Smirak

Acrylic paints are just fine… Bro - get ready for a rabbit hole!! I started with a createx primary color set from hobby lobby. I have createx (wicked line included), Vallejo, golden, mission model, and prob a few others. I started spraying with a harbor freight gun and compressor. I now use a couple of different ones. I have a few gaahleri Mobius 0.3mm guns, a Mobius 0.2m as well. I have a neoeco that I have loaded with a 0.5mm needle/nozzle and is used for laying down lots of paint at once, and my harbor freight is loaded with a 0.5mm and is used for clear coating only. You’ll find yourself buying all kinds of stuff and saying “I can use that in lure making”. The below is my setup. I have 2 of the drawer cabinets loaded with just lure building stuff.

I had my son pick me up about a dozen packs last summer when he was in Japan. I add some to my jdm orders usually. I really like them…

BKK split rings. I know they aren’t technically JDM, but at like $2.00 a pack vs $7.00 at TW. I added some to my last order from Digitaka.

I lost a fish M on a freak-o rig yesterday. I like the freak-o rig, but once through the fish M plastic, the hole is “wallered out” (an Alabama term) and the bait can slide right off. Rigged up a skinny bear with a 1/8 vmc hybrid swimbait jig head with screw lok and it ain’t going nowhere!

As an avid buyer of JDM baits, I only care the cost. If it’s less than $20/3pk, I’m out…

Muck boots if cold. Chaco’s or Birkenstocks otherwise. I usually launch barefooted in my kayak, if not, I launch in my Chaco’s. Then, whatever I’m wearing, I take them off in the kayak - because Birkenstock tan is not sexy.

Got my first fish yesterday on the fish M. Totally wasn’t expecting it either. Was in a small creek fishing my bfs gear for 12”ers and I saw a good mama - about 3 lbs, hunting in about 10” of water. Threw the urchin out a bit and got bit. Wasn’t the big girl, but it did catch fish.

Cuda, bubba or bass pro stay in my bags all the time. I prefer the 5 (or 6?) inch cuda vs the 3”. The bass pro scissors are good, but they stopped making them. Bubba are really good, but are way overpriced (imho).

I fished one (coike fish M) yesterday for a little bit. Conditions weren’t right, but it was the first time I did so. I fished it with the freak-o 3/32 rig with a 2/0 wacky hook of some sort (can’t remember the hook). I’ve got 7 more urchin baits set to arrive tomorrow. I won’t catch any fish on them, but I fed the bait monkey well…

Already purchased and delivered!

And - out of stock now…must’ve been only a few at the price…

J braid, 131, 832, sunline almight, tactx, varivas super finesse trout (I believe is the name) and probably a few others…those are all currently spooled on one reel or another. I like J braid and 131 particularly. When time to respool, I’ll probably start switching over to j braid exclusively unless something else comes along that I want to try.

I was too busy to even think about fishing. However, I plan to drive to camp next year and bring my kayak for a few extra days after camp.

Dude - this ruined me. In the last 72 hrs I have purchased the following: 3 - Coike Fish M 4 - Hags Prickly Pear 3 - Yamamoto Uni 2 - skinny bear stand em ups Various rigging options to include the freak-o rig. Many different hook options from Decoy, Owner, Ryugi, Hayabusa and Gamakatsu I’ll post pics when my last package shows up. Monkey Fed.

I can confirm this theory. It also works on megabass lures as well. So, be careful…