Pitbull Baits Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 I am trying to figure out the color light hitch. I am trying to make it but seem to be having a couple issues with it. Heres a link to tackleware house Jerry Rago mini bv swimbaits. Thats the light hitch I amlooking for on their color chart. http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Jerry_Rago_Mini_BV_3D_Inline_Swimbait/descpage-JRMBV.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryanmc Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 I am trying to figure out the color light hitch. I am trying to make it but seem to be having a couple issues with it. Heres a link to tackleware house Jerry Rago mini bv swimbaits. Thats the light hitch I amlooking for on their color chart. http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Jerry_Rago_Mini_BV_3D_Inline_Swimbait/descpage-JRMBV.html I can tell you that the back is green pumpkin and gold pearl powder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB GONE Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Seems it is a different color with each Rago style/bait you look at. The others I looked at look brown on the top. Rago Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Seems it is a different color with each Rago style/bait you look at. The others I looked at look brown on the top. Rago Jim That's the dark hitch you've got there Jim. He's looking at the light hitch. I would try watermelon brown about 2 drops to start in 4 oz. of plastic. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB GONE Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 That's the dark hitch you've got there Jim. He's looking at the light hitch. I would try watermelon brown about 2 drops to start in 4 oz. of plastic. www.novalures.com I meant to go to the light hitch bait on that page. The back is more brown on this bait vs the one that was originally shown. The first bait looks more yellow.... Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 I meant to go to the light hitch bait on that page. The back is more brown on this bait vs the one that was originally shown. The first bait looks more yellow.... Jim Okee doakee. Thought we had lost ya Jim. lol www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitbull Baits Posted March 16, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 Sorry just have had anytime to tinker with it to get it right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bass-Boys Posted March 16, 2011 Report Share Posted March 16, 2011 (edited) my opinion is that its very lite root beer. on the one link Jim posted.. the original post light hitch is a different color hmm.. Edited March 16, 2011 by Bass-Boys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitbull Baits Posted March 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 Heres what I have came up with on the pictures. I noticed on one picture on another site I was looking at the stock picture looked yellow. The last thread I posted on I said it looked burnt. I am thinking they used a natural lighting because that will give you a yellowish tint to your baits. Witht he other pictures I am wondering what might on been close to the swimbaits when the picture was taken or the angle was slightly different. Thoes ideas would also cause the colors to be slightly different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rixon529 Posted March 17, 2011 Report Share Posted March 17, 2011 (edited) As so many others have mentioned over the years - everyone's computer monitor is different and likely no two will show the exact same colors. In this instance, not only does that principle apply but there is a profound difference in the originals from the links cited by Pitbull and Jim. Both are tacklewarehouse pages. But when compared side-by-each, there is a distinct difference between the two. Pitbull's link (top) is a line through bait. Jim's link (bottom) is a top hook bait. That SHOULD be the only difference, but that alone tells me that the two baits are from two different batches of plastic and therefore mixed differently. See attachment. I'm inclined to agree somewhat with Pitbull Baits - at least some of the difference in the two pictures is likely based on the original photographer's lighting. Perhaps there was a deliberate attempt to give more backlighting to the line through bait to show its "internals"... The colors in these two pics are different enough that they would likely be reached through two very different recipes. This is why I don't try too hard to acknowledge "existing" manufacturer's colors. I might be inclined to tinker with coloring too get in the same church, but not the exact pew... Edited March 17, 2011 by rixon529 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 What it comes down to is that there is no better way to copy a color than to have the actual bait in your hands. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitbull Baits Posted March 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 What it comes down to is that there is no better way to copy a color than to have the actual bait in your hands. www.novalures.com Nova have you tried to do that with zooms? Go to three different stores and buy the same color and all three are different lol . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB GONE Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 This is why I don't try too hard to acknowledge "existing" manufacturer's colors. I might be inclined to tinker with coloring too get in the same church, but not the exact pew... Amen brother!!!!! I am sure the colors we put out ourselves are as good as or better than what I see from larger manufacturers. Especially injection companies that have some very suspect quality control. I have noticed a few color combos I put out last year showing up in some cataloges this year. Sure that happens for many that pour/inject from TU. Maybe we should call up some of these companies and suggest a 1 for 1 recipe swap on some colors??? Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted March 18, 2011 Report Share Posted March 18, 2011 Nova have you tried to do that with zooms? Go to three different stores and buy the same color and all three are different lol . I hear ya. They might be farming some the work out to several companys. Either that or the guys who mix the colors don't give a darn. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB GONE Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 (edited) OK, I couldn't stand it!!! I know I have a boat load of baits to be making for those waiting but here is my first and only try at Light Hitch. The blue doesn't show in this picture good but it is right on. Had my "bad" camera with today so the pictue really doesn't show the colors that good.. Sent first batch to a buddy in AZ for testing and color approval and he gave it his stamp of approval big time. Caught a 7.6 on his first trip out with them. He told me the color is very comparable to the major companies out there.... And now.... the recipe I used... Top: 4oz 1 drop amber brown (LC), 2 drops smoke pearl copper (M-F) Middle: 4oz 6 drops non-bleed blue (M-F) Bottom: 4oz 2 drops iradescent pearl (M-F), 1 drop pearlescent (M-F) dash of meduim silver holo flake Hope this helps!!! Jim Edited March 28, 2011 by ghostbaits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitbull Baits Posted March 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 Nice Ghost I did tinker with it but I made mine with a deeper blue pearl vein. I didn't add any pearls into it other then the vein. The first one I did was almost perfect but I was to lazy to go check the pictures and added a bunch of blue lol. I guess they will work better in the dirty waters of Nebraska better lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerworm Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 i knew i liked you for a reason jim!! great job matching that hitch!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerfire Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 Nice job Jim! Hey Pitbull, how a picture of yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryanmc Posted March 29, 2011 Report Share Posted March 29, 2011 2 drops smoke pearl copper (M-F) I couldn't find this on MF's site. Is it discontinued or did I over look it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitbull Baits Posted March 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 I couldn't find this on MF's site. Is it discontinued or did I over look it? I think he means copper lumina its like the pearls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB GONE Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 (edited) I couldn't find this on MF's site. Is it discontinued or did I over look it? No, I meant copper smoke pearl. I don't have any copper lumina. They might not sell it (YET). I was on the testing end of colors Jeff was toying with at M-F. There are plenty of others like blue smoke pearl, purple smoke pearl, silver smoke pearl, green SP, etc. He must not have added the copper on??? The GREAT things about these is that they are liquid so they allow your bait to remain completely transluscent. The powders toughen your bait up (which to me means a decrease in action) and makes the plastic more opaque. Maybe send Jeff a note and he can add it on to the options..... Sorry Jeff... Jim Edited March 30, 2011 by ghostbaits Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryanmc Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 (edited) No, I meant copper smoke pearl. I don't have any copper lumina. They might not sell it (YET). I was on the testing end of colors Jeff was toying with at M-F. There are plenty of others like blue smoke pearl, purple smoke pearl, silver smoke pearl, green SP, etc. He must not have added the copper on??? I have gold smoke pearl. I guess that might get me close, but not near as close as you got. Edited March 30, 2011 by bryanmc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB GONE Posted March 30, 2011 Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 I have gold smoke pearl. I guess that might get me close, but not near as close as you got. LOL!!! I almost used gold but then put it back down as I decided I needed to go more brownish than goldish. It was my first instinct though!!! I bet the fish would still eat with gold and it might be a good change..... Hmmmm... Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pitbull Baits Posted March 30, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2011 M-F sent me a new color with my last order. Its called Brown May. I haven't seen it for sale yet. I haven't used it yet been to busy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadslinger Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 I can tell you that the back is green pumpkin and gold pearl powder. Bryanmc YOU ARE EXACTLY RIGHT ON THE COLOR also you can do it wit green pumpkin but you have to have the gold pearl powder no matter what Thanks Tad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
