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Fine work Marty. Do I see a piece of poly that has been on the magic carpet? ;D Eric

Nice. 8-)

Rear veiw.

Front veiw.

This is my first attempt at a bluegill pattern. I put the scheme on a 3/4 oz crank that will run apx 2 feet. If you reel a little slower, it will run just under the surface creating a fairly good sized wake. With the following features, I nicknamed it the "Bedrocker" Notice the slight flip flop pattern between the pictures. Scaling disapears, and purple hue on back fading to blue hue at tail.

"M" r sweet. O s "M" R ;D

I will try to find one at one of the local tackel stores. If any have them that is. They are hard to find. If I can find one, I can answer more of your questoins without making a guess.

It is a heavier rubber, and alot of it. Longer and thicker also.

Soon to be a whole lot of shaking going on?

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25 minutes west of Asheville.

Do you make any "mop" jig replicas? Eric

Marty, I thought you would like it. It makes the balsa a little harder also. The thinned epoxy will soak into the outer wood. Eric

Probably so. It will work well for a different blue back herring pattern.

Nice! What do you think of the new sealing method?

Thanks ya' folks.

If you have the tank you can turn the compressor off. Without the tank, the compressor must run everytime you depress the trigger on the airbrush. The larger the tank, the longer you can leave the compressor turned off. You can not drop below the pressure you need to continue spraying with the airbrush. Your paint will splatter or not flow at all. The compressor will also turn on and off as certain pressures are reached. Mine will run untill it reaches 130psi then turn off. If I forget to turn the power off, it will then cycle back on as the pressure in the tank falls below 100psi. Eric

As long as noise is not an issue you can use a small shop compressor like you find at Lowes or Home Depot. If noise is a problem you will have to fork out the extra cash for the quieter airbrush compressors. Which ever you buy, I recommend one that has an airtank. The air tank will keep the compressor from running as often. You can also rent compressed air or CO2 tanks which are completly noiseless except for the hiss of the brush. I am using a 5 gallon Kobalt that cost apx $170.00 I wished I had went bigger so it would not run as often. When it is real quiet and I am drawing fine lines or detail, it always seems to reach minimum pressure. While concentrating hard on the lure, the start up is rough on the nerves. Eric

Hit the wrong button. You will still have to ballast and place your hardware, and seal the wood and cut your lip slot at the desired angle

Jannsnetcraft and stamina both sell them.

Thanks Marty. I have a crappie stencil I am working out. It will be done in time for spring. The bass in the test tank (ie the 3 acre pond) love crappie during the post spawn. Eric

This is the Norman. I saw this scheme on another lure and liked it. So I gave it a shot.

This is the Tilapia. One of our power plant lakes has had these stocked.

Nice Marty. Like the 2nd from the top on the left.

Everything Big M stated. Even the softer woods like pine and cedar, have better holding properties than balsa as far as hardware. (Scres and screw eyes) With balsa, I use hand spiraled hook hangers in order to increase surface conact with the epoxy. Over kill? Maybe, but better safe than sorry. You don't have to worry about the wood underneath being crushed on impact with rocks and such on an errant cast with harder woods. Dented or chipped, yes. With balsa being as soft as it is, it will flex more than the epoxy does and cause cracks. It is like the plastic bumpers that first came out on cars in the late 80's. The plastic would flex underneath, and the paint would crack if the vehicle barely brushed the bumper with another vehicle. I had one lure stuck in a tree and ripped it free and it struck the mid section of the big motor and cracked all the way through to the wood. I am not knocking epoxy sealed over balsa. I do not know of any other lure that would have stood that abuse, store bought or custom made. A plastic crank would have probably shattered. You do loose action as the wood density increase. As the wood density increases, the total lure weight is spread out over more of the lure. Simply because the wood weighs more. With balsa being so lite, you can place heavier balast weight in the lure making the weight more localized. This is why balsa lures are so "lively". Heavier woods can be made to diver deeper easier also. Hope my rambling explained what you were asking. Eric