First one and proud.

I'd say the hook has been set. Welcome to the club.

Coleslaw colored bait I recently made. 

 

Allen 

Allen, have you developed a baby bass pattern yet ?  I’m in need buddy.

Need to make some skirt prototypes to see what everyone likes. I will post some pics of the heads I painted recently.

 

Allen

Coleslaw craw (verbal trademark). ?

 

That’s it!

Those are nice looking @Munkin! 

22 hours ago, Columbia Craw said:

That’s it!

Not entirely happy with them personally.  Wish I would have painted the belly pearl white instead or regular white.  Going forward that will be the paint pattern.  I know everyone is going to say it doesn't really matter but I am OCD when it comes to making baits. 

 

Allen 

A couple of jointed baits I recently made from red cedar. 

Here’s a couple of glide baits I painted 

23 hours ago, Baitmaker said:

A couple of jointed baits I recently made from red cedar. 

These are beautiful! I aspire to be this good one day. 

21 hours ago, looking45 said:

Here’s a couple of glide baits I painted 

Very lovely paint job! 

Thank you

8 hours ago, IcatchDinks said:

These are beautiful! I aspire to be this good one day. 

 

Thanks a lot and Keep at it! 

This is supposed to be a smallmouth. No idea if it'll catch fish. But it was fun to paint. 

 

On 6/24/2023 at 1:15 AM, Columbia Craw said:

That’s it!

First try, think it needs two strands of black down the sides. Overall I like it just needs some tweaks. 

 

Allen 

Maybe this as a trailer?

Added some black silicone on the sides. 

 

Allen 

 

I've mostly been tying flies lately, but I picked my jig tying back up this summer to tie some jigs for a buddy to take to Minnesota and our local rivers that my son fishes. I forgot how much fun I have tying jigs. 

Forgive the double post. I'm trying to fix the picture with several jigs in it, but can't find an option to edit the original post. 

Prototype micro bladed jig. Did get a couple hits. Rides higher in column than I expected considering blade size. Going to continue tweaking it.

It looks like your blade is on backwards, the bend should be towards the rear of the bait. The extra resistance of the blade like this  would cause the bait to ride higher.

1 hour ago, keagbassr said:

It looks like your blade is on backwards, the bend should be towards the rear of the bait. The extra resistance of the blade like this  would cause the bait to ride higher.

This^^^^^^

7 hours ago, keagbassr said:

It looks like your blade is on backwards, the bend should be towards the rear of the bait. The extra resistance of the blade like this  would cause the bait to ride higher.

Thank you. Ive never actually fished bladed jigs. I’ve been unsure which way to bend it so that makes alot of sense.