koop
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Love the wings and their casing. Looks just like the June bugs we have (except the colring).
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Love the gill/plate detail and the clean, crisp foil work.
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They're goose biots (I think - old fly tying material I had - think they come off the leading edge of a goose quill) - usually used for nymph tails and legs. I glue them in a small groove using epoxy or superglue.
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Love the nice fatness of it. How does it sit in the water?
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Look good - like the foiling with the pattern. How big are they and what kind of action do they have?
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I did the scales with the backside of a linoleum block cutting tool (for making linolum block prints/artwork). It's the backside that fits into the handle - still have to be a litlle careful so it doesn't cut the foil up too much.
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Thanks. It was hard posting after seeing your brown bullhead - I really liked yours. My next one might have actual whiskers instead of trying to carve them.
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Nice!! I love catfish - been working on a few myself. Love the colors, tail and whiskers (what did you use for the whiskers? - looks great). You've been busy lately - like everything you've been doing.
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I had a lot of overspray onto the sides, which looked terrible so I tried to wipe some of it off. It ended up looking more like a rough handled fish with missing scales, so I ended up keeping it that way. Sometimes a mistake can lead to a nice surprise.
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Like all of your swimbaits and the variety of patteerns you did. Are all of these out of pvc? I like the tails - are they lexan or a soft tail (they look soft)? Great work.
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Like this one a lot - nice design, color, and tail. How big is the body? How did you weight it (I'm assuming you weighted it since it sinks)? How did you seal the hole through the body? I can imagine various sizes for bass or pike.
Koop
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Nice work. How big are they and how deep do they dive? Do they troll well? Do you make your own bent lips?
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Nah - a hammer would just kill the action (haha).
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Just under 3". I have 2-3 others that are smaller with bristles for legs.
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I have basswood that is one and one eight inch thick by 2 1/2" to 8" wide and about 3 feet long. A local furniture manufacturer sold me stacks of it approximately 4 foot by 3 foot by 5 feet high ($5 per bundle - I got 2). It should last for a while. It would probably work better with the legs attached with screw eyes. I have 2 or 3 other different frogs carved waiting to be finished.
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Swims so-so, more of a twitch bait with fair swimming at slow speeds. I may add a lip - I'll test it out more when I have some open water to test it (I was anxious to finish a few lures so didn't test it much before finishing). Photo finish was partly due to my airbrush needing a major overhaul.
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That looks really good. Nice going for a first time in 30 years!
I like the whole thing. It really looks like a rainbow.
Thanks. I just need some wire and get the airbrush going again. I have about 20 carved and ready to finish.
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Nice. What did you make the fins from?