Outlaw4 Posted October 31 Report Share Posted October 31 As we roll into the hardwater season here in the north country means less fishing and more painting for me. If you had to pick your top 5 paint patterns what would they be? Do you like more modern stuff, or like the vintage look? Flashy colors or more natural? If you have pics or links to pics even better. I need some inspiration as i feel my artsy side is in a bit of a funk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arne Posted October 31 Report Share Posted October 31 Go to the gallery. click on the button at the top of the page. Lots of different pics there of lures people have made or painted. Probably more ideas there than you or I have time to copy. Personally paint most of the lures so they look natural. At least try to make them that way sometimes doesn't work so good. Good luck with yours, Arne. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaswimbaiter Posted October 31 Report Share Posted October 31 I like natural colors unless it’s a shad, then I want as shiny as possible. Have you experimented with foil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aulrich Posted November 1 Report Share Posted November 1 I am a pretty unimaganative painter, probably has to do with primarily fishing for pike. It's scarry how fast they can ruin a lure. So I have a standard set of colors ranging from "natural" to loud Perch Blue/Perl Silver/white (Moving towards Silver Foil) Pike Rainbow Trout (sometimes) Walleye Green/Gold/white (sometimes depending on the lure) Flo Purple/Pearl Gold/ Flo Orange (Moving towards Gold Foil) Fire tiger Flo Green/ Flo Yellow/ Flo Orange - Black stripes Tiger Tiger Black/Flow Orange/white - black stripes (Sometimes) Pink Lady Flo Purple/Flo Pink/White - black stripes (Sometimes) I 3d print most of my lure now so anything that is a pattern is painted with a stencil 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD_mudbug Posted November 19 Report Share Posted November 19 Don't forget the difficult-to-paint patterns such as the all-white and the all-black. And if you want to get truly artsy, you could add a bit of red to throat. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anxious Baits Posted November 20 Report Share Posted November 20 I like working with foil as I can get some really cool effects with it. Here’s some topwaters I did in various paint patterns. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaswimbaiter Posted November 20 Report Share Posted November 20 Those are some cool patterns. You got to make a post on how you did those. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bait_wolf Posted November 26 Report Share Posted November 26 I like painting natural colour baits usually, however I also love doing some oddball things like pink and chartreuse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodieb8 Posted Wednesday at 09:18 PM Report Share Posted Wednesday at 09:18 PM depends .clear water..tannic water etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outlaw4 Posted Thursday at 05:45 PM Author Report Share Posted Thursday at 05:45 PM maybe i should retitle, you can only have 5 what would they be. you don't know where you're going or when. I'm thinking id go: 1. natural shad of some type 2. chartreuse sided something with a dark back 3. fire tiger 4. orange / red craw 5. natural craw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastman03 Posted Thursday at 06:12 PM Report Share Posted Thursday at 06:12 PM Yup, boats put away, time to brush off the lure making stuff. I like to experiment with painting and effects because it's fun, but I usually have a few standards when I fish. 1. Perch 2. Firetiger 3.cisco 4. walleye 5. Something wacky and bright, chartreuse with black dots. 6. Jet black Granted, cisco or walleye color patterns can vary a lot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
