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FishPA

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  1. Gator, I have a few baits I made the same way out of balsa, with the slot for the thru-wire. I epoxied the wire in and never had any issues with it. I still use basswood instead because it's a pain to weight the balsa....
  2. I'll second the epoxy putty! That stuff saves me from alot!!
  3. Welcome to my humble abode. You can find pretty much anything you might need here... if you can find it.... And my latest project, just finished painting and now ready for some clear...
  4. I just got off the phone with Harbor Freight customer service and they said they've discontinued it as well....
  5. ITW makes Permatex and Devcon!
  6. I know a couple guys that use it and they're pretty well known, Amma Bama lures
  7. Hey bob. They are both made by the same company so the products should be very similar. The issue with WalMart not selling it isn't that it's not available, it's not available for the prices that Walmart was charging. Essentially it went from $2 for 25 mL to $4.95 at the local harware store. Luckily HF carries it for $2.50 and they are much easier to work with than the WalMart staff They will even check their quantities for you over the phone.
  8. you can use a krylon clear over it, heat set it, paint over top, and if you don't like the top paint, hit it with windex and watch it come right off.
  9. I think it has to do with the fact that you can relate any bait to another within a 10% range...all of those baits look like squirrely phantoms which look like muskietreats, which look like...and this roundabout continues. How about the WTD topwaters?? Just a way of life when you're all trying to mimic the prey of a fish with the same materials.
  10. I just got off the phone with a retail distributor from ITW who told me they are no longer supplying Wal Mart stores.
  11. Industrial Strength Sharpie!!
  12. Close up of the scales and detail of the shad.
  13. FishPA

    10" Basswood Troller

    10" long made out of basswood, goes from white scales on white to gray on white, gray on gray, and then black on gray, and a bullseye target for the fish to aim at!
  14. FishPA

    4" Resin Twitchbait

    This bait was molded out of 2 part resin, and is a lightly weighted twitchbait for use during cold water.
  15. FishPA

    5 1/2" Maple Glider

    Shad pattern, first bait ever painted with an airbrush. Working on getting some shading and detail.
  16. FishPA

    Glider detail

    I think that Lime pearl color is awesome.
  17. FishPA

    7 1/2" PVC Glider

    My second bait painted with an airbrush...
  18. FishPA

    5 1/4" Poplar Glider

    Poplar, slow sinking. Weighted by the head and tail.
  19. FishPA

    7 1/2" PVC Glider

    Walleye pattern. Slow sinker, walks the dog on retrieve.
  20. FishPA

    10" Basswood Crank

    Red Bar Perch pattern, carved gills, weighted, and has an awesome action!!
  21. I made this one a few years ago with spun deer hair, some wire for the legs, small chenille, rabbit strips for back legs and tail, and some innovation...
  22. FishPA

    Rear Lips

    You got it diemai!! I've been making a similar glidebait for a few months now that uses the same type of rear lip for stability purposes. I've been experimenting with the shape of the rear lip and seem to have similar results with a square vs. a round style lip.
  23. Nathan, are you using a Krylon primer as your basecoat? I paint with spraycans (mostly Krylon) exclusively and have never had this problem, except when painting a flat color over a gloss, which gives you a really cool crackle effect. http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/bb12/iceburgh13/IM000484.jpg
  24. yeah it was the Klean Strip Virgin Lacquer Thinner in the teal colored can. Available at Walmart.
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