Does anyone add lead to their crankbait bills? I have flattened split shot in a vise and epoxied them to the underside of a couple circuit board deep divers and I liked the results compared to similar baits without the added lead. Just curious if anyone has any opinions or previous experience in this area..
Just throwing this out there... I have not used the rust oleum but I have been using ace clear gloss enamel before a final epoxy coat. I have been using permanent marker to add details to my baits and have not had any running to speak of with any color marker.
Them things are hard to beat I've seen some big 7+ pond fish come on that bait I've been known to put a 3" fluke on a rr head In The early spring. Good for schooling fish too
It works man! I haven't put a bend in it yet but I will try it out. I still seem to get plenty of vibration with the plastic (still shakes rod tip hard) I do bend the metal ones
you guys are right on...excellent advice...vodkaman you are a man of brilliance, be assured your wisdom does not fall on deaf ears here. Jrammit you are correct it does not go both ways! I do laugh at how my girlfriend judges my lures in terms of their "pretty" factor though
I painted my girlfriend a princess pink crankbait for her key ring so for the moment she is happy. I tell her all about it (she just kind of nods) and she tells me all about clothes, work drama, etc lol.
That sums it up right there!! Ought to be the TU anthem. Thanks for the welcomes and a laugh! Broke my finger yesterday Splinted finger proving difficult to make baits with but not impossible. Needless to say I needed a good laugh
I am right there with ya on the brushes .thanks jrammit I used a ratchet handle and rolled it across the tape one way then turned the tape and did it from the other direction. As best I can tell on the old rapalas and bagleys they only roll it across once in the same direction. Truth be told I trashed a coupe of pieces of tape to get it looking right without smudges, etc