Steven Ladner

Are these discontinued? I can only find one for sale on the internet but it's a used one in Japan. Just curious if LC stopped production on them.

Start painting more often, that thing looks great. I really like the stripes you did on it, they're different.

Just my preference, I like a glossier finish. I know some guys like to use them. I've never given one a try before, so I can't really say how good they are. Maybe others who fish them will chime in soon

I'm not too sure what difference having a flat finish will make on certain patterns. I assume their available just to offer us another type of crank to choose from. I personally don't care for them at all.

They're worth it to me, very quality cranks that I have confidence in. Mainly a fan of their shallow cranks and pointers, not much on their deeper divers though.

Looking good, really like the red craw Spro

I don't buy because of endorsements either. I'll buy a product if someone I trust has done well with it.

Here's a few Wiggle Warts I was working on this past week. Two were based off of Strike King's Orange Belly Craw and the other just a dark craw pattern. I didn't paint the lips on them so they can still keep somewhat of a "vintage" look. They're simple patterns but were fun to do.

Awesome jigs, really like the set up you used.

No doubt some great worms. 4.5" Straight tail on a 1/8oz shakey head is deadly

You have some real clean baits, nice work

Great work, nice variety of cranks

They look great Marty, clean professional work as always

Thanks guys, crab I dip them in a 2 part auto clear

Brad, all this time I didn't know that you were a part of this forum. I saw skeeterman and then your name and it finally clicked. Those are some clean looking jigs, real nice work.

Finally have the Black and White Crappie patterns to where I'm happy with them, little different look to them. Let me know what ya'll think. Black Crappie - - White Crappie

Some stuff I ordered this week, plan on giving Spro cranks a workout this year

Looking to buy a reel dedicated to fishing shallow to mid depth crankbaits. I don't plan on spending more than 250-300. Any recommendations on as far as what your favorite reel for cranks is?

They look great as always Marty

Tried a different kind of crappie pattern and also have been adding fins to the bluegill pattern. Let me know what you think.

Automotive clear. But I don't spray it, I dip. Disadvantage is I can't do hinged baits with this method. Also, it's only a good choice of you plan on clearing about 20 cranks per batch. Otherwise you'll end up with a lot of waste.

They are made in different molds. The RC has a pointy, narrower nose with more scaling details in the body. The CRS has a blunt, more rounded nose. What I don't understand is why people refer to the H2O CRS as a knockoff of LC's RC 1.5. There are a lot of square bills on the market and the CRS is just Academy's square bill. The two are similar in their designs, but the CRS is not a knockoff. If you hold the two side by side, you can see the RC 1.5 has much more detail in the body of the crank than a CRS. Both are very quality baits and work well. They're just made for different buyers, one's a higher end crank and the other a lower end.

Very nice Cliff, clean work

Thanks for the compliments guys. Dave, I had to put the airbrush down and hand paint the dots.

Here's a few from this week. First try at Baby Bass. Not too satisfied with it, will be tweaking it the next couple of weeks. - - Here's a new one called Sungill. This odd colored sunfish/bluegill was hooked and he emailed it to me to see if I could match it. - - Finally I did a little extra shading to my Pumpkinseed to try and wake it up some.