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ParkerFly

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  1. 17 minutes ago, cadman said:

    If you have a Picasso spinnerbait, measure the blade and start calling blade companies. Tell them the size you have and see if that matches their size blades. If not go on to the next company. Can find a lot of this by looking on the i-net. Eventually someone will have a blade close to what you want.

    You're right. Just wanting to make a small quantity, and was hoping someone would have a Picasso lying around and could give me a ballpark. I don't happen to have one on hand and that model isn't sold locally.

  2. Picasso makes a cool spinnerbait with an Indiana main blade and a willow kicker. In my mixed condition fisheries here in Tulsa, seems like it would be a good fit. Can't find ANYWHERE what size blades they're using. Indiana blades in particular are hard for me to size. Any ideas?

  3. Seems like maybe the titanium single strand will be stiffer than the braided surflon, so wondering if I should go down a bit... It's expensive stuff to experiment with and get wrong. I've read of a couple guys on here using 40-50lb. titanium wire.

  4. Been working for a while to figure out a shaky head that works well in gnarly rock, wood, and sparse grass and also Zman friendly. Love their baits longevity and bouyancy but don't play well with a lot of shaky heads. Came up with this using a modified s-bass head.

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  5. 9 hours ago, fshng2 said:

    It's sweet when things work out as well as you hope for.

    The icing on the cake will be the first fish you catch on it!

    Took them out yesterday and caught a bunch of smallmouth and largemouth on them in 5-20 feet of water. They work great! Best part-- the trailer stays on.

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  6. After struggling to find a comercially produced all-purpose bass jig that had all the innovative features I wanted at a reasonable price, I set out to create one. I wanted the screw lock trailer keeper of the strike king tour grade skipping jig, the hand tied reverse half-skirt of the greenish tackle skipping jig, the extra fine cut silicone and compact size of the ike mini flip, and the head shape and hook style of the 4x4 Randall Tharp jig. I started with a brand new do-it Model S bass jig, and got to work with a dremel for about 2 hours. The result, a jig that is equally at home skipping, flipping, hopping, and dragging, turned out really good!

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  7. Been shaky head fishing a lot this year, and since I already had and had already heavily modified the mold to make Ned rig heads, I figured a little more modification couldn't hurt.

  8. I have done thread, floral wire, copper wire, and zip ties. Copper looks the nicest. I have decided to stick with zip ties. Super fast and easy, tight, last a long time, and the fish don't care. I lose too many jigs in the rocks to justify spending 10 minutes making one.

  9. I have a 1/8, 3/16, 1/4 weed less round head mold, but I still find the head shape snags more than I'd like. In the opinion of those who have access to a lot more jig molds than me, what is the closest thing available to a Bitsy bug head that will make 3/16 oz jigs? Thanks in advance.

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