easier to see scales

Good stuff-- that's a bottomfish killer for sure!

Nice paint-job , made by brushing , I suppose . Guess , it's cast in a "Do-It" mold , have some as well , made by a friend .

Never seen this hook-rig before , what is the advantage of it ? Is it for cast-and-retrieve or for vertical jigging(under boat , bridge, platform , etc..) and/or only for certain species ? Only asking , since my wife likes such lures too much and catches lots of fish with them . Would be glad about an answer.

Greetings , diemai

first i foiled the parts i wanted scaled and then masked off the back. heated jig to 350 and used a brush to tap copper vein powder on the back. removed masking and dipped into fluid bed using translucent brass. turned jig over and applied white for the belly and pink on the throat. heated back up to temp in the oven and then dipped into clear mirror gloss and finished off for 20 minutes at 320 degrees. this is a verticle jigging setup with an assist hook that the japanese came out with. google up butterfly jigs or speed jigging and you will get a ton of info on the process. thanks for the kind words.

oh and in therory predatory fish attack the head of bait fish most of the time. not the tail where trebles are generally located. i havent gotten to try any out yet but have heard good things and am eager to develop my own opinion of assist hooks.

hi , akriverrat , you took a great effort to color those jigging spoons , hats off ! And thank's a lot about the tip about GOOGLE , I'll check these out .

Good success with your new lures , diemai

FYI...you can buy these unpainted in various weights on ebay 5 for 2.69.....

It's beautiful. If I lost that jig, after all that work, I'd be unconsolable.

I am seeing more and more of these hook rigs on high end (expensive) jigs. Shimano does it on the butterfly jig.

One thing about the predatory fish attacking the head of the bait.......Blue fish (razor toothed killers) will bite the fish from behind severing the head off. The head will float down and get grabbed by a Striper (toothless).