Powder Coat Multi-Color Question

[M-D]

One of my favorite jig colors is black / blue. How do you get a black with blue fleck powder coat finish?

[00 mod]

Look at fishingskirts.com. he has the multi color head paint. It is double the work and looks cool, but the fish don't care.

Jeff

[cadman]

There are many options here with powder paint. You can paint the jig black and add blue glitter. You can paint the top black and the bottom C.Blue and then put on blue glitter, or you can paint the jig marble silver and then put on C.blue and then put on blue glitter. Finally you can put on a paint that is blue and has black specks. The possibilites are endless. The only thing I can tell you is this if you are going to do multi-colors and I mean more than 2 colors you have to take your time, be patient and practice.

[M-D]

I absolutely agree this is more about the fisherman than the fish. I have never done it but am convinced I could catch as many fish on an unfinished jig head as one painted up nicely. I guess I just want to try my hand at it. I just want to do a basic black with blue fleck.

If I am understanding correctly, I can get black powder coat paint and add blue fleck to it?

[cadman]

Yes you can buy black powder paint and then buy a blue clear glitter coat. It comes out really nice.

[00 mod]

Yes you can buy black powder paint and then buy a blue clear glitter coat. It comes out really nice.

x2! But if you are in it for looks, check out the boss product I mentioned! It is a real eye catcher!

Jeff

[cadman]

x2! But if you are in it for looks, check out the boss product I mentioned! It is a real eye catcher!

Jeff

Jeff,

I have a similar powder paint to what you are referring to. It is silver and black and then you have to put on the blue. It is a good color, however I don't want to pay $15 for two powder paints so I get mine specially formulated.

[00 mod]

I stick to just solid colors, as I tie my jigs for myself and friends. I think that fancy paint is just for show and to catch the fishermen. 95% of my jig heads are black, brown or olive.

Jeff

[cadman]

I stick to just solid colors, as I tie my jigs for myself and friends. I think that fancy paint is just for show and to catch the fishermen. 95% of my jig heads are black, brown or olive.

Jeff

Jeff,

I agree with you. I fish jigs that are very drab in color black/blue, brown/orange, green pumpklin and maybe a dk purple. That is it. I've tried wht, wht/chart, yellow chart. and multitude of other colors when I first started bass fishing and I still do better with the colors I mentioned. I will even fish my jig until the paint comes off and still catch fish. So a jig gets retired by me when I either lose it, the hook is too dull to sharpen anymore or the weedgurard finally falls out. Raw jigs do catch fish, so some really colorful jigs may be lake specific and definitely catch fishermen's money.

[00 mod]

I'm with you on that one. Jigs get retired when I lose them, hooks are dead, or a toothy critter gets one.

Jeff

[M-D]

+3 on the jig retirement procedures!

[Scorcher214]

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Look at fishingskirts.com. he has the multi color head paint. It is double the work and looks cool, but the fish don't care.

Jeff

OOOOO That is some BOSS looking paint.

And jeff, you'll be happy to know I finally dedicated some time to jigs and caught some nice ones at that pond. Fished em all day and did pretty good. I think it may top spinnerbaits as my favorite lure!

[00 mod]

I treid to tell you young grasshopper. LOL. They are a bit of an addiction. But very affective ALL YEAR LONG, and that is why they are tops on my list!

Jeff

[Ktyler32]

I heat mine with a heat gun dip in the first color of choice. Whether I am doing black/blue fleck, Green pumpkin/blue fleck or even Brown/blue fleck. Then I immediately dip into the fleck. I slow cure it on a temperature of 250 for half hour. Slow curing takes longer but there is no chance for a run and the paint still sets up hard. I have a couple pictures and can take a few more close ups this evening. If needed.

[Mumpy]

I absolutely agree this is more about the fisherman than the fish. I have never done it but am convinced I could catch as many fish on an unfinished jig head as one painted up nicely.

You are 100% correct. I've tied my own jigs for years now and I've sold thousands of them as well and I can tell you right now the Jig head is nothing more than the weight that presents the lure which is the Skirt and Trailer. I've caught just as many bass on unpainted jig heads than I have painted.

Think about it this way. How many bass have you caught on a Texas rigged worm that you used a regular lead bullet sinker? That is essentially an unpainted jig head.

[smalljaw67]

You are 100% correct. I've tied my own jigs for years now and I've sold thousands of them as well and I can tell you right now the Jig head is nothing more than the weight that presents the lure which is the Skirt and Trailer. I've caught just as many bass on unpainted jig heads than I have painted.

Think about it this way. How many bass have you caught on a Texas rigged worm that you used a regular lead bullet sinker? That is essentially an unpainted jig head.

I agree with this for the normal skirted bass jigs but when it comes to hair jigs in cold water, well that is another story. Yes, I've caught bass on a hair jig that had the paint worn off but during side by side fishing with over 20+ trips me and a fried used hair jigs with a painted head along side jigs with no paint and in cold water with hair every single trip the painted head caught on average 2 fish for every one on an unpainted one. The reason we did this was to see if it was worth going through the trouble of painting the heads before tying the hair on, my friend insisted it had to be done while I was on the opposite side saying for our own use I will just pour and then tie, no paint. So for the first few trips I fished the unpainted ones so I could prove a point, and after 6 or 7 trips we were flipping a coin as I didn't want to be on the losing end and every single trip the angler using th unpained head lost. A few things to consider with this test is that it was in cold water and we were only catching an average of 7 to 8 fish per trip, the best day being 14 and the worst day 2 and that day I remember as I had the unpaited jig and I zero'ed and that was the trip were I said from now on we flip a coin. So when it comes down to a skirted bass jig, yes, the head for all intened purposes, really doesn't need to be painted, it just looks better to us fishermen, but when it comes to small hair jigs, well you can catch them with a plain head but I believe you will have better results if the head has paint on it.