Recent finishes 7.5" Easy Swimmer

They look great.  Nice to be able to carry the pattern right on to the tail like that. 

Nice work Brad. Good to see you back at TU. Don't be a stranger.

 

Ben

Thanks Y'all! 

Ben, you know me, I only slow down about once every 6 months or so...lol

Hitting Rayburn in a few weeks for the yearly tourney. Hope you are doing well as can be...

Not doing too bad for an old fat man. Good luck when you come to Rayburn. Hope you catch a sackful of big ones.

Old is only a state of mind Ben... I would be happy with one or two big bites, but thanks! Will let ya know how it goes.

Awesome work Brad!!

Thank you sir!

I like those...great work!

I love how your spots turned out. Any tips or tricks on how you get them to come out like that. I have been working on this trout pattern, but struggle with spots. Great looking paint scheme.

I love how your spots turned out. Any tips or tricks on how you get them to come out like that. I have been working on this trout pattern, but struggle with spots. Great looking paint scheme.

I apologize for not responding sooner. I just saw the email and realized I had sent it to the wrong folder.

Thanks for the compliment. As far as the spots, I make a template by taking the plastic packaging from a lure box, or kids toy or whatever you can find that is able to be cit or drilled, but flexible enough to shape how you want. I used a 1/16" drill bit and drilled about 25 holes randomly in about a 3x1" area. To get sharp defined spots, hold the template right against the body and shoot your paint. To get softer or faded looking spots hold the template about 1/8" off the body and shoot your color. One of the main things to do here is shoot several light coats instead of one heavy coat. 

Hope this helps and tight lines, bb

Thanks Cougar!