Tom, I made the bait holders out of a thin wooden lath and 2” brad nails. The thinner wooden lath gives me more room to paint the bottom side of baits than say a 1X4 would. I put a double set of brad nails at one end to hold the thin tail of the Ripper instead of trying to skewer it onto the nails to prevent damage to the bait. Sorry the first picture was upside down