My First Jerks (Suspending)

Very nicely colored and especially smooth surfaced glitter coats , you have done a good job on these , I really like their sparkle:) !

greetz:yay: , diemai

blaze- I can only imagine how they flash in real life. Good work.pete

Clever techniques. Glitter in top coat, and spinnerbait blades for lips. Nice!!!

How'd you do the brown one?

First, coated with thinned D2T then sprinkled Gold Glitter on sides and back and Pearl glitter on the belly. let dry. next mixed another batch of D2T did not thin it. Took a small hobby brush and drew a line of D2T down the back and stripes down the sides to belly. Yuo will have to hold it up to the light to see the glue lines. Next, mixed brown and copper glitter and sprinkled it on these wet lines by tapping a small brush like Cadman does with powder paint on his jigs. When finished, tap the lure a couple of times to get the loose glitter off and put on wheel to dry. Next, a couple coats of thinned D2T to smooth everything out. The brown one weighs 19.2 grams without hooks and split rings. If memory serves me right it was right at 5/8 oz with rings and hooks. I am thinking it will cast a mile. Just hope it will get me a big smallie.

John

Finally got to lake test these, they are all duds. Zero action at all retrieve speeds. No waggle or wobble. Not much of an action when jerking them either. I think it just took to much weight to get them down and it killed the action. Oh well, it was fun and they didn't look bad. Back to the drawing board.

John

Great looking baits! Its to bad they didn't have the action you were shooting for. I'm looking to make some suspending jerks too. I wonder if there is a heavier wood that would better suite the lure suspending without having to use so much weight?