koop
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Nice. What did you make the fins from? -
1-3/8" and 1-3/4" basswood bluegills, foiled but still need some touch ups and belly spray. -
Love the wings and their casing. Looks just like the June bugs we have (except the colring). -
Love the gill/plate detail and the clean, crisp foil work. -
They're goose biots (I think - old fly tying material I had - think they come off the leading edge of a goose quill) - usually used for nymph tails and legs. I glue them in a small groove using epoxy or superglue. -
Another 3" large diving beetle, foiled and hand painted to give some flash.
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Love the nice fatness of it. How does it sit in the water? -
Look good - like the foiling with the pattern. How big are they and what kind of action do they have? -
I did the scales with the backside of a linoleum block cutting tool (for making linolum block prints/artwork). It's the backside that fits into the handle - still have to be a litlle careful so it doesn't cut the foil up too much. -
3" foiled basswood minnow (can't remember which minnow I originally carved the shape after).
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4+"basswood crappie (based more on the shape vs the paint). -
Thanks. It was hard posting after seeing your brown bullhead - I really liked yours. My next one might have actual whiskers instead of trying to carve them. -
5+ inch basswood bullhead with carved head. Originally tried to make the shape work as a swimbait, but worked better as a jerkbait. When retrieved it slowly swims head up to surface like a bullhead heading up for a gulp of air. It still needs an additional coat of epoxy (missed a few spots and I don't have a drying wheel yet), plus a better tail.
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In the past, I used to use a shape copier (a wood workworker's tool for reproducing moldings). It has a series of movable wires that move to get a fairly accurate copy of the shape. I liked to use it for copying the vertical profile of a bait and then make a layout of side view, top view, as well as cross sections at various points along the bait. The simpler methods already mentioned work well for only a side view. Kent
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2 3/4" foiled basswood bluegill with carved head/gills. -
Nice!! I love catfish - been working on a few myself. Love the colors, tail and whiskers (what did you use for the whiskers? - looks great). You've been busy lately - like everything you've been doing. -
I'll get an email off to him to see if he still has it and can get a picture(he has the "misfortune" to live in Hawaii now). I'm pretty sure he does, hopefully I can get him to get back to me soon.
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I remember the lure (I think my brother still has one). I don't know that it's still being made, but what I remember it looked like a spinner blade mounted in the front of the jig head with a hole for the line tie. It originally came with a 5-6" rigged black worm on the back. It seems like it wouldn't be too hard to duplicate (I think my brother tried making a few). If you want I can try to get a picture of one from him (I'm sure he has it yet). You would have to modify a jig mold so the blade could be cast into the head and tied to the hook. Kent
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2 1/4" basswood mouse with bent bill. Tail occasionally tangles in hook giving it a slightly different action. -
I had a lot of overspray onto the sides, which looked terrible so I tried to wipe some of it off. It ended up looking more like a rough handled fish with missing scales, so I ended up keeping it that way. Sometimes a mistake can lead to a nice surprise. -
Basswood 7" trout glider, foiled and photofinish.Tried to finish with rattle can and nearly ruined it (so now I'm going to finally get the airbrush going). Still needs a another clearcoat or two and some screweyes.
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Like all of your swimbaits and the variety of patteerns you did. Are all of these out of pvc? I like the tails - are they lexan or a soft tail (they look soft)? Great work. -
Like this one a lot - nice design, color, and tail. How big is the body? How did you weight it (I'm assuming you weighted it since it sinks)? How did you seal the hole through the body? I can imagine various sizes for bass or pike. Koop -
Geflex sounds like it would work very well, but isn't easy to find in the 'states'. Does anyone know where to find it in the U.S.? Sounds like it would be nice to use for mold making too. Kent
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Nice work. How big are they and how deep do they dive? Do they troll well? Do you make your own bent lips?
