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This. Is. Awesome. I bet it's about the right size for great white sharks and orcas.

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.

swim video?

Work. Of. Art. I think I need it lol. just to umm... Yaknow, to do some prototype testing...

Does that blade chatter well with that big lure body on it? Excellent catch!

Got munched!

Thanks...this is my first attempt at a big thread fin

Looks good man!

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.

Thanks gentlemen!

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

Wayyy better than what I was making at 15 haha…nicely done!

Exceptional work Ryan. Your stuff is so clean and well done.

Awesome Sauger Pattern!

Thanks both! Fishin Big: it's cunningly designed to scare off the smaller fish and only catch the big, tough ones.

Wow... Your spoon/spoonplug type baits never cease to amaze me!

The sheer depth of this paint job is really nice...love it!

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?

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".

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.

Almost didn't see the spider haha...looks sick!

I like it! Reminds me of a baby porcupine too

We're gonna need a bigger boat!

Thanks

Thanks

That's fantastic! Very well done.

Dude, that thing looks great! Great transition from the face to the body. Looks like it could crawl away!

I apologize for the late reply. I don't check the Gallery much anymore. Yes, I fish chatterbaits a lot. They put out great vibrations, so they are good in off color water. I fish either the bluegill pattern or a white/ chartreuse shad pattern, with some kind of a swimbait trailer. I always have at least one on my deck.

Nice ! I wondered how that flocking was going , thought about that some time ago and then had forgotten , good job

Thank you sir. I appreciate the heads up on that I didn't realize it posted as 4 separate posts. Saved my butt on that one.

Very interesting! That flat face probably throws water really well! Undeniably tantalizing!

Live bluegills are not permitted in this contest. haha, just joking, phenomenal job dude! Also, just letting you know, before the moderators see that you have 3 different images posted for one entry in this contest, I would make a collage of the images to avoid the possibility of being disqualified.

Is the top one a mackerel? Not 100% sure what it is. Looks really natural either way.

Your work is always so nice , now I want to do a carp !

Beautiful..............

nice

Way to put some giddy-up in that puppy. The "eye" is the cherry on top. Fist bump.

Thank you! I was going for the schooling fish look.

Looks great!

That's a killer bait! Very natural looking subtle fades. Well done!

Looks good!

Thanks! And yes, I can't look at the produce section without thinking about scale material. LOL! Some of the larger stuff for oranges etc. make great scales for musky lures.

I wanted this 4" bluegill swimbait to glide, instead of flap, so I super glued a piece of 1/16" lexan to the place in the joint where the two pieces meet, and this is what it looks like. The joint moves just like the R2S glidebait above it. I will take it out for a test swim on Monday, if I don't melt first.

not bad at all

im sure it is harder to do than it look.the previous message was more accurate,it look more like a canadian wiggler or a lazy ike. flat fish are more flat. one thing is sure these lures are not made to old 5 mph speed.my flat fish for sky got 3 sections.you have to buy 3 to make one,you need to cut the front part.once again it is really sweet.what's the length ?

Super nice work!!!!

BSI epoxy. Painted a 1.2 blank. Used a stencil. Thanks

Great work! Thanks for the weighting info. It can take a lot of trial and error to get it right on any given design. PVC is nice for testing the amount and placement without the need to seal them like the wood versions.

You are a steady hand with the brush! I have a long way to go. Thanks for the inspiration.

Nice looking bait. Looks well finished. Scale lines stand out make for nice texture. Barry