Musky Glenn

I didn't mean to imply that there was anything wrong with the old Abu's, At that young age, I hadn't been taught the finer points of thumb control at the end of the cast. Musky Glenn

Just a quick question from someone who hasn't used ball jigs. What is the purpose of the swivel? Looks like it would work just as good without it, but surely it doesn't. Smalljaw, I went to your gallery section and saw your jigs and spinnerbaits. They look nice. Musky Glenn

Smalljaw, I have no problem with you at all. I just wanted to see a better jig as these look as good as any I have seen. I only tie for my own use and use bucktails from my friends who kill deer. I use other materials some times as the need arises. I would still like to see your jigs are they posted in the gallery? Thanks for your explanation of better quality materials. Musky Glenn

Smalljaw, how about posting a photo of your jig. I would like to see one better than Makokeith's. I just don't see anything that makes me think these are made with regular material and not high quality material. Just my $.02 worth. Musky Glenn

Are you wanting the hook slot in the plastic or the alum. mold? Since this is the soft plastic forum I would think you would need to add a flat metal plate to the alum. mold to create a void in the plastic. But then you could be wanting to pour a Bull Dawg type lure in which you would need a hook slot cut in the alum. for the hook to lay in so you can pour plastic around the hook. Kind of confusing to me. Musky Glenn

I enjoy the history of how fishing tackle evolves in certain countries. I remember using one of my uncles red ambassadeur reels about 1960. Man, what a birds nest that turned out to be. One cast is all I got, but I never forgot it. One other thing he taught me might help on your effort to cast farther. Take two steps forward cast and walk back, an easy way to gain a couple of yards distance. lol Keep the information coming. Musky Glenn

I am starting to like the foam better than cork. Good cork rings are close to a buck each. Musky Glenn

They don't, there fore you have to put a water proof clear coat over the top of them. Musky Glenn

Great action on that small lure. I love that big wobble. Did you consider boring a hole for the ball bearings instead of using the straw? Congratulations on a successful lure. Musky Glenn

I guess you tried a slow retrieve as speed usually doesn't work to good. Musky Glenn

I can't really answer that question but I would like to have five of them. How much for five to my door. 28752 Musky Glenn

Hope you get it worked out, love those scales. Great looking lure. Musky Glenn

This looks like what I am looking for. Is that lighter than lime? I can't tell. Musky Glenn http://www.nefga.org/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=32246&d=1331949845

Clear finger nail polish is really all that is needed but you can cover it up with epoxy if you want to go to that much more work. If you put epoxy on for protection, you could save some time by painting a white base coat instead of powder paint. They look great to me. Musky Glenn

Great looking lures. Thanks for sharing with us. My wife pitches a fit when I cut the handles off our spoons! lol

Thanks Cadman, I use d2t all the time and just never thought of applying it to the fresh lead. I will give that a try. That nice silver head is a good match for a live minnow shine. Who would have thunk it would have been that simple, but I never tried it. That is what makes this site so wonderful. You just never know when someone will shine a light on a problem. Thanks again Cadman. Musky Glenn

It is like Spandex and I believe is made by DuPont or was. It has a lot of stretch to it like waist band material. The only way I ever saw it was in a single strand spool and you just double up as many times as you wanted strands in each skirt. Never saw it on Musky lures. Nothing like Flashabou. http://www.livingrubber.com/index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=shop.browse&category_id=3&Treeid=31&Itemid=2

I really like a char and white spinner bait when made with lumiflex. I ordered my lumiflex a while back and when it came the white was correct. The char. is char. but on the yellow side. The char. that I am looking for has a green tint to it. Anyone know where to buy this shade of char. Thanks for any help you may have. Musky Glenn

I really like a char and white spinner bait when made with lumiflex. I ordered my lumiflex a while back and when it came the white was correct. The char. is char. but on the yellow side. The char. that I am looking for has a green tint to it. Anyone know where to buy this shade of char. Thanks for any help you may have. Musky Glenn

Del's always been good for me. Musky Glenn

Most eyes are sticky back and will stay on until you can apply a clear coat over them which actually does the holding. I haven't had any trouble doing them this way. Honestly, for my own spinner baits, I prefer to dab paint to make my own eyes. If I could keep the pure lead shinning, I wouldn't use any paint on the head of my own personal spinner baits. Musky Glenn

A lot of factory lures don't seem to have a clear coat, just paint that shines. But then they honestly don't look as good as the ones shown on this site. There are paints out there that will shine on their own but they aren't water based paints. All this drives up the cost and ease of cleaning up. It is usually a trade off on what you want to end up with and how many lures you are painting at a time. I just marvel at how good clear coats make a sorry paint job look. That is what brings out the twinkle in my eye. Some of the sorriest paint jobs you will find are on factory wood musky lures. Very little durability. A lot of them need a clear coat straight from the factory. Musky Glenn

The first thing I do each session is to spray straight water through the gun to make sure there isn't a problem with the gun. If it won't spray water it won't spray paint. If it will spray water then it should spray paint if the paint isn't to thick. Sometimes the neck part of the cup needs cleaning. I use the paint bottles that attach under the gun and the paint is bad to dry in the filler tube. First thing I would do is get air coming through the gun with out any paint. I would start taking it apart from the back end of the gun and see where the air stops passing. Airbrushes are simple, just small parts to work with. Curing no air is harder than curing a small amount of air. Because you may not be able to get cleaner deep enough to penetrate the dried paint or trash that gets sucked into a brush. If it is a piece of lint, like off a pipe cleaner, solvent won't remove that. If you are considering buying a new brush, it sure won't hurt to tear that one all the way down first. Good luck. Musky Glenn

I buy mine out of the scrap pile at Lowes. Super price for small stuff they can't sell. It's not Lexan brand but works nicely so far. Musky Glenn

I'm sure you checked to see air is going through the hose at the gun connection. Musky Glenn