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  1. This. Is. Awesome. I bet it's about the right size for great white sharks and orcas.
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  2. There is a rattle can rainbow trout clipped at the bottom this pic. It is also in pic 2 at the top. What I do is: 1. paint+primer flat white base coat on whole bait 2. pearl mist on belly with belly directly facing nozzle. Sometimes I skip this and keep the white bottom for stained water. 3. You can use a fine mesh here for scales if you want. Metallic silver or Shimmer Metallic silver (Krylon) with back(top) of the lure facing nozzle at slight angle so the paint hits the shoulder and fades down the sides. Give a good dry time here. 4. Use low adhesion masking tape to mark a stripe area down each side of the bait. Spray a few light passes in pink. I found a can of ‘English rose’ color that makes a good rainbow trout stripe. Here you can also do something like paint the stripe purple, keep tape on and let dry, apply mesh, and hit same are with pink so you get purple and pink in the stripe. 5. Spray the back of the bait with a green with the center of the back directly facing the nozzle. The top will get hit and fade onto the shoulder. I have used army green, camo green, dark olive, forest green. 6. Dot with black or purple Sharpie. Or hand dot with small brush. I have used small cans of Rustoleum here because I have a bunch of them. 7. Optional- you can do another light pass of the green on the back here to blend in the shoulder dots a touch. 8. Optional- hit the sides with a quick light pass of Krylon Glitter blast in gold or silver. Keep the nozzle a bit further away from the bait. Only looking for a light dusting here. I do a practice spray away from the bait to gauge the spray flow so I don’t cover the paint job in glitter. I have done a bunch of rainbow trout baits. I sometimes change the colors a bit depending on what I have and what is on sale. It is easy but there is some drying time in between steps. You can use a hair dryer to speed this up if you keep the coats light.
    3 points
  3. Work. Of. Art. I think I need it lol. just to umm... Yaknow, to do some prototype testing...
    2 points
  4. Does that blade chatter well with that big lure body on it? Excellent catch!
    2 points
  5. Thanks...this is my first attempt at a big thread fin
    2 points
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  7. This bait was made for the lure contest but I thought it was open through the end of April rather then closing on the 29th. so I hope you enjoy this bait here instead. It is a sunfish glide bait bade from colored pencils.
    2 points
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  9. Still a cool looking swimbait and would be interested in see some of your other work. But if I remember you won with this same lure last year
    2 points
  10. Wayyy better than what I was making at 15 haha…nicely done!
    2 points
  11. Exceptional work Ryan. Your stuff is so clean and well done.
    2 points
  12. Awesome Sauger Pattern!
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  13. Thanks both! Fishin Big: it's cunningly designed to scare off the smaller fish and only catch the big, tough ones.
    2 points
  14. Wow... Your spoon/spoonplug type baits never cease to amaze me!
    2 points
  15. The sheer depth of this paint job is really nice...love it!
    2 points
  16. Not perfect, but the bait looks great! It's amazing how much information is on this site. So many people have so much experience. I've learned a bunch over the last couple years. My next jump is going to be into using an airbrush, as the finish is just so much higher quality looking. Did you airbrush this?
    2 points
  17. Thanks, yea totally use the idea. I'm definitely not the first one to do this! Honestly, I don't exactly make lures just to sell, but I made a few of these as gifts last year, and they were super popular. So I made more this year, and sold more than I could make before Christmas. You end up reaching a MASSIVE demographic of people who would never buy a lure, but know someone in their life who loves hunting/fishing. It makes a great gift for any "man cave".
    2 points
  18. More pumpkinseed cranks, this time with the turquoise applied with an airbrush over mesh. The fat one on the left has already caught a bunch of fish.
    2 points
  19. Almost didn't see the spider haha...looks sick!
    2 points
  20. I like it! Reminds me of a baby porcupine too
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  22. Great fish! It sure chomped your lure!!!
    1 point
  23. Very interesting bait. Looks like it will wake great and really move some water when it does. Nice work.
    1 point
  24. Is that a lure or a sculpture? It's so artistic I can't tell! If it's a lure, what is it, a glider?
    1 point
  25. I like that fin idea…also seen you on SU and can’t wait to see what sweet swimbaits you come up with
    1 point
  26. Cool concept. Reminds me of one of those Bill Dance pollywogs that I always wanted as a kid.
    1 point
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  28. This glider was also made with one power tool-- a drill. Everything else was hand tools; coping saw, rasp, utility knife, sandpaper, files, etc.
    1 point
  29. BEAUTIFUL! OMG, I wish I could do that, but I have neither the patience, nor the steady hand. I'm lucky I can work an airbrush! Kudos on these masterpieces!!
    1 point
  30. Looks good! I bet those claws have great action
    1 point
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  33. What are the specs on this thing? Bigger than a baby haha I love it
    1 point
  34. Dude, your paint work is lights out!
    1 point
  35. Slightly tighter but similar yet different if that makes any sense lol
    1 point
  36. All hand carved I don’t own a lathe. Can’t tell by the angle of the pic but lathe would not work for this one. At one point I probably hand carved around 10 lipless lures of all different types a day. Just carved and tested whatever came into my head. It’s how I learned a lot of what I know regarding action. This was kind of revisiting my roots in lure making I will likely take it pike fishing during my days off
    1 point
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  38. That’s A Sweet Looking Bait , Great Job.
    1 point
  39. That is a copy of Sebiles Yellow Tilapia...hard to find color I was told....
    1 point
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  42. Props to you (sorry, I couldn't risist) Nice job!
    1 point
  43. Not to me. I think they look just fine.
    1 point
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