Musky Glenn

One will probably turn up on ebay.

I have been in contact with Pauline and they sold out a couple of months ago. Thank you for the lead.

Mark, I can find them listed in old Catalogues, but none current. I would love a lead. Thank You

Well, it turned out to be a Kinami Rad Shad, color is k603 ghost shad. GOT ANY, PLEASE!!!

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Mudhole.com is a good place to buy eyes new. Try Fugi Hardloy.

Is it the blade or the clevis that quick clips?

I did a lot of trolling for Stripers this summer at night. The hot lure for several weeks was the #18 original floating Rapala. The best two colors was Hot Steel and Purplescent. Many nights we would usually start catching them on the Hot Steel as it first got black dark. An hour later the Purplescent would be catching about as many. An hour later the Purplescent would be the only one getting hit. There were four of us trolling with five rods (3 lead core and 2 down riggers) We would usually get our limit of 20 by midnight. This was on Lake Murray in SC. The limit said you had to keep all you caught up to 5 per person. That color choice went on for many weeks.

From my experience in repairing rods and reels, its not the cheap stuff that gets repaired, but the middle of the pack quality stuff. Most people don't realize how few parts are interchangeable, so stocking parts just doesn't work on a small scale operation. If you can find good quality reels that are very cheap, repair them, sell them instead of saving them for parts because it is usually the same part in any certain reel that always wears out. You can order new parts and be able to guarantee your work. We need repair people to maintain reels as they are always changing models and parts. There used to be a company that would sell you a BUNCH of schematics to use for ordering parts. I believe they went out of business. It is easy to find schematics online now. There is a company that sells parts and does repairs through the big Bass Pro Shop Catalogue. Check out what they set as a starting labor charge. Good luck, Musky Glenn

I just wanted to know if anyone has tried to spray base coats with any of those cheap single action, external mix air brushes. They have a large tip and seems like it might work, never owned one. Thanks

I'd like to thank Washougal for straightening me out. I was wrong about the ring size. I use a plastic template that has studs that you can slip the broken eye over to check the size and it is layed out in 64th. The part I forgot is, on the back of the template is a conversion chart to mm. The template is available from Mudhole.com . Thanks again.

Here are some on ebay. Copy and paste. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Worm-Jig-Fishing-Lures-Baits-Glass-Rattles-Insert-Tube-Rattles-Shake-Attract-Fly-/322136610625?var=&hash=item4b00d69741:m:mzWd8Hj-2XWArI4XaSkBBKA

I have actually looked at THOUSANDS of foreign lures trying to exactly match that lure and have not been able to find it. I am starting to think that it may have been an older lure that is now discontinued. Two things that are most often different are the inside chamber and the bill (length, shape, angle or material) Thanks for all your help. Glenn Grindstaff

Here is a 10 pack for $3.60. http://www.lurepartsonline.com/Online-Store/Rattles_2/

www.mudhole.com is a good place to view eyes to match style of eyes. I believe measuring the inside of the eye in 64's of an inch will give you the eye size. May have to measure the eyes on each side of it if it is missing.

I don't believe you will tell a difference. Why close stores when they are making profits. Profits from both stores go into the same pocket now.

I have that lure and man it looks very similar but is a size larger. I'm probably worrying about nothing. I'm sure the result of that lure catching so many bass was due to my exceptional ability to run a crank bait. lol

I have caught muskies on both type of lures and never had an eye give trouble. The only lure that ever pulled out was on two different weedless Jitterbugs on Stick Marsh in Fla. Bass jerked the tail hook out as they mount the hook in a plastic piece and press it in the end of the Jitterbug, great lure for over grass. Musky Glenn

I'd tie up a few samples and have the customer approve them before tying that much time and money into something not knowing for sure.

It would be helpful if you had some model numbers of rods that met your requirements. Your explanations mean different things to different people. Good luck.

Chuck, as good as this one looks, it is not the one that I was looking for. The weight transfer is missing out of the bottom slot. Outside shape is off a little. Bill is different. Still very close. Thanks for all the help.

Chuck Young, those look very close. Have you ever ordered from China. I'm just uncertain about that transaction. Thank you.

Make a frog model shaped like the inside of the frog out of styrofoam, dip in what ever you want the out side to be then a few drops of gas will desolve the styrofoam out of the body.

I appreciate all the help and ideas but so far none have shown to be the same. I spent a long time looking over wlures and alibaba lures today. In all there were over 3000 lures (not all different) that I looked at. Some were solid painted so I couldn't see the internal structure. I'll just keep looking, again thanks for all your help. Musky Glenn

osutodd, The scales are molded in. The paint was shot at an angle so it didn't fill in the low spots between each scale.