Shad Babes

Very nice baits Dean....I really like that body style. Obviously so do the bass...

Rod

man them are classics , your lures look a million bucks,

You do some very fine work. Your baits always look so smoooooooth.

Five aces, Dean. Beautiful lines and contours.

Dean, I really like the one on the right with the scale/bar pattern, semi-random , totally natural!

Douglas

Lure test under realistic conditions , 100% passed ! ! !

I like the "Clown"-colored lure best , also due to its "little unusual"(to me)body shape .

A well-done bunch of baits !

I suppose the only way those baits could look any better would be if they were in my box! Bang up job Deano!

DONT GET ME EXCITED TALKING ABOUT EYE CANDY BABES!! DINO.... Those are just fishing lures... WHERE ARE THE WOMEN!!! THE NASSEE SHAD!!! PHOTO's.. I know you got them... SUCKER...

We need a new photo gallery!!! hot chicks fishing gallery!

I like em all but....bottom right is my favorite:worship:

diemai, you are correct that the clown-color is a little bit different shape--I made that particular version just for foiling, with its slightly broader and flatter sides, just to get the maximum amount of side-flash.

Stacey, the one on the right is also my favorite, for the way the color pattern emerged--I took several photos of this bait, and this was by far the most accurate--the bait actually has vertical silver stripes, causing the bait to look different from every viewing angle. I'm attempting through paint layers, to give the body the illusion of a little flexing. It gave up a fat 15 incher on the first cast.

The second lure from the left, actually is the only one whose color washed out some. It is a light Tennessee shad on pearl, while the photo makes it look almost like a gray ghost. It seems odd that one lure in the 5 doesn't reveal its colors, but there ya go. Of course my little 3.2 Sony Cyber Shot is practically ancient, being 4 years old...

I really appreciate everyone's comments on the lures. We all have our own concepts of how lures should look and perform, and these represent my objectives very well. They are tools with which to catch fish, first and foremost, and I want them to achieve certain actions, and hold up through a lot of fishing, and look alive and vulnerable in the water, within the dimensions of the predators' environment. If they look good in the hand, then that is a bonus.

Thank you Jerry for TU that has given us the oppportunity for this vast knowledge pool through which we can make all our lures better!

Dean