JRammit Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Since ive only been here a year and a half, i decided i needed a little TU history lesson... So it took a while, but with a few minutes here n there over the past couple weeks i trolled through the entire gallery... First, i have to give props to the custom guys... Weather it be a repainted crank, or a unique colored plastic.. You possess a skill i will never have!.. My wife swears im half color blind, weve argued for years over the color of our carpet, i say its blue but apparently it is green, we can not even agree on teal..... Anyway, your baits give our gallery a proffessional and artistic touch Second, to the hand carved crankers and swim bait makers... Your tedious and tireless efforts inspire the average garage/basement/laundry room guy to believe they too can build baits better than that found on any store shelf! Third, to the fly guys... I apologize! I know nothing about flies... I do own a fly rod and thoroughly enjoy TRYING to fly fish!... I even have 2 boxes full of flies that i bought, but i only use the mosquito and the black gnat But what drives me??... What drives me is thinking outside the box.. I dont mean Taco Bell (but i do love Taco Bell!!).. I mean the innovators, the creative minded type..... The type that if you gave them lemons, they would make limes! I made a short list... If i missed anyone please let me know!... My goal is one day soon to make it onto this list! Some of these guys ive seen on here alot, some i havnt seen at all.. Maybe they will see this thread and come back!? Soft bait guys.... Hard to be creative with a chunk of plastic, but a few guys pull it off Big Pancho: more unique creations than i could count! Bob La Londe: his fancy tools and computers may give him an unfair advantage... but if tools did all the thinking for us, there would be no need for lures... Our rods would catch fish for us, our skillets would fry them, and our bottle openers would fetch us a beer Other origional baits i saw from: crappieday Bassnjunkie88 Mudd Butt Baits Spinner n Jig guys.... I combined these two because the pages were short.... I dont know enough about the materials used to be a fair judge yet......... But i beleive JBlaze and Demai set the bar for creativity here Hard bait guys... This list is slightly longer because the gallery was slightly larger (438 pages) Mark Poulson: ive heard him tell people he is not a lure designer.. Well.. I tell people im not an alcoholic Littleriver: proof that creativity can be subtle.. His baits are not only unique in design, but also in style Hazmail: the snagless crank!.. I like it so much, i wish he never made it (so i could)!!! Other guys whos baits jumped off the screen at me: Joker biglures FrogAdict Bluewaterspecial VermontPhisher Spoonpluggerino Abrakis koop mark twain &Dre Crazy Joe whittler fatfingers StoneCole Tackle Yake Bait Theres this other guy who i couldn't find in the gallery, but he has some cool stuff on YouTube!... The "Indonesiavator" Vodkaman And last but far from least... Perhaps the king... Demai! This IS open for discussion.... What/who drives you??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 This is an easy answer. Passion. And it's the same answer no matter what you fill in the blank with. It doesn't matter if your a doctor, lawyer, welder, mechanic, excrement excavation specialist or whatever. If you don't have passion for what you do you will never have the "drive" to always be trying to get better at what you do. It's a given that some people are just naturally more talented than others, but someone with a passion for what they do will never use that as an excuse to quit trying to do a better job on the "next" project than they did on the last one. just my Ben 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRammit Posted July 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Well said Ben..... Perhaps a better wording for the thread would have been "inspire" Passion does drive, while inspiration steers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsworms Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Ben pretty much nailed it. Once you get to the point where you feel like you might have something "special" to offer, it sort of escalates from there. It's that constant need to improve upon what you do. One of the coolest things about this hobby? You'll never quit learning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRammit Posted July 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Ben pretty much nailed it. Once you get to the point where you feel like you might have something "special" to offer, it sort of escalates from there. It's that constant need to improve upon what you do. One of the coolest things about this hobby? You'll never quit learning. But we are all driven, or inspired by different things... On this site: some are driven by art, and inspired by the some of the finest painters in the world... who happen to paint lures Some are driven by creation, and inspired by some of the most tactile and talented small scale builders in the world... Who happen to build lures Then there are those driven by the wheels turning inside their own mind, and inspired by some of the greatest minds in the world... Who happen to invent lures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodkaman Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Good list, I pretty much agree with it all. I don't belong on the list because I don't take baits to the finished state. Even the baits that I fish are not finished, I just take lots of them. Finishing just does not interest me, but thanks for the mention. I find the process of lure design fascinating. For me, it is all about learning the theory, the scientific rules that govern how the bait moves. Taking those rules and designing a bait that moves different. I still have a lot of learning to do; prototypes to build to prove theories and explain how specific baits work. So many types I haven't even started on yet. At the moment, I am waiting for a new mold to be delivered from the 3D printers. I have had to invent a plastic material to emulate plastisol. If this method works, I have quite a few plastic ideas that I want to explore. I don't know what the big draw is for me, especially as I do this thing different to everyone else. It just works for me and the way my mind functions. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNC Molds N Stuff Posted July 10, 2015 Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 When you say some have skills you will never have, that is a choice. Skills and knowledge are developed by hard work. Talent may make it easier, but I'm not really sure how to quantify that. However, I got a lesson from my grandmother many years ago. She thought she was teaching me something simpler I am sure, but she taught me that many great things can be accomplished by study and practice. She was an oil and acrylic artist. She did portraits and commercial buildings, and she even sometimes took commercial commissions although her real "job" was caring for the family. I asked her one day about doing realistic pictures, and she taught me most of them were a trick. On the spot she did a pencil drawing of a toy car using a short slashed line method. When she was done I could clearly see it was a picture of the car, but when I studied how it was drawn it didn't look anything like the car's smooth lines and shiny surfaces... and yet it did. That year for Christmas I received two sketching books. I read them from cover to cover. I do not have the skill she had nor the talent, but I am confident I could sketch an idea well enough for somebody to understand it unless they let their own mental image over shadow it. I am also confident if I had spent the last 40 years practicing so I had the skills (if not the talent) she did I could be a commercial artists. That doesn't mean I would be over shadowing Rembrandt, but it means you might go into some hot shots office and see a painting I did of his building on the wall. (My grandmother did several of that type of commercial job.) A lesson I have kind of taught myself is that there is only so much time in a life. You have to choose what you spend your time on. Most people can be pretty good at a couple things in life if they choose to. Some things you have to decide if its worth the time to stay good. Pool, tennis, even fishing take practice to be at the top of your game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRammit Posted July 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Dave, for once i can say you are wrong, Ha!... You belong on my list because innovation is what intrests me about this hobby... Weather it be a lure the likes of which has never been seen before, or a bait that already exists but does something no other lures do!..... For all i know, maybe you have some kinda termite fish in Indonesia that find your wood finishes quite tasty (Ha! even made myself giggle!) Bob... I can draw quite well, and im sure i could learn to paint too (actually i plan to)... Im just not that good with colors.. I see them, and i see all shades of them, but that carpet still throws me off!.... When i mix a new color of plastic, i always have my wife check it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRammit Posted July 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 Dave, for once i can say you are wrong, Ha!... You belong on my list because innovation is what intrests me about this hobby... Weather it be a lure the likes of which has never been seen before, or a bait that already exists but does something no other lures do!..... For all i know, maybe you have some kinda termite fish in Indonesia that find your wood finishes quite tasty (Ha! even made myself giggle!) Bob... I can draw quite well, and im sure i could learn to paint too (actually i plan to)... Im just not that good with colors.. I see them, and i see all shades of them, but that carpet still throws me off!.... When i mix a new color of plastic, i always have my wife check it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRammit Posted July 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 10, 2015 And you couldnt be more right about time! When i was a teenager, my mom found a wall plaque at a yard sale and hung it on my wall.. It was "the teen commandments"... I dont remember the other nine, but one of them was "dont kill time, invest it"...... My kids hate that, cause i always say it when i see them playing video games Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRammit Posted July 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Ok, help me out here... Is this carpet green or blue??? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohawkman Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Ok, help me out here... Is this carpet green or blue??? It's definitely green...or blue...or purple 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRammit Posted July 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Thanks Brandon, now im even more confused 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNC Molds N Stuff Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Ummm... grey #32. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRammit Posted July 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Ummm... grey #32. Huh???.... Im helpless! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mohawkman Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Looks sorta chameleon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRammit Posted July 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Atleast nobody said red... Then id know i have a problem! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vodkaman Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 It looks green to me. But being Vodkaman means that I cannot leave it there: 1 - I screen grabbed a square of the brighter section. 2 - Increased the brightness and contrast. 3 - Ran a filter to pixilate it into individual colors in large squares. 4 - analysed each square's color. Results: A - Only one square fell into the low end of the blue range. B - Only two squares fell into the high yellow range. C - the rest were low to mid green Conclusions - Defo a GREEN carpet. Dave 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRammit Posted July 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 (edited) It looks green to me. But being Vodkaman means that I cannot leave it there: 1 - I screen grabbed a square of the brighter section. 2 - Increased the brightness and contrast. 3 - Ran a filter to pixilate it into individual colors in large squares. 4 - analysed each square's color. Results: A - Only one square fell into the low end of the blue range. B - Only two squares fell into the high yellow range. C - the rest were low to mid green Conclusions - Defo a GREEN carpet. carpet 2.JPG Dave Thanks Dave for settling a 4 year arguement... I read your results to the wife.... With a "Ha" and a "I told you so" she gracefully accepted the victory Woman 100,000,000,001... Man 0 Edited July 11, 2015 by JRammit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayburnGuy Posted July 11, 2015 Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Your first mistake was to argue with a woman. Your second mistake was to argue with a woman that was also your wife. The second one is just very wrong on sooooooooooooooooo many counts. And you've been arguing this for 4 years? Your either a glutton for punishment or your really slow to catch on. If there was a rule book on marriage the #1 rule should be to choose your battles well. Ben 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRammit Posted July 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 11, 2015 Ha ha!..... I still see blue...... So i still ask her to verify my plastisol colorants Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
