black/yellow crackle craws

Very Nice!

Man those look good Mark. Really like that color scheme. May have to steal that one and give it a try myself.

Ben

Hey Mark

Those Look Nice

Mike

Those are stunning. Did you use sharpie for the lines?

Nice work on the crackle!!

Those are stunning. Did you use sharpie for the lines?

Yes, I put a yellow base coat, with a little green on the back to give it a slight chartruese, and then I used a black solvent based sharpie to mark the outline, and the joints.

I find that, by doing the outline first, I see enough outline through the crackle to give the impression of the crawdad body parts. If the sharpie is covered too much, I use a brown or green sharpie afterward to highlight the outline.

I thin when the crank is grinding on the bottom, or swimming, the lines give the lure the crawdad look.

And it's a reaction bite, so anything that makes it more realistic can't hurt.

I keep telling myself that bass see differently than we do, so I just want to give a good impression of a crawdad.

I fished the lower one yesterday, on a lake that had come up 10' over the past week! Dirty water, fish suspending and fish tight to cover because of the fast rising water.

I caught two nice fish on it in front of some brush along a creek channel leading into a cove.

It really comes through brush and snags well, as long as I fish it slow and let off on it when I feel it get hung up.

Perfect scenario for dirty water and fish that are tight to cover.

awesome!

Great idea to use a sharpie for those lines!