gliders Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 So not to sidetrack dales crackle question, I'll ask in separate thread. Why was crackle pattern originally used on lures especially older u.s and canadian lures ? I know the method came from another industry, but why on lures. Was it originally a semi imitative pattern of specific prey like frogs,or was it simply to give a broken up two tone effect ? Thanks...glider Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AZ Fisher Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 I think it's just cause they look cool. One more thing that a fisherman has to have and it's an easy process to produce and it looks different. Don't know about the older lures, I've just started seeing them in the last few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted March 13, 2017 Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 I think it was originally to give a finer grained contrasting paint scheme over the entire bait, which helped break up it's silhouette so the fish didn't get as good a look at it. I did it because I like how it looked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gliders Posted March 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2017 (edited) Thats what I was wondering mark,kind of like a grizzle hackle on some fly patterns. When I say older lures A.Z , i suppose its relative !Woodieb8 I just seen your other post about frog type pattern,thats kinda what I remember, was it just another one day wonder to catch fishermen or did/do they have anything about them in terms of hard results ? Edited March 13, 2017 by gliders 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodieb8 Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 crackle frog died out and now has made a resurgence..like any other bait,it has its days here on st clair. crackle can be done in a multitude of colors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clemmy Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 As far as I know, crackle paint for lures Started way back with Heddon. http://www.antiquelures.com/heddon/Heddon_early_collection/Heddon_lures_3.htm craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clemmy Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 And just so folks don't think phot finishing lures is new either, Shakespeare had "photo finish" lures back then: http://www.antiquelures.com/images/shkfloat.jpg craig Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodieb8 Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 heddon ,yes I believe you are correct. I remember back in the 1950,s looking but not touching my dads heddons,plufeugers.,pikies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted March 14, 2017 Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 I did a search for crackle paint in the Hardbaits Gallery. I found this as the earliest mention of it here: I think that's around the time when I began fooling around with crackle paint, too. I know it was because of someone's post here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gliders Posted March 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 14, 2017 A good history lesson ! And just noticed the title should read-origin of crackle,oops... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW Lures Posted March 15, 2017 Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 Purpose was servered Gliders. It was a good lesson for sure. I started paint some ten plus years ago and it was around then. I just wasn't sure, I started reading some write ups or videos about the painting technique, maybe in the last 6-7 years. The glue question was just curiosity. I've seen some pretty cool patterns. Will these schemes catch fish as well as a natural scheme, who knows. I'm going to give the glue a try and I'm going to get some manufacture compounds. Just to see what will work better. Dale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gliders Posted March 15, 2017 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2017 Good stuff dale,crack on........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
