All Eyes
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Very cool! Looks like a bear got ahold of it. Awesome job on this one!!! -
Gold foiled cedar shiner. 3 1/2" weighted floater. -
Carved gill plates before foil. -
Another one with the serious WOW factor. In other words... a typical Fatfingers bait. Great job! -
Dusted with Createx Chameleon Gem Sapphire that only appears in direct light. Very cool how it vanishes and reappears as you move it around. Notice how it only shows up on the head in this picture, even though the whole back is covered with it. -
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When selecting wood for baits, I look for pieces that have a tight, straight grain minus knots or other irregularities. . While the side profile may look like a straight grain, the ends of the boards are more telling. Notice how vertically straight the grain is on the left, while the board on the right is in a circular pattern. The end result after shaping appears as a stacked laminate. -
Not laminated. It's just the grain of the wood.
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6 1/2" baits getting ready for paint. -
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Thank you! This one has a carved gill plate and is gold foiled. Transparent green over the gold makes a nice antifreeze color that looks pretty cool on these perch baits. -
TY all for the kind words! The eyes on these were made by epoxying over these small half dome beads on top of gold leaf foil. Just a drop of epoxy over each bead and let them run down onto the foil. Once dry I pop them out with a paper punch. They bug out a bit more than the standard 3-D eyes. -
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Thank you Braided and fatfingers! These bluegill patterns are fun to paint. There are 9 different colors in this one.
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This is a color scheme that I like on my squarebill bass cranks, so thought I'd try it out on a musky bait. -
This is one good looking bait! I love the gill plates and overall paint on this one. Just beautiful. -
Thanks a lot Vince! Have a great musky season! -
Baits like this are why I like checking the gallery often. Amazing work! -
Handcarved crawfish crank
All Eyes commented on Gastonfishlures's gallery image in Best Homemade Hardbait
This bait is hot. I keep looking at it and it just keeps getting better. -
Thank you! I use an Iwata HP-CS airbrush with Auto Air, Createx, and Wicked water based paint. They are sealed in multiple coats of EnviroTex epoxy. -
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Thank you! This is gold leaf foil that I picked up from Pat Catan's. Other craft stores carry it also, Michael's, Hobby Lobby etc.
