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In my honest opinion, it would be good to have a sticky concentrating on basic info for airbrushing. That is, which works with different paint types, setting up a compressor, air pressure levels, cleaning ect. ect.

Still getting hijacked by Romanian spam website when trying to log in from google, is there anything I can do from my end to stop this?

I haven't been on for a while, but last two attempts have seen me directed to the damn spam site and today I'm also getting the Ooops message. I've been logging in through Google. I hate to think what this is doing to your traffic.

Hand carving and shaping Western Red Cedar is a breeze. Orientation of the grain in the board can make a difference though to ease of carving. If you have specialist timber store near you also try Jutalong, relative of rubber tree I think.

I try now to keep away from this stuff, as it drives me nuts. I believe that I am a conservationist at heart as I wish my 6 year old son to have a fishery to enjoy with his kids in the years to come. I'm located in Queensland, Australia which has or had some of the best fishing in the world. Like everywhere the human population continues to increase, fish catching technology improves and effectiveness of catch rates increases. Thankfully, the three minute goldfish memory thing is a pile of crap, and our fish stocks learn to avoid our capture techniques ensuring some breeding populations remain. The biggest problems we face is poor science, and anti fishing groups being funded by the likes of USA's Puhe and Walmart trust, poorly funded education of the population, almost non-existant funding for rangers (it was so bad last year that the department couldn't afford to put regulation staff on for weekends in an area that has nearly 3 million people and the highest boat registration numbers in Australia. If you have a moment please take a look at this link, I love the fact that fishers and hunters have stepped up as conservationists. http://www.bcwf.net/index.php God love Canada, what we need to see is fishos coming to the forefront of the conservation debate and other wealthy trust funds coming to the fore, to support real research, not stuff that backs barely hidden alternative agenders. Mostly though we need to sort out our own local environment and this means from the mountains to the reefs, if the environment is good, breeding works and fish stocks rebound. Mr Gates where the hell are you???

Or you could buy some timber filler, water based, smear it on rough, wait for it to dry and try some 400 grit paper and smooth it back.

Go to your muse, my friend, and drink deep of the creativity he or she provides. My personal favourite is the Bundy Bear but on occasion Mr Jim Beam or his mate Jack have provided equally as well. The real trick then is to know when to get off of the horse if you catch my meaning. Alternatively, if you intend to work in the shed without opening the beer fridge, then work on two things on the pvc pipe to start, distance from the pipe with pack and the amount of pressure applied to the nossle on the spray pack.You will be suprised by the effects you can achieve. I've also found that stencils that cover the whole lure can be your best friend when using spray packs and again less paint is more. The other important thing that I've learned is that fish really don't give much of a toss about paint work, more important is the lure size, profile, action and ability to stay in the strike zone. If you are trying to be a lure carver and developer, these are the things that you should concentrate on, in my humble and bundy fueled opinion.

Only a newbie, so take this with a grain of salt but try your local automotive store for cans of auto acrylic. As for colours, 4 different colours should be plenty for a first lure. Try think about bait fish, normally lighter colour on the belly, darker on top and some sort of pattern down the sides. Maybe try a couple of practice sprays on a length of pvc electrical conduit, the main tip with spray cans or as I lovingly call them, vandal packs, is that less is more. I will try add a photo of the first batch of hand carved lures that I painted with VPs, in this instance I used enamel paint.

I don't pretend to know all that much but you could consider going old school and buying 4 litre (gallon?) tins of gloss estapol, the stuff used for coating timber floors or kitchen timber benches. Then make a jig to hold lots of your spoons and dip direct into the tin and then hang the jig to dry. I'm sure someone here will give a better explanation of what I'm trying to say. Anyway hope this helps.