Musky Glenn

I never liked paying someone to do something that I could do so I learned to do many things. A few of the things that I never mastered was stick welding, walking the dog with a right hand reel, and a double action trigger air brush. (As soon as I went to left hand reels, I could walk the dog, jerking right handed) Dumb me. I admire all the great videos of those fancy air brush tricks to show how to learn to air brush. Just wasted on my two left hands with ten thumbs. lol Musky Glenn

Not to discourage BUT, given the small area of the head of a jig, some other head design might be better. Musky Glenn

I tie ole school with black nylon thread. A couple of wraps around the rubber and you can still take your fingers and reposition the rubber to even it out. Pull tight add additional wraps and seal with Sally Hansen finger nail polish, never comes loose. Musky Glenn

I have had a couple of the double action air brushes and they were a lot smarter than I was. I just never could get the hang of that trigger. I have been using a single action Badger and it works well for me. I usually paint larger musky lures so a paint roller would probably do for what I need. lol Musky Glenn

I do all my bending with round nose pliers and have no problems. Musky Glenn

Those are a great vise and nearly indestructable. They make some cheap vises that have the ability to rotate your work so that you can see the bottom without taking it out of the vise that makes tying a lot easier. Enjoy your vise it is a good one. Musky Glenn

I agree with Rayburnguy, Trans. Sunrise Yellow over chrome or shinny tape gives the best gold I have seen. I love to watch it change from yellow to gold as you dry it with a hairdryer. There is a big difference in how it looks from wet to dry stage. Musky Glenn

The mepps clevis has a leading edge and must be installed a certain way. I really doubt it is any better than a standard folded clevis. Just my two cents. Musky Glenn

TheSilverFox times 2. Musky Glenn

That caught me off guard about the Believer also. I always finish with d2t and just hang to dry. Never had a problem with them. Musky Glenn

Smalljaw times 2. More distance between body and blade. Musky Glenn

That's a good one Rayburnguy. I'm so tired I couldn't hold my head up straight so it looked normal to me. lol

www.lurepartsonline.com if they don't have it you don't need it. lol Musky Glenn

Mr. Scrogg times 2, I don't believe you want a spinner bait hook rotating. Musky Glenn

Nathan great web site, I have no problem with the way photo's are handled. I have a finished basement room that is cluttered to the max. I wouldn't want anyone to use my dungeon as an example of where to paint. lol I may clean it up enough one day to share. I never was one for neatness, but I do admire seeing yours. Musky Glenn

Diemai, Great video as always. It was very entertaining and informative. I am always impressed at how your second language is so much easier to understand than my southern, red neck, Jerry Clower sounding voice. Keep up the good work. Musky Glenn

Travis times 2. I would be for showing all photos right here without having to roam around to glance at what is being talked about. Question or no question. Musky Glenn

To insure a complete seal from moisture, it really helps to apply any finish to a smooth surface. One of the roughest places to apply finish is inside of a hole. They are always rough and have relative high and low spots. Any rubbing of wire against these high spots tends to wear the sealer off. I would also agree with Salty about the quality of finish of BLO, poor choice for durability. Probably the best way to seal the hole would be with a copper or Stainless Steel tube glued inside the lure for the wire to run through. This could be glued in place and sealed nicely at each end or glued all the way through. Hook hangers in the middle would be a problem that could be worked out. To end all of these problems would be to do as Mark Poulson suggest and use PVC, that ends all these problems. But if you are going to build with wood and have a wire that rotates inside of the wood, consider filling the hole completely with d2t, inserting a piece of scrap wire to swirl around to make sure the epoxy is completely sealing the entire length of hole. Remove as much of the epoxy with the scrap wire and continue with the build process. If it is a lure that the wire doesn't rotate, just fill the hole with d2t and leave it full with the wire inside. Wood only shrinks/swells by taking on/loosing moisture. If you want to check quality of seal, just seal inside and outside before you do anything else to the lure, sink it under water overnight. Check it the next morning for cracks, sure way to see the quality of your seal. I love building lures out of wood, even if pvc probably is the better choice. It is hard to beat epoxies for sealing wood. Don't let the problems limit you from using wood, just test and see how good your seals really are. If you solve this problem, the rest of the build is easy. Good Luck, Musky Glenn

Hi David, I don't have the technical info that you are looking for but I have worked with wood and plastic lures long enough to know that there are a bunch of ways to achieve the results you are after. I believe a bunch of the steps you are going through could be eliminated and still have a world class lure. What works for me is 1. The wood only needs paint to achieve a smooth white or black base which can be sanded smooth. An actual sealer at this time is not needed although some like the advantage of being able to wash the lure back down to this level if something goes wrong with the paint job. 2. Wicked Paint is an excellent paint and needs nothing under it except the desired base color of your choice. 3. The finish is the most important step in the whole process. If Solarez is compatible with wicked paint then you are good to go. I favor Devcon two ton epoxy. Sometimes adding extra steps adds extra places for problems, keep it simple. Have fun and good luck. Musky Glenn

I buy mine at Bass Pro where I can actually see the tail I am buying. I have also had good luck with locally killed deer and having the tails donated to me. Be sure to have them tanned. Musky Glenn

My vote is for firetiger, works good in musky lures. Musky Glenn

Try making your own springs and leave the ends as long as you will need. Doesn't take many wraps to have enough stretch to work. Musky Glenn

I have the cordless 7700 two speed and nearly always run it on slow speed. Battery life is good but not for continues work. Only complaint is in working position the hand is on part of the battery and I have trouble with mashing one of the release buttons which disengages the battery. Musky Glenn

RayburnGuy x 2, I even have a couple of those round abu's with the 3.8 to 1 best reel for heavy cranking I ever used.

Am I missing something? I don't have a down/side scan sonar but I have looked at several display models and it just seems like structure shows up nicely but fish are very hard to make out. I know that several models are using both types on a split screen so that you can compare views. Is it really that much better or is it just the "new fad". Do you like your down/side scan, just looking for another idea. Musky Glenn