔥 Working on a production rat, got a few kinks to work out with them, but it’s got some cool feat...
08/27/2025

Rat bite has been hot! 🔥

Working on a production rat, got a few kinks to work out with them, but it’s got some cool features.


Driftwood getting it done, 19 3/4” river smallie!Still a few left, DM me to order! $140 tyd6.5”2.1 oz ...
08/26/2025

Driftwood getting it done, 19 3/4” river smallie!

Still a few left, DM me to order!

$140 tyd
6.5”
2.1 oz


PRICE DROP: $140 the Driftwood! Hand carved wood glidebait6.5” 2.1ozSelling baits is a lot less fun than making them! Le...
08/13/2025

PRICE DROP: $140 the Driftwood!
Hand carved wood glidebait
6.5” 2.1oz

Selling baits is a lot less fun than making them! Let’s get these sold and so I can focus on getting these rats and snakes finished up!

DM me to order!


Hey Swimbait Universe, my name is Jack Hillman I am 24 and have been fishing swimbaits since 2015 which was wild to look...
08/08/2025

Hey Swimbait Universe, my name is Jack Hillman I am 24 and have been fishing swimbaits since 2015 which was wild to look back and see. I have zero clue how to use facebook and never had one, so was always on underground. I have been tying flies and building baits for years and finally felt I had a bait that was good enough, solved a problem, and consistent enough to sell. Theres some stuff on my facebook and a lot on my Instagram All hand carved wooden baits from glides to rats to snake wakes. I have a few left for sale! Check them out!

Driftwood drop is LIVEDM me to order! $165 to your doorWood Glidebait6.5 inches long2.1 ouncesMustad size #4 treblesAll...
08/01/2025

Driftwood drop is LIVE

DM me to order!

$165 to your door
Wood Glidebait
6.5 inches long
2.1 ounces
Mustad size #4 trebles
All stainless steel hardware

6 colors I have available are:
Wood Grain Shad
Wood Grain Redhorse
Sugar Shad
Pink Lemonade
Midwest River Rat Juice
Bone

This bait chops and loves to be worked faster with reel input and rod twitches. It’s straight swim is not going to blow anyone away but it is not designed for that, as a super wide glide does more harm than good for us in the current and on our rivers. Its straight swim is tight and much more natural. This bait is a slow float that when work fast and twitched will actually end up slightly diving just under the surface 6-12 inches. You can always get a bait to sink, but it is hard to get a bait to float. In my opinion wood just swims better, and swims better in moving water.


Introducing the Driftwood 6.5 glide! This bait is about two years in the making. Changing profiles, resins, resin ratios...
07/21/2025

Introducing the Driftwood 6.5 glide! This bait is about two years in the making. Changing profiles, resins, resin ratios, weights, weight placement, to finally landing on wood versions. I can be as, if not more consistent with wood and having my hands on every bait. As you can see from the one video all weigh the exact same. This bait chops and loves to be worked faster with reel input and rod twitches. (Swipe for swim videos) It’s straight swim is not going to blow anyone away but it is not designed for that, as a super wide glide does more harm than good for us in the current and on our rivers. Its straight swim is tight and much more natural. I used to hate any roll at all on glides and came to realize no matter what that when the nose of the bait goes back upstream, the water is going to push the heavier part (bottom) of the baits a little more than the lighter part. I came to love a little roll over the last two years as my skills with the airbrush got better. I realized putting flash and shine on baits when they roll and reflect sun really well, much like when you see a carp flash at the bottom of the river. I think that this triggers a lot of bites and attention. This bait is a slow float that when work fast and twitched will actually end up slightly diving just under the surface 6-12 inches. You can always get a bait to sink, but it is hard to get a bait to float. In my opinion wood just swims better, and swims better in moving water.

The baits in all these pictures have been used a fait amount, some more than others. These are not brand new baits. Don’t have any good pictures of them brand new. As you can tell from the rash on the shad bait that bait has been getting absolutely chewed on lately.

6.5”
2.1 oz
Slow float
Wood
Durable flexible resin tail

Species so far on the Driftwood 6.5:
Smallmouth Bass
Largemouth Bass
Spotted Gar
Shortness Gar
Pike
Brown Trout

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46077

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