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RBASS57, Krylon is great paint but it's not a requirement that you to use it. I recommend white Krylon primer base coat because it dries fast but as far as colors go, you can use anything. As a general rule: the cheaper it is, the longer it takes to dry. The hardest part about rattle cannin' is the waiting. Auto parts stores have cool & unique metallic colors. Hobby stores, like Michael's, have gold and silver glitter sprays and nice pearl colors. Experiment, play around and have fun with it. That's what this game is all about.
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These are nice Pete. I like the free-hand quality of the walleye bars. Great job. -
The Crappie - A TU right of passage. Anyone who is anyone has a crappie in their gallery so here is my attempt. - Maple wood - Stainless screw eyes - 7/0 treble hooks - Polycarb lip - Createx paints - Devcon 2T epoxy I left the hook off the back to give the tail some extra wiggle. Hopefully leaving a hook off the back won't come back and bite me in the tail! We'll see I guess. -
Nice jailbird pattern. Very clean. Good work. -
Ah, very nice. And complete with your signature hairline gill marking. She's a beautie. Diemai, my guess is that the zig-zag was applied with a silver paint marker. I could be wrong though..... -
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Wow, this is terrific. I'd love to have one of these on my box come opening day. Very, very nice.
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Very nice. Good colors, clean work. Definitely the level I aspire to to be at some day. -Don -
This is an ERC Hell Hound re-paint. There's a ton of carp in the Madison Chain of lakes so I painted this pattern to mimic one. Hopefully it will fool a musky or two. Paasch VL airbrush Createx paints My wife's laundry bag (shhh....don't tell her) Devcon 2 ton epoxy Tell me what you think. -Don -
Cool. Looks very old school like the lures I fished with as a kid - back when it seemed the only musky lures were these, Globes, Mepps bucktails and Suicks. I bet this will still catch em! Very nice. -
Very unique mouth shape unlike anything I've seen. I agree with fatfingers - hats off to you for trying to make something that does not exist on the open market . A popper style bait that can be worked in rough water is unheard of. Poppers here in the states are generally used only on dead calm water. Great concept and nice thinking outside of the box! I want to build one for muskies but that cupped mouth shape looks crazy - advanced woodworking for sure! -
Cool photo. I love seeing homemade baits in the mouths of fish. So of the 3 lip styles, which works the best? Did you learn any great lip size/shape/angle findings that you can share with us? -
Very nice looking. Good color for stained water. -Don -
Neat patterns for sure Diemai. If I tried this I would worry about damaging the yellow and orange base coat when removing the bands. Yours look super clean and undamaged. -
Those cylindrical baits can be tough to get going side to side. That's why crankbaits are generally thinner stock with a tall profile versus round bodied like you have - it has something to do with the hydro-dynamics and the lip. This is why Grandmas, Jakes, Big Games and Slammers are so good - they all have similar shape and profile. You're paint job and finish sure look nice so keep tinkering with it. Take a look at a Bucher Depth Raider on Rollie and Helen's site - it has a similar body shape to yours. When comparing, look at the lip. Maybe the lip angle/size/position could be adjusted a bit? Good luck - I know it's heartbreaking to get a bait to this level of finish only to find that it does not work the way you want it to. We've all been there. If you get it working, let us know what you did.
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A table saw works great because you can cut the slot at any angle - slight angle for shallow running and more extreme angle for deep divers. Like others have already said, cut while the stock is still flat on the bottom and sandwich your bait piece between 2 pieces of scrap wood for a clean cut with no splintering. Also, the thickness of the blade will cause a perfectly uniform cut every time. Then, you just have to find a Lexan thickness that matches your saw blade thickness and you're good to go! -Don
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To remove unwanted epoxy from a Lexan lip: If you remove your masking tape and find fingerprints or light epoxy that has slipped under the tape, I've found that rubbing alcohol on a q-tip will clean up most mistakes.
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Nice looking slaphappy. Very clean work. -
The painting on the green one is very unique. Looks like you wrapped it in rubber bands before applying the green paint. Gives it nice bars but at irregular angles and also varying degrees of thickness. If this is what you did then I take my hat off to you. I really like low tech deco methods - sometimes they produce great results like yours. I only wish I'd thought of it first! Very nice. -Don -
I've found that E-tex is good if you are coating multiple baits because of its slow cure time but I've recently made the switch to Devcon 2 Ton and I'm very happy with it. It's much less messy (no dripping) and cures in about 30 minutes - perfect for doing one or two baits at a time. Not trying to talk you out of E-tex of course - just my observation.
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Very nice work at such a small scale Fatfingers. Great touches with the hairline gill marking and splash of silver glitter. Also, thanks for the advice on my Super Shad Rap - I'll definitely epoxy it before it hits the water. -
I've made a few spray can baits in the past but I'm new at this airbrush stuff. Anyway, I re-painted this Super Shad Rap with my new Badger 360. All colors are Createx paints. Let me ask you this: I put a coat of Minwax spray polyurethane over the top to seal the paint. Do you think this enough or will I need to use a coat of 2 ton epoxy to protect the paint and prevent it from washing off? Everything I've read on this site suggests that I need to use 2 ton epoxy but I don't want it to effect the action. Is spray poly enough? -Thanks! -
Nice looking bait. The twin offset hooks at the front is a nice idea for better hookups. Jerkbaits are notoriously poor hooking baits. -
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Nice walleye pattern Yake. Overall, it has a very different and realistic look compared to your more stylized perch patterns of this series. Great coloration.