Gitwood

Good to know! Thanks!

I never thought of just doing my own twisted eyes, I think I'll give it a shot. My only concern would be the tail hook where the mold is the thinnest - has anyone ever experienced weakness in the casting as the Micro Balloon count goes up? Larry from MakeLure said the same thing about the lips - he recalls Rapala coming out with a line of different colours. I also forgot that many years ago I had some cranks with metal lips, so there you go. I will try painting the lip with my chrome base coat and see what happens. Maybe try and blend some others with the body scheme. Thanks for the input! If I feel it's worthy, I might post a pic or two.

Hi All, New guy here... I've been messing around with Alumilite products for the last couple of years and having a blast. Just upgraded my airbrush and I'm excited to hit the shop this weekend and tinker... I made a silicone mold of a favorite jerk-bait and I've been casting with Alumilite White and micro-balloons, keeping track of my recipes along the way to try and perfect the elusive suspending bait. I've been making my own wire harness for all of my solid-body baits - a single piece of wire from tip-to-tail. My theory is why temp fate with screw eyes, but maybe I'm over-thinking? The store-bought version I was templating had its tail eye pop right out of the plastic with hardly any force - I was quite shocked at how easy it did so, adding fuel to my theory about through-wire frames. It makes balancing the lure more difficult, but is worth the effort? Anyone have any anecdotes about their screw eyes? Any colour suggestions for the diving lip? The Alumilite seems to be as strong as the original clear lip, but I wonder if anyone has suggestions for painting the white lip. My first instinct is blood red...? Thanks!