TopH2o

VMC" barbarian out barb" and VMC "David Fritz" round bend treble, best hooks I have ever used. When wanting a different action out of your baits hooks aren't the only thing you can change. You can use split rings as well, get regular and heavy duty in the same sizes the weight differences are small so this is very good for fine tuning.

Thanks, MADDOXBAY, I have been snooping around this site for about a year. I have been building baits for about 3 years. I had alot of failures before finding this site. The wealth of information on this site is incredible and the tricks shared by folks here has led to most of my successes. If I ever get an airbrush and learn to use it, I have been told that the fish might as well jump in the boat.

OK, here is your paint : 1st coat - flat white 2nd - iridescent purple back - iridescent gold on sides - iridescent blue belly 3rd - clear coat w/ devcon 4th - fine mesh clamped over body 5th - shoot with flat white belly - flat dark gray back 6th - iridescent gold on back - very light - iridescent blue belly- very light - iridescent pink around head and gill area again very light. 7th - clear coat with devcon the iridescent coat after scaling should be very light because you only want the paint to stick to the flat paint. allow for complete cure between coats. This may seem like alot of time to put into one bait but it will produce some of the best looking lures I have ever seen. the iridescent paints I use are made for glass painting.