I have been having trouble making my first post with filters here!

It took 17 steps to make these, I have 12 perch and 12 kokanee left over. A member told me about this forum and told me to show them and ask if the gang here thought there was a chance they would sell in the flea market. I am making 12 more, of thread fin shad. These are knock offs of the Magic Swimmer and they work the same, very good. I caught Pike with them!

After the next batch I am not making anymore. I do not like painting lures and I just got all new equipement, paint, air brush, compressor, DN top coat, you name it. I am active on tacklemaking sites but I love to design soft baits, make molds and new techniques and equipment to make them. It satisfys my sport fishery education background. If I can't fish 'em, I find solice in making 'em!

I have been looking through this forum, I fish bass and crappie in the winter and spring, sometimes fall. I hope the members here will make me a better basser, I am looking forward to participating, there is so much to see and lean here.

17 steps:

craze with light spray of carb cleaner

under coat white

coat over all pearlessence white

cover with Tulle netting, two sizes for different size lures

bottom 1/3 side above white belly, gold

fethered up into green/gold (transparent green mixed into gold)

Parr marks, a template forrest green, some yellow to green it up, less blue, lots of black

black down back

remove netting

black down center of back, loose scale pattern there

flo orange brushed on fins by gills

flo orange by center hook hanger and on belly of last joit, like live perch two flo orange on belly

Set the Createx with a hair dryer.

add eyes

clear coat now.

What do you think of the custom paint job?

They look great.  I am almost ready to take my first leap.

Wow, I would buy them if I had extra cash!

wow, those look insanely good. I especially like the perch color

Very nice work!!!

In my opinion, you should have no problem selling them.

Falcon

Those are very good and should sell easy.

pike what is the cost of each bait, they all look great. ranger361

You all are encouraging, thank you very much for the advice I will take it.  I will finish the batch of thread fin shad then. I am going to post and hang out on the forum, I want to be part of the fun on the forum and not just use it for the flea market.  Then after the new year maybe put the lure on the flea market.  I think maybe sell them in the set of three size per pattern. 

I really do not want to be in the bait business so the faster I can let them go the sooner I can also package up all the paint, compressor airbrush,etc. 

I sure jumped before I knew anything about paintin lures the right way!  I knew I had some creative skill, been doing things like this for years.  I thought I would enjoy making these lures, but I didn't.  It is too much like work.

I sure enjoy using them! They swim well and I kept for myself two sets of three of each pattern   Haven't thrown them at bass yet but I found they catch Pike!