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[PourMyOwn]

Finally figured out how to make skirted grubs. I knocked out about 30 of these today, which was mostly using a hot knife to melt the skirt and twin tail together. 

 

The best part is, this is all remelt, so I'm playing with house money.

[spartyon8]

Here are my takes on a wild crappie pattern. The one on the left is supposed to be a black crappie variant but it came out too bright I thinks. Next time, I might reverse the “scales” so lines are white and scales are black then shade a bit. This is fun! 
 

[Columbia Craw]

8 hours ago, Chris Catignani said:

I'm not 100% on who makes this bait...but it got new paint.

Going for that "Redeye" look...aka Rock Bass.

Name the pattern Vizine.

[12poundbass]

20 hours ago, spartyon8 said:

My first attempt was painting one of my carved cedar blanks (the other one fell and chipped). It turned out “okay”. I decided that I wanted to practice on some cheap blanks. I am pleasantly surprised with the results. I used 30 min epoxy to seal them and couldn’t be happier with the end result. Now, down the rabbit hole I go!

 

 

 

Looks pretty darn good first time or 100th time. Enjoy the rabbit hole.

[12poundbass]

20 hours ago, spartyon8 said:

My first attempt was painting one of my carved cedar blanks (the other one fell and chipped). It turned out “okay”. I decided that I wanted to practice on some cheap blanks. I am pleasantly surprised with the results. I used 30 min epoxy to seal them and couldn’t be happier with the end result. Now, down the rabbit hole I go!

 

 

 

Looks pretty darn good first time or 100th time. Enjoy the rabbit hole.

[spartyon8]

Man, I can’t seem to leave the garage. This is quite addictive, in a healthy way or so the wife says!  

[Bdnoble84]

On 7/7/2022 at 6:21 PM, spartyon8 said:

Man, I can’t seem to leave the garage. This is quite addictive, in a healthy way or so the wife says!  

Haha, health for her because she can get rid of you lol.

[spartyon8]

I like to think of it as the other way around. However, I dare not tell her that!

[Bdnoble84]

Let her think she’s won.

[Bdnoble84]

This might be my favorite hard-bait so far. It walks nicely as well.

[Fallser]

I finished up tying some jigs for my trip to Ontario at the end of the month a couple of weeks ago.

They're all tied on 1/4 oz jigs which are appropriate weights for the lake.  The bottom is very rock and since it's an old logging area a lot of sunken timber.   These are tied with "Faux Bucktail"  It's a fly tying material that imitates buck tail.  It does a decent job of it, but the colors are limited and I found it very slippery with a tendency to slide around the hook.  These will be fished for smallies, walleye and pike.  Should be more durable than real bucktail, especially with the toothy critters.

  

 

 

These have my crayfish fly pattern tied on them.  Tied on slider jigs, ned jigs and ball jigs.

 

 

 

This is what the slider jig looks like in a clear container of water.

[Bdnoble84]

The craw is one of my favorite patterns to tie. I haven't had that much success on the pattern yet. But I think that is more to do with the water clarity of the bodies of water I fish than anything else. I love the ones with longer hackle. Will really look alive on the bottom.

[Fallser]

They're probably about the seventh different crayfish fly pattern I've tried to tie over the years, and the first one that I've caught smallmouth on with any consistency.  I'm looking forward to seeing if the work as well as they did last year.  This is what the fly patterns look like.  Not a whole lot different than the jigs just a different balance point for the weight.

[Bdnoble84]

What are you using for hackle? Polar chennille?

[Bassbum1016]

Another great color pattern

 

This whole jig making thing is addicting!

[roadwarrior]

This is my #1 topwater lure. My favorite color is Tonosama Frog:  http://www.megabassusa.com/products/popmax

[Bdnoble84]

On 8/3/2022 at 9:43 PM, Fallser said:

They're probably about the seventh different crayfish fly pattern I've tried to tie over the years, and the first one that I've caught smallmouth on with any consistency.  I'm looking forward to seeing if the work as well as they did last year.  This is what the fly patterns look like.  Not a whole lot different than the jigs just a different balance point for the weight.

What are you using for hackle? Polar chennille?

Some bugz. 

[Fallser]

8 hours ago, Bdnoble84 said:

What are you using for hackle? Polar chennille?

The body is a piece of chenille twisted with two feathers, either saddle hackle or schlappen.  I use sparkle chenille, crystal chenille and on some Polar chenille. 

[Munkin]

On 8/6/2022 at 9:05 AM, Bdnoble84 said:

What are you using for hackle? Polar chennille?

Some bugz. 

Chanel number 5.

 

Allen 

[Cgolf]

Made some spinnerbaits for some family members for a trip to a water I know well. The wife made the label which adds a little something to it. 

[Munkin]

I hate making chartreuse and white spinnerbaits but a buddy asked me to make this. It's a 1/2oz on a titanium frame with beveled willow blades. 

 

Allen 

[MN Fisher]

Allen...bite your tongue

 

My profile-pic bass was caught on white/chartreuse spinnerbait...

[Munkin]

 

The reason I hate making them is there are 100's of companies making this color. To me it is unimaginative and boring.

 

Allen

[MN Fisher]

Well, I can respect that.

 

Maybe come up with a truly new color combo...

 

Tie-dyed Spinner anyone?

[Munkin]

I have about 300 different colors of silicone skirt tabs and buy any new colors that come out. Charles at fishingskirts.com has made me 3 custom colors in the past because I was one of his first customers. Since I airbrush my spinnerbaits basically, I can make whatever color I want. The past two years I have been making baits based on pictures of baitfish. Some are easy and some are hard? The yellow perch ones I make have 5 colors of paint on the head and 9 different colors of silicone strands.

 

Allen