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.

Front veiw.

Rear veiw.

very nice, i like the color

got to love the flip/flop colors, I still have not got the hang of them.

good looking bait there.

Very good job I say!  Nice work.  8-)

very nice work dude

Thanks guys.

Awesome...very impressive!

I like..... ;D

How much?!?!  j/k ;D

Ernel, awesome job...feel like disclosing the recipe on that one?

Thanks folks. All the compliments are apprieciated.

As far as selling, it will eventually have a price tag. Right now it is still a prototype that needs tweaking to meet my specs. I just painted it to keep in pratice. Keep looking for the final addition to come sometime around mid March if everything works out.

I struggled a little before posting this part. The paint scheme is the one thing I normally hold sacred, but here it is:

The color recipe is fairly straght forward.

White base

pearl sides

goose feather upper

Clear

scaled od green with touch of pearl white mixed in faded from top down heat set very well, then wipe very lightly with wet lint free paper towel. Do not remove all color. Heat set again. (Scales should fade slightly as lure is shifted)

Clear

whirled pea green (for lack of better name) with leaf green and tinting black for bars

dark od for shoulders and upper back

black mixed with metalic silver sprayed on center of back and nose

caribean blue for bluegill accent

3 X clear

mix pearl powders with gloss clear (Lilac, and Galaxy blue Sprayed seperatly)

Clear X 2

Topcoat

It took roughly 2 hours of trial and error to get to the final color product. I will be making more changes to it as well. There are a few shades that need to be re-mixed. They just aren't pleasing or mixing correctly to me. (Hard to explain)

Eric

Okay, thanks for disclosing that, but there's definitely no way I will ever try it. I barely understood any of that recipe  But thanks, I like to learn from guys who are at a much higher skill level than me. Just curious, you spray clear coat a lot during the process, what does that accomplish? And what does the heat setting do? Thanks for info ernel.

The first coat of clear helps the scale pattern look a little deeper. The 2nd will hold that pattern if I make a mistake. The 3 near the end give depth once again and a little seperation between the colored paint and the pearl mix. The pearls are mixed in a clear coat that suspends the flakes away from the body. The final 2 coats just make sure the pearl powder is covered prior to top coat. Overkill? Maybe, but it works out well in the end.

Eric

Oh yeah, heat setting. That is how you get your paint to "set" or become locked onto the surface. I use a hairdryer. Sorry for the poor explanation, but that is the only way I can explain it.

Eric