[dockboy]

Red Belly Grass Craw

I don't have a gun, so I use Krylon for now. These are the colors I use for the recipe;

Flat White base coat
Red belly (I typically use a medium shade of red)
Hosta Leaf green color for the sides and back
Medium Brown lightly sprayed over back (blend into sides)
Another light layer of Hosta Leaf over the brown (I alternately spray the green and brown until I get the right shade of green brown)
Flat Black very lightly sprayed on the back. This gives the bait a bit of darker speckling.

This is good color for the summer months and early fall if the fish are around grass and not eating baitfish. The sides and back blend into the grass well, but the belly flashes around on the retrieve and gets attention.I usually put a pair of red 3-D eyes on the back of the bait, near the tail. You can also add vertical lines to the body to imitate the craw body plates if you want a more exact replica of a craw.