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ummmmm :-? ;D

thats when you need to start smacking the water obnoxiously with an oar to scare any bass away ;D

hell no! i've made something that rapala doesn't offer

it doesnt matter what kind of material the bait is made out of. mine's made of PVC, but you still need to seal very well it to protect the paint.

thanks guys. Big M, to make the rattle i drilled a hole across the bait and put in this little brass bead thing that holds a guitar string onto the bridge (i was going to use a copper BB, but just fooling around i tossed this guitar string bead in there, and it sounded better than the BB). then i sealed off both sides of the hole with pieces of aluminum from a soda can. my original plan was to cut the edge of the hole at a slant so that the aluminum would be "sunk in" the bait, and then just smooth it over with epoxy, but that wasnt working out so i just cut the aluminum bigger than the hole and glued it over the entire hole. Sam, these are all very good points, and i actually considered each one of these while i was making the bait. i thought about running a blood trail across the sides of the bait, but i figured it wasnt all that necessary, and i like the way the paint looks without additional details. i am a big supporter of the simple=better theory. dont want to have too much going on on the bait at once. i made some 3D eyes for it, but i was pretty stupid and didnt think it through and forgot to cut recessed eye sockets, and when i went to put the eyes on, they stuck out so far it was ridiculous, so i just painted them on. if i had some sticker prismatic eyes, i definitley would have used them, but i didnt have any... i didn't measure the bait but its about 2.5-3" long. its a little bit bigger than the usual wakebait of this style. i knew from the start i only wanted one rattle in it. i've had very good success with crankbaits that only have a faint, high pitched ticking rattle, like the rapala DT's. this rattle, with its single brass bead, has a nice sound i really like.

regarding thinning: someone over at tackle underground posted a fine example of the difference between thinning acrylic paint with water and with windex. here is the link to the experiment: http://www.tackleunderground.com/forum/hard-baits/12438-thinning-water-based-acrylics.html notice how the water-thinned paint just beads up but the windex-thinned paint is a fine, even mist.

until you epoxy over the tape and end up epoxying it to the lip : i've done that a few times.... i just brushed it on, careful not to get any on the bill. i got a little bit on it right where it meets the body, but its alright, barely noticable.

The whole swimbait thing was getting pretty tired, so i decided i would try something new. Crankbaits. These are much trickier to make and after making this one, much respect goes out to the crankbait gurus. Just about everything about this bait could use improvement, but i did test this and it has a nice waking action with a crazy wide wobble. i also like the way the rattle sounds (the rattle can be seen in the photos, its a faint circle just behind the gill). i know this bait will catch some fish anyway, here are the photos: this one really brings out the gold: this one brings out all the colors:

when putting the top coat on, how do you not get epoxy on the lip of a crankbait?

wait, so was that whole spider-as-payment email chain REAL?

Any idea when this film is going to be released? can i expect it to come on TV or is it straight to DVD or what?

you're probably going to need a heavier rod to throw that bait.

quality fish!

ahhhh WTH!!! what is it with people spelling musicians' names wrong!?!?!

i was so hoping for one of them to bust their ***!

You really need a girlfriend. ;D why??? (i knew i was gonna get some heat for that trench comment...)

i can.

burn!!!! (1) slang: to disrespect someone (to diss); to make fun of someone; used by a third party after a first party makes fun of a second party. Brought back to life by the ever-popular That 70's Show.

well i got no comeback, because i actually think metal dectecting is kinda neat. i thought about buying one once. just the other day i was digging a trench to test swimbaits and i hit something hard and pulled up an old iron jack for a truck or something. and its spelled METALLICA!

right now i'm glad i'm on Team Huggies so that way i dont have to argue with Hookem who insists on posting crazy stupid songs as you guys' anthem

congrats on being member #18,000

Team Huggies approves of your practices

you'd throw wet towels too if you were 3.29 eons old... +1 for Team Huggies

And I'm your mom's baby daddy

and you guys rag on me for wanting to raise nightcrawlers... :