CountryKat

Anyone have a link to a color mixing chart? The wife just got home and had me about 20 2oz. bottles of mettalic pearl paint.

Possibly, but if all else fails i'm sure the wife wouldn't mind you getting a new grill (complete with rotisseri.

Check at Home depot, Lowes, or Menards I have even seen them at Wal Mart in the past.

I looked for the brass tubes at the store I was at but did not find them. I have one bait that I just made out of hard Maple. I used 3 bb sized split shot inside the 1/4" hole. I nailed it the first try. The only thing I had to do was remove one of the treble hooks. I thought "peice of cake" The rattle and balance was perfect right from the get go. Now!!! I started working on the next bait. The test bait was made from pine but I do have a couple backups made from Maple. This bait looks like swiss cheese it has so many holes in it. It is a deep belly shad design. I have had as many as 9 peices of shot in this thing and it still floats on it's side. I gave up on the pine wood. I am going to stick with the maple. For me it just seems easier to work with as far as cutting and sanding. You don't have to worry about taking to much off at one time while sanding (with my new Delta ) I'll tell ya about it in a sec. Question? When you weight the lure, do you pour hot lead in the hole or simply fill it it with shot? Now the sander!!! I just got a Delta Model #140 I think, It has a 1" vertical belt 30" and a 5" disc for $53 brand new on sale at Andersons hardware. Lowes has the Delta 1" sander alone for $110. I also got a few extra 1" belts 320 grit and some 5" pads, 80 and 120 grit. It also has dust chutes that I can hook to my dust collector. For me it was the buy of the year. Anyway, any suggestions on the weighting issues?

I just read it. Good idea. Bad thing is I just threw out about 1000 lights.

I have been racking my brain trying to come up with a rattle system besides the glass or brass rattles that are commercialy available. Let me know what you guys think about this or if it has already been done. Cut a 1/4" aluminum tube about 3/4" long. Drill a whole into the bait and insert the tube section. Drop in about 5 or 6 BB's. Cut a wood plug and cap the end of the whole. Sand and finish as normal. If this would work, I think it would be louder and much more cost effective than the other rattles. Would this work as a weighting system too? Comments?

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Same here. Hope everyone has a good day.

I am also going to try a few bodies this winter but didn't know where to start. I have a bunch of Red Oak and Hickory, but I assume it is way to hard. I already have the air brush and oil based primer. I also have some different files but I do not have a rasp. What you think, is the oak and hickory to hard?

I have used Rainshadow (Batson ) for several years. They are nice blanks and very sensitive if built the right way. For the money, you can't beat them, but they are made by Cascade composites. You get look at some of the Cascade blanks on www.mudhole.com Loomis was bought out by Shimano a few years back and Rogue was started by Gary Lommis's nephew. Gary has to stay with Loomis for several years as part of the contract. He should be able to leave them very soon if he hasn't already left. I also agree that the quality has somewhat diminished since the buy out. Lamiglas is pricey but they make some of the best blanks available in my opinion. Shikari makes some very nice and durable E-Glass blanks. I have never tried any of the graphite blanks from them. The only thing with them is that it seems to take forever to get the blanks delivered. St Croix also makes some very nice high modulus blanks.

Thanks, I new there was a way to do it other than waiting for the email notification.

I would like to know where you find your PM that you have recieved?

Does anyone make the Cotton Cordell wally divers? I would love to have some of these bodies but can't seem to find them anywhere.

You can fix the problem by doing what you suggested. Use either a smaller blade or cut off the wire shaft in 1/8" increments until you get the results you are looking for.

Try this link. It is just a general how to. Hope it helps a little. http://www.tacklemaking.com/tacklemakers/default.php?content=size_charts Jim