Leaderboard

So I cleaned the hooks with acetone, sanded the area to be covered with lead, heated the hooks, and used a semi hard lead mixture. It worked like a charm. The hooks are tight. Now if I can figure out how to fish it I'll be in tall cotton. Thanks for the ideas guys.

Here is how many of us do it in the holographic lure tape industry. The holographic vinyl in the picture looks like silver rainbow holographic vinyl with no pattern usually about 2mil thick, but can be mfg'd in thinner sizes. The black pattern outlines that make the holographic vinyl look like fish scales are usually applied with eco solvent inks from a large format printer. These inks that are available in CYMK as well as black and metallic inks can print on most vinyl surfaces including glow, holographic, iridescent and transparent vinyl mediums. If you have Adobe Illustrator, you can design the pattern you want to run and print continuously. With RIP software, you can next die cut patterns you want after printing since the printer will print registration points to follow when die cutting. I hope that someone helps. The Fishing Lure Tape Company www.fishingluretape.com

very little chance

was having trouble finding the size of mesh for my smaller baits and it occurred to me to try the tissue printing technique for scales. googled fish scale patterns, found the size I wanted, printed on the tissue paper and glued it to the bait. turned out good. will have to see how it looks once I finish the paint job ( perch).

Definitely should be posted in the thread. Turned out pretty good and looks clean. I had a lot of scale patterns printed out on lens paper but never actually tried it.