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steelheadstalkers

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  1. Not a problem! I have been doing some testing and have used UV on the micro jigs I sell for steelhead and have great success with them. I can tell you this, it definitely does not hurt to have some UV on your lures especially when chasing steelhead or salmon. The new pro cure bait scents have UV in them as well. Good luck!
  2. That's great information! I guess I should have been more clear about the UV and why I'm using it. Salmon and Steelhead see and feed using UV light in the ocean because it can penetrate deeper than visual light. I am adding it to reflect critical UV light off the lure. Also the reason that the spinners take a beating and peel is because they are fished near the bottom of the river and bang around a bit down there. This is why its hard on the spinners and the epoxy. Thanks for the help. and I will try some of the tips above today. I still think the clear powder coat might be stronger but time will tell.
  3. I have both an epoxy base UV top coat and a clear UV powder coat paint. Both will achieve the same effect just wasn't sure which was more durable in the long run. The epoxy is easier to apply but keeps tearing off. I have not tried the powder coat yet as I need to experiment to get it right Thanks for the input guys!
  4. What I meant above was that the same UV product is available in both a clear epoxy base and a clear powder coat base. So I'm not sure which will create the best and hardest, chip proof final product either the epoxy or powder coat? I would think the clear powder coat would work best because it would be baked on to the spinner blades. Thanks again.
  5. The same UV product can be applied as a clear powder coat. Do you think that would be the best way to apply it to create the hardest, strong finish as possible? Thanks
  6. I am building some custom spinners for steelhead and salmon fishing and am looking for a very hard top coat. I am dipping the blades and bodies in UV epoxy and it turns out great but the epoxy eventually peels off. Also, if I heat up the UV epoxy as it is drying do you think it would make it bond better and become harder? If not once the UV is dried is there a good solid clear top coat or dip that I can use to seal off the UV underneath without blocking its UV properties? Thanks for all of your help guys!
  7. I have a transparent lucky craft pointer and I am trying to replicate the effect or color that is on the belly of the lure. I believe it is an transparent iridescent blue or it could be a pear I'm not sure. I have added a picture to the bottom so you guys can see it. What I am trying to do is have a silver base and have the blue show up at certain angles or visibly be able to see the blue over the silver. What colors of auto air would replicate this effect? Thanks for all of the help. Chad
  8. I am going to be painting up a few different jerkbaits for brown trout fishing and would love some ideas on a Kokanee color pattern. Here is a picture of one I found online. They have a green back that fades into a light blue or teal. The sides or silver and the belly is white.The sides or silver and the belly is white. I was thinking it would be cool to have the blue on the top sides be a transparent, pearl or iridescent over the silver because the real fish goes from silver to that blue when certain light hits it. The sides are always silver. I will be using auto air and wicked colors so give me some of your creative ideas that I can put together along with my own. Thanks for the help. Chad
  9. So you don't think that being down 7 ft. and the added pressure make a difference? I wasn't sure if the added pressure in depth would affect the suspending of a jerkbait. Wouldn't more pressure as you get deeper make the water more dense at the same temprature? Its like when you dive in a pool down to the bottom and you can feel the added pressure of the water down the deeper you go.
  10. This is such great information and that is the kind of detail I was looking for!!
  11. Looking to make my first purchase for a rainbow trout pattern and I'm not sure what colors to purchase first. I just don't want to buy a bunch of colors that I wont end up using. From what I have read most people spray a layer of white as a base coat over their crank or jerkbaits. I need some kind of green for the back of the jerkbait and I was thinking a pearl white for the belly. Also wondering if i need a lighter shade of green to fade from the darker green back? If you guys could suggest some of the creatx colors then I could order them! I have heard some good things about the wicked colors and the auto air. Those have some solvent in them but supposedly not as much as other paints. Can I use them without an expensive mask? Also, can I use the wicked white as a base then use the regular createx colors on top of that? Sorry for all of the questions just want to make sure I spend my money on what I will actually be using. Thanks again.
  12. Where do you order this green color? Thanks
  13. The beginning of the post wasn't to get a jerkbait to magically suspend at 7 ft. I was simply talking about lucky crafts jerkbait information and wondering if that is why some of my LC slowly sink to the desired depth. If not it should say on the package suspends between 0 and 8 feet becuase it would suspend just after it hits the water. I was just seeing if some of the jerkbait blanks I had could start to suspend at the 4-7 foot range that the lucky crafts do. I unlink many dont realy care how well it suspends as long as it only slowly sinks or floats because the way Im fishing them isnt better one way or the other, within a few minutes it will be back at the boat! Thanks for the help on the subject.
  14. I appreciate your input. I read some older posts about this and it looks like paint and clear shouldn't affect the weight much. If I have a lure with all the hardware on it before painting and it very slowly sinks then when painted it would only sink slightly faster then? I will paint my jerkbaits and set them up for a slow sink since most of the time I am using them for big brown trout and do a lot of casting and jerking along with trolling which neither of these are affected by a very slow sink plus they could actually suspend at the 5-7 foot range. Thanks again.
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