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I know these have been discussed in the past, but wanted to show the quick and cheap alternative that is working great for me. I took a piece of 1/8" stainless tubing ( doesn't have to be stainless....it's just what I had laying around) and ground a slot in the end of it with the Dremel and a cutoff wheel. It is then chucked up in a hand drill for use. Best to have a drill with variable speed and forward/reverse capabilities for obvious reasons. It only took about 30 seconds to make and it works like a charm. They say a picture is worth a thousand words so there's one attached below. Ben

Ok guys here is what our fatherless boys I mentor came up with.... We need conversation lures at our booth that we set up to tell people about our outreach taking fatherless boys outdoors... A contest you paint one lure Original or KO any way you want the wilder the better...Send us the lure and our fatherless boys will judge them and the winner will win $100 and a trophy.....These lures WILL NOT BE SOLD only displayed as conversation pieces.Will make this a annual contest if goes well.Input appreciated

Hey Cadman. With Etex's reputation for being fussy about being mixed just so or being sticky, I did like rodmakers do with their finish that needs precise measuring. I drilled the bottle caps so that the plastic end of a veternary syringe fits as a "stopper." Fast, easy, precise measurement - just draw the syringes back slightly when you're done so they don't stick, and DON'T get the resin syringe crossed with the hardener syringe or they will REALLY stick. (You may also have to trim the outside of the syringe to get down to the "inner barrel" and you probably want a smaller syringe than I used - it's what I had on hand.) Dan

It's both. You can put in the time and master the craft and can turn out quality crankbaits with standard paint schemes that catch fish, without much artistic ability. I'm a very pedestrian painter and I KNOW! But if you aspire to produce the kind of top level work you'll see in some of the pics in the TU photo gallery, that requires raw artistic ability. Now, the extent to which game fish appreciate artistic ability is another question... At some level, and I think it's a fairly low level, paint means more to the fisherman than the fish. Bottom line, don't be discouraged. You get better as time goes on and when your baits catch fish, that's the biggest reward.