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Why such heavy wire. Lurepartsonline has wire up to.062.

While trying to recreate the color "KVD Kick" from strike king I wasted the last 8 oz of my caney creek plastic so I got alittle inventive and found some test tubes that I had and filled them half up with mineral oil then took all the colors that I thought could possibly match and started adding one drop of this and one drop of that. After only a few minutes I had a pretty good match only using the suspected colors I originately thought. Blue and watermelon. Then I threw in a little .015 silver holo and gold glitter. Added alittle .035 balck glitter. shake it up like a snow globe and wallah! KVD Kick in a test tube. Although I dont know the drops per oz for color mixing, I am now confident that this new method of testing will save me time and money in the future. This might not be a bullet proof idea but might be a helpfull tip for someone else in a bind like myself. Joe

I got to gander mountain today and they had one bag of the kvd kick tubes left. After getting home and washing the salt off the color looks gren with a blue hint in it. If I had to name it it would be sea water green. On my next order I'm going to have to buy quit a few colors I think and then just go to work on figuring it out. It does look like a great color for my neck of the woods.

Next time I make a trip to Gander mountain I'm definetly going to get a bag of the tubes. I don't make my own tubes yet and would love to try these on lake mill lacs for some smallmouth! Thanks for the replys guys!

I seen kvd using it on the bass pros dvd I have. He was using the tube on the show, it looks light blue green to me. gold and silver glitter. I didn't notice the black flake the first time. Thanks for posting the pic. I'm assuming the color choice I tried isnt going to get me much closer but will have to do since I don't have many colors. I will be putting in another order soon so any color advice for this one would be great.

I tried copying this color tonight with limited success. my recipe was: .5 drop lc blue per oz 1 drop lc watermelon per oz gold gltter silver holo glitter Has anyone else tried to tackle this color. was thinking it might be a nice color for the natural lakes around me.

Hey guys, I've almost got every thing for my next set of custom rods but am not satisfied with the aluminum trim rings I ordered from Mudhole. Although I have not recieced them yet I know the width ( from the pics) is to wide for my liking. My question to you all is were can I get a thinner ring for to butt section of my split grip handle I'm going to make. Also, Can we get these in any other material than aluminum? Joe

thanks for the reply Mattman. If I choose to go with micros on my spinning rods do I go with standard guides toward the base and then switch to micros at the tip. Or can smaller guides be used threw out. Also, has anyone used the new style of split handle that comes on the st croix legend tourney rods? I might go with one of those if it is nicer than the minima one.

Hey guys its been a while since I've been on this side of the forums. I just purchased a few of the sc5 blanks from mudhole they have on sale and want to built the rod as light as possible.Is the cost to performance worth going from the ring lock guide up to fujis sicarb. the one rod I bought is the 7.5' mh rated up to 1.25 oz. I will mostly use it as a bigger jig rod with spiral wrappings. Also has anyone used micros on spinning gear yet? I bought two of those toaday also and was wondering if I should give it a go? Thanks Joe

i'll take the 1 - 4-1/4" Kodiak Craw, Hand Pour - $35 - Shipping Included 1 - 5" Kodiak Craw, Hand Pour - $45 - Shipping Included. I'll pm you my email for paypal bill.

Thanks for the heads up. I know who I will buy my ring fry mold from now!

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I have tried plastic that I got off ebay before but it stays white and it stinks to much for me . I'll be pouring, but with hopes of using BT twinjector later to make some ring fry. I actually got the plastic today and tried a 4 oz pour and I can't believe the difference in quality. I'm glad I went with CCM.

I don't know what would be best, But i think if you combine them in a 5 gallon bucket and cut the jugs open to scrape the hard pack out then use a drill powered paint stirrer, it would whip it in.

I'm glad to hear that about ccm. I ordered one gallon of there medium plastic. might cost a tad more but haven't heard one negative about it. I did order my colors/ scents from bears since the price is comparable and his scents were the ones I wanted to try first. spendy shipping to MN though, must have been the quart of salt I ordered with it.

That's what I was leaning toward. kinda hard to pull the trigger though. thanks for the speedy reply.

I've been searching for a couple hours (reading other posts to get tips) now. And have'nt seen anything on what hardness of caney creek people are using for bass lures? I'll be pouring ring worms and other similar baits. Should I start with regular or get soft and add hardner as I go? Does anyone have quick guidelines for types of plastic to types of lures or styles? Hope its easy enough, I got a shopping cart full and just need one other item.

Do any of the open pour molds have any action in the claws that are sold by a retailer, I would like an aluminum one for consistency if it exists?

I have a POP mold in the works right now. I was hoping someone made an open pour mold for convenience, consistency and price. Thanks for the reply's

yeah, I'm just wondering about the action those molds give the bait. Or which hand pour mold gives the best flapping motion like the paca craw?

I've been reading that the paca craw chunk has some pretty desirable action. I've been using these trailers for some time now but would like to hand pour some with similar action. My question is does someone sell an aluminun hand pour mold with good action compared to the paca or should I make my own out of a chunk I have? Thanks guys, Joe

I too have been looking for this size and the closest I have found is dels 4.5 incher.. If you find a 4, let me know

Thanks for the replies guys. I'll definitely check that out.

Hey guys, been a long time since I've visited the website and the addiction is already setting in. My question is, does anyone know of a good garlic scent like lake fork tackle uses? I'm going to purchase a ring fry mold from bass tackle and the twinjector kit and was wondering about the scent to complete my favorite softies. Thanks in advance, Joe