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splendid job man...can i bite it? hahhahaa now there's a reason i should get back to my unfinished lures hehehehhehe instead of fishing! keep em comin!

thanx husky for the detailed explanation, and from that, i could decipher that u were amazed by the wander as well! thanx again! i'm trying to make one out of wood. i managed to see the weighting of the lure, thanx to the ghost patterned one. working on it to sink horizontally now. takin up some time here... the jig minnow by duel, on the other hand...has a softer, rubbery body ala LiveBait series. and the weight placement is a single piece of flattened weight that runs about 3/4th of it's body length. the tough part now is to estimate the amount of weight needed, the sinking posture & rate and pray that it works. hehehehhehe..... thanx again

anyone here tried making baits like those? what lures are they classified under? gliders? twitchbaits? thanx a heap

both!

whoaa....killer paintjob! wished i could go near 50% of that babe

there is a special grinding bit to fit on a drill. it is sherical in shape...i'm not sure what it's called but i think u can find it in a hardware store. do u have an aquarium? have u seen a round air stone? it looks exactly like that, with a stalk to fit into the drill. they come in many shapes. some spherical, some shaped like a cone. hope this helps

nice action to it! how big r they?

hello there! too late to back out now, addictive ain't it? heheheh well, trick to using rattle can sprays are: 1. have patience, do 1 thin layer at a time to allow proper drying of each layer before proceeding with the next. thick layers tend to clump & bubble under heat. 2. masking stenciling. yes, i learnt it from LaPala. if u MASK the lure, for example u put a masking tape and cut out the pattern and paint over it, it will give sharp edges to the design. suitable for gill & black spot. if u stencil the lure, with some distance, it gives a more 'feathered' edge that are subtle and blends better, with a not so distinct edge. i'm still working on this method. 3. bug LaPala.heheheheh...but he's been MIA for a while now...his computer died

whoa...nice baits! i like the 1st green fella...at 11 inches...what are they targetting for? (i'm from the other part of the world, pardon me!)

just a suggestion, why not make a post here for all to dump their pics here instead? it's faster to load on photobucket, or putfile or anywhere else and then just paste the [/img] here...won't steal the sitess bandwidth too. and then make the post sticky.

my choices, from my own observation. 1. wood filler. pros: coz it's easier to sand down and get it to blend in almost perfectly with the belly curvature. dries fast too. u can always reapply as needed. maneouvreability. cons: soft, may crack or chip off if ur lure is attacked in that area even with coats of devcon over it. 2. 5 min epoxy. pros: sets in real quick. solid setting. gives lead wight more attachment. cons: when trimming excess epoxy, it's harder to shave when fully cured. when cut, may reveal some air bubbles which may blemish the lure. so what i do now is, if the belly hole still has much depth after the lead has gone in is to put some epoxy just below the brim and let it cure. followed by wood filler to cover the rest and sand it down. wood filler is easier to handle around the hooh eyelets, as i usually attach my belly weight with a hook eyelet. other than that, other holes i just fill with epoxy

awesomeeee...1 ESPECIALLY DA 1ST ONE...

here are some ideas that's been running thru my head: 1. halve the lure. chop it into multiple segments. sandwich the halves onto a tough fabric. very snake-like 2. drill 2 parallel holes in each segment, in which a soft multistrand(coated or uncoated) wire may run thru n connect all the pieces 3. this is for 2 segment lures. the front portion make a 't' joint. on the 2nd portion make a 'U' joint. put them together and it will fit. recess some wood off to make them slide in n out loosely. using a bolt/rod, secure the joint vertically. hehhehehehhe...

hmmm.. what about this. everyone who's got a pic of any bait fish post it in this thread for all to use? then it would be much easier to cut n paste heheheh currently i am not using my PC(my pics are there), will post some pics when i get it back. here are some to begin with: or even better...use ur digicam n get a clear shot of a fish. that will give better size n details. happy new year to y'all...

BB, i had the same thing going on here as well heheheheh...spray can was too close to the lure, in the end too much got piled up and turned out like that. everyone's had a point in their luremaking career. cheer up dude, u're not alone. what paint are u using? i use rattle can sprays. laquer based. so when a mistake is made, boy, to cover the mistake means a lot or work stripping the paint. should be much easier with water soluble paints. i have even thrown some badly affected ones away out of frustration. come to think of it now, very sad indeed. should've saved it before i let my frustration get in the way. hehehehhe... now i try to apply very thin coats of paint by spraying further from the lure, with thin, multiple coats.