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Hi all. I am heading for a military bass tourney on the Red River in Alexandria, La in May. I am from out west and have never fished out that way and any help... hints would be helpful. Forage, hazards, tested and true colors/patterns etc... Thanks in advance and we'll see you on the water!

stumbled across this at Cabelas site. Has anyone ever used one of these and if so what is your feedback? Looking at for luremaking application not rod building, thanks all! Cabela's -- Pacific Bay Epoxy Mixer

First off "Hooah!" and thanks brother, thanks to you and your family for the sacrifice. I know its not easy but just watch your 6, keep your head down and come home safe. As far as the plastics. You can buy some very inexpensive molds from Bobs, Janns, Del-mart etc to start off with. Get a couple and get the feel of it. I get almost all of my plastic supplies from Del at del-mart. plastics, colors, glitter etc. There are a ton of great plastic threads to teach you the ropes. I prefer the microwave method as I dont pour in mass quantities. As far as airbrushing. There are a lot of great brushes out there and it is endless at the things you can do. its all about imagination and most importantly, layers. I prefer a gravity fed airbrush and a compressor with a regulator. Experiment on old cranks, pvc pipe etc. Have your wife start saving old panty hose, loofas, netting etc. I have to warn you up front that it will quickly become an obsession. Again, thank you for taking the watch. You are a great American and a true Hero. Stay safe and we will see you on the water when you return brother.

My pointer would be...RUN! far, far away!! Those are a great start. I say run because now youre life will be taken over by this. It by no means a hobby...it is an obsession. Welcome to the cult.

Could be a number of things; temp of the etex, how you mixed it, what you mixed it with, how and what you put it on with etc... Hit it with a hair dryer for a minute when you put it on the wheel and it should solve your issues.

Very nice concept... run with that bad boy as fast as you can

Bassky, give pvc a try. I love it and wont go back to wood. If you dont like it you are only out a few bucks.

I have among all the other clutter...half eaten bag of popcorn, 2-3 half full bottles of water, 3 sebile magic swimmers primed, a handful of LC's primed (half with first couple colors) several cranks ready to topcoat, a bunch of rough cut pvc blanks, couple of prototypes (frankensteins) that I revisit daily...oh and a big plano box of banged up lures my buddy brought me to "fix".

Lili, all I use now is micro fibbets and I love them. Do a search on the computer, I cant remember where I bought my last batch from (on work computer) but they will come from a fly tying outfitter/supplier. As far at thinning and tail placement. A lot of them come with a pretty big base and I will dremel the overage until I am close to having it where I want it. If you clean up too much it will fall apart but a lighter will reset the ends. I generally will put it in my tail slot with D2T and then make sure all gaps are filled with it. Hope that helps.

Stocking up on a small sheet of diff size eyes is a good way to start. If you like the eyes, keep them on. Some of my repaints I wont mess with the eyes, like Sebile Magic Swimmers. In cases like that I will use "Misket" and cover them. It is like frisket for airbrushing but is a liquid and can be applied with a brush. Apply it on the eye/area you want protected from paint and when you are done painting peel it off. Its a very easy and clean process.

If you do use an airbrush stick with water based paints like Createx and thin with windex and you'll be fine.

Snax... nicely done!

Milia! ... now that just aint right!