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The Basstackle 702 craw has a great action. I prefer it over the rage craw. It injects very easy,and the price is fair. Just my 2 cents.

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Mike is correct, samples would be the best, if you can get them.

That's why we are all here to help each other. Just think of what you wouldn't learn if there was no internet. Talk about a lot of trial and error along with a lot of frustration. I have learned alot from others as well here. I've been here since 2006, and back then very few guys were powder painting. Tackle Underground has opened the world up to a lot of guys with all the knowledge that is here with it's members.

x2 on less is better. You are correct in saying that because if you put on too much you have to start over. To answer your questions, I will give it a try: "white powder coated spinnerbait body with some baby blue highlights on the upper portion of the head along with a red spot on the neck". You can do this two ways. A......... Entire body white. Flip the spinnerbait belly up, tap on some red on the neck area, flip spinnerbait again dorsal side up and tap on your blue along the dorsal line. B.........Entire body white. Smooth out your red powder on a plate and take the hot spinnerbait belly down and touch the nose to the red powder. The hot spinnerbait will grab the red powder. It is easier and faster to do it this way than step A. Now flip the spinnerbait again dorsal side up and tap on your blue along the dorsal line "plattered glitter effect along with the primary color powder paint, i.e., green pumpkin with black glitter highlights, brown with orange glitter highlights". Glittter to me is a P.I.T.A with powder paint. Reason being is it usually doesn't want to cover consistently and evenly. So this is what I do. On the clear powder with glitter, like CSI, you have to constantly shake the jar even after only one dip. I will tell you that spinnerbaits will have to be put on with the tap brush method since they will not fit in a jar with glitter. I found a better finer glitter from "Herbies Magic Dust" The application to me is much easier to use than CSI. Your last resort and probably the easiest for spinnerbaits with glitter is mix your glitter with Devcon 2 Ton. I will check on some hooks for you later tonight to see what I can find. As far as hooks go and us tacklemakers buying them, hook manufacturers should read some of the comments posted about their products. You and I and many others always want the best product for the best price. I am partial to U.S.A. made products, however if a U.S.A product is substandard in quality we don't have a choice. You have to use what upholds are standards. This is also true if it were the other way around. I put Gami, Owner and other hooks in my molds, because that is what the customer wants. For example Eagle Claw re-tooled there hook line series, and I believe that they are going to be the leader in mass distributed hooks along with their Trokar line. Now nothing against Mustad as they were a U.S.A manufacturer, however ever since they moved their facility overseas, I noticed that their quality is slipping. This is not good and this could kill their product line. We shall see. So you and I have the right to buy what works for you. It's not about allegiance to U.S.A products, it's about using a good product