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Does that blade chatter well with that big lure body on it? Excellent catch!

Got munched!

Thanks...this is my first attempt at a big thread fin

Looks good man!

This bait was made for the lure contest but I thought it was open through the end of April rather then closing on the 29th. so I hope you enjoy this bait here instead. It is a sunfish glide bait bade from colored pencils.

Thanks gentlemen!

Still a cool looking swimbait and would be interested in see some of your other work. But if I remember you won with this same lure last year

Wayyy better than what I was making at 15 haha…nicely done!

Exceptional work Ryan. Your stuff is so clean and well done.

Awesome Sauger Pattern!

Thanks both! Fishin Big: it's cunningly designed to scare off the smaller fish and only catch the big, tough ones.

Wow... Your spoon/spoonplug type baits never cease to amaze me!

There is a rattle can rainbow trout clipped at the bottom this pic. It is also in pic 2 at the top. What I do is: 1. paint+primer flat white base coat on whole bait 2. pearl mist on belly with belly directly facing nozzle. Sometimes I skip this and keep the white bottom for stained water. 3. You can use a fine mesh here for scales if you want. Metallic silver or Shimmer Metallic silver (Krylon) with back(top) of the lure facing nozzle at slight angle so the paint hits the shoulder and fades down the sides. Give a good dry time here. 4. Use low adhesion masking tape to mark a stripe area down each side of the bait. Spray a few light passes in pink. I found a can of ‘English rose’ color that makes a good rainbow trout stripe. Here you can also do something like paint the stripe purple, keep tape on and let dry, apply mesh, and hit same are with pink so you get purple and pink in the stripe. 5. Spray the back of the bait with a green with the center of the back directly facing the nozzle. The top will get hit and fade onto the shoulder. I have used army green, camo green, dark olive, forest green. 6. Dot with black or purple Sharpie. Or hand dot with small brush. I have used small cans of Rustoleum here because I have a bunch of them. 7. Optional- you can do another light pass of the green on the back here to blend in the shoulder dots a touch. 8. Optional- hit the sides with a quick light pass of Krylon Glitter blast in gold or silver. Keep the nozzle a bit further away from the bait. Only looking for a light dusting here. I do a practice spray away from the bait to gauge the spray flow so I don’t cover the paint job in glitter. I have done a bunch of rainbow trout baits. I sometimes change the colors a bit depending on what I have and what is on sale. It is easy but there is some drying time in between steps. You can use a hair dryer to speed this up if you keep the coats light.

Dude, that thing looks great! Great transition from the face to the body. Looks like it could crawl away!

Looks great!

Thank you! The scales are done with this little metal tube that I cut a section out of as shown. It doesn't require much pressure to make a good impression in the foil.

Look what showed up on my newsfeed just now. I wonder if anybody else saw it or if it was just tailored to me for manipulation purposes. I did NOT buy an ad on the MSN news feed.

That's a really clever idea. Please let us know when you get bit.

Nice work man!

Looks great man!

Small Water Customs "Pond Special" bass.

Looks like you nailed it.

Very interesting bait. Looks like it will wake great and really move some water when it does. Nice work.

Redwood diver. Carved detail, a spritz of white paint on the belly,and D2T clear coat.

Thanks Big Epp ,keep up the good work ! Please note that I did not make the pike swimbait , only painted , I have made some swimbaits that have four joints . This has way to many joints for me Tommy

Thank you! Yes, they are a lot of fun to work with. There's also something neat about knowing the lure that you just made started as nothing more than a stick from your yard.

Is that a lure or a sculpture? It's so artistic I can't tell! If it's a lure, what is it, a glider?

I suppose it's kind of like a hillbilly spinnerbait... This thing looks really cool. I bet the pike will smash it! I like your idea with the tail hanger!

Beautiful work as always Dan!!

I like that fin idea…also seen you on SU and can’t wait to see what sweet swimbaits you come up with

I hate taking photos of baits painted with pearls because I loose part of the details lure was painted with a white base. Next a cream color with faint dark bronze pearl bars and a copper pearl back. Small silver scales over the sides and back. White spots freckled over the back and sides. Then a white belly slightly faded into the sides. The face I faded in some white and add black gill detail. The first layer of clear coat has fine gold glitter and then 4 more coats of KBS

There it is! Bass beware the manatee bait!

Is this a spear fishing decoy? Bite marks is a nice touch.

Oh come on man go out and fish it lol may get you a new PB musky

Thank you!!

Hand- Carved , Hand - painted…. Top water Creepin Turtle !!! By Greg Nimmer

Thanks! I appreciate it!

Good job.

Thanks guys!

Thanks...This is what the thread fin shad look like here. We call them "yellow tails".

I love that sexy shad color you did here!

Yes they are Lexan , Much appreciated and keep up the good work you are doing .

Thank you!

AMAZING Sauger!!!

This is definitely going to be top 5 lures in this contest this year! Your work never ceases to amaze me!

Hahahaha

This. Is. Awesome. I bet it's about the right size for great white sharks and orcas.

Not perfect, but the bait looks great! It's amazing how much information is on this site. So many people have so much experience. I've learned a bunch over the last couple years. My next jump is going to be into using an airbrush, as the finish is just so much higher quality looking. Did you airbrush this?

nothing' wrong with that- now go and paint 100 more and look at the difference - it will amaze you! good job

:?Love the colors....great paint scheme ...is it just me (or possibly one too may single malt scotch) but it looks as though it's upside down....no offense just curious????? surfk9 irish by blood , scotch by choice...surfk9