30gills

No it's is one piece of material ( which is mesh or tutu material from hobby lobby ) and the hoops push together to hold the material. But I guess you could do it that way. I just push it up against the lure and paint then flip the lure and paint the other side. I use a vice that is not bolted down so it's easy to flip around.

Here are the pics i promised. One is of the loop with the mesh, which you can put what ever material you want inside. The reason i went with the loop was because it was taking me so long to wrap the material and clip it. The second is a crank that i made that has the scale pattern. Hope that may help a few of you out by making things a bit easier. Good luck

Hi all you gents are amazing and all have great ideas. I am new to the lure making sceen after buying a new Zara spook and heading up to the pond, after a few casts I nicked a twig with the lure and it broke the tip of the back off just at the hook hanger. After a few profanities I thought that was an expensive couple casts. So I said to my self "self you can make that". Ha if I only knew what I was getting into. I have been making lures ever since ( one whole year). So to make my scales I went to hobby lobby and baught so mesh/tutu meterial and a imbrordery hoop ( sory about the spelling). Put the meterial in the loop and all I do is just hod it against the lure when painting. Works like a charm with no hassle of pi s or clips. It only cost me around 5 buck too. I will add a few pics.