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Praying for the officer and family! So sorry to hear this! Contests mean nothing when it comes to family!

@Bogbaits As mentioned by @alsworms, one of the judges had a very bad family emergency happen just as judging was supposed to start. So things got a bit delayed. The winners have been chosen and will be announced soon. Thank you for your patience.

What finish is on the hooks? Here in North Texas I might get some rust spots on a few bronze hooks out of a box of 1000. If you're worried about it get some ZeRust tabs and put in with them.

Ty. It's a 702 craw with BJ medium. They make some real big needles LOL. I yhink I used six strands. Silicone skirts should not gum up. I call these "Bed Bugz" for bed fishing.

I don't have a consistent process either. I bend my blades by hand with Vice Grips & my thumb. You can get a little more rounded look my way.

olive gold metallic. check michaels in the metallic water base.

You are right. It is Naked Bait #BSH26 - Crystal Flake Smoke Blue Crystal

You need to add a valve to your Fluid Bed. You have to restrict/adjust the air flow.

I think it is a TJ's Tackle 3" Fluid Bed. https://www.tjstackle.com/

Metal

There was a slight delay because there were only 3 judges, and one of them's son (police officer) was shot. Luckily, in the arm, but still he had more important things on his mind. I'm sure the winners will be announced soon.

You married a porcupine? Talk about the need to be carefull.

In my experience every mold has it's own personality. I have considered putting the "directions" for shooting a particular mold on the mold itself (laminating first) but I haven't done it yet. I have molds that are very forgiving and others that require me to hold the pressure for 20 seconds etc. Some molds are just fickle. I had to cut vents in my Croaker molds from Do-It to get complete feet. I have a craw mold that will get dents in the claws unless I shoot it fast and hold pressure for dang near 30 seconds. As discussed previously, plastic temp. is also an important factor. Some of my molds shoot better cooler and others are almost impossible to shoot cool (310-320 degrees is what I consider cool). Oh, and if you change any variables along the way like plastic type, increasing the amount of glitter etc., the whole learning curve starts again! Not trying to scare you off. Just enjoy the ride!

hi we used the g finish baits here on lake erie on walleyes. when the g finish blew off we re painted . there primer never adhered to the blank. .we just re-painted them. other then the riplin redfin style ,as I said re-paint. that was back in the 1988-91 period.

Mk1 Sorry Greg no plans but here are 3 versions of one I have been playing with for about 3 years. Version 4 was completed about 2 months back, I will get a picture tomorrow. Meanwhile check this one out, beautifully built but a bit noisy ---and NO GUARDS !!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIcrr3pJZBk Got me wondering weather Redg8R 's machine ever got built, he was on the right track. Mk 2 Mk3

This is what my Tube Cutter looks like. Large disk is a blade, smaller disk is a washer.