Tony Maxwell Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 Can't find a post on what color silicone strips to use for specific skirts, I.E. Bluegill. I make up a shiner pattern using clear & white hologram with Pearl for the belly and either gray, black, or blue on the back, with 2 strands of red, for bleeding appearance, on bottom. What colors do you use???? Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rsinyard Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 Haven't tried a bluegill but I did create a yellow perch for a customer sometime back. I used 1/2 strand of orange fish scale on the bottom. 1 tab of chartreuse black fish scale for the body. 1/2 tab of watermeon then 1/2 tab of black for the top. I attached a picture for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted December 20, 2008 Report Share Posted December 20, 2008 Thats part of the fun of making your own skirts, it allows you to make your own version of what it should be. I've seen roughly 50 bluegill patterns and they're all different including my own. I have a few different ones my self from green sunfish to bluegill to shellcracker, have fun and mix it up a bit and see what you come up with, who knows, you may find a pattern thats killer on what you're trying to catch! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkin Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 Good luck with the bluegill pattern! I am on version 23 and still not satisfied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Maxwell Posted December 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 Risnyard, Your perch looks like it would catch the heck out of the smalljaws on Ohios north shore. Thanks. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Maxwell Posted December 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 Munkin, Especially like your red skirt band and the painted head. Have you thought about red eyes??? Thanks for the reply. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkin Posted December 21, 2008 Report Share Posted December 21, 2008 Munkin,Especially like your red skirt band and the painted head. Have you thought about red eyes??? Thanks for the reply. Tony I like the red bands and only use them on bluegill or blk/red skirts. Around here the bluegills do not have red eyes so I stick with the silver for now. I do use the red eyes on the google-eye baits though. Allen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
