De-Mystifying The Wiggle Wart

[abkeenan]

6 minutes ago, Old plug said:

I d not know Dave. The mans  name is Ed Bryant. If Dave is a  big collector I am sure he knows the name. He is or was among the top 3 collectors in the nation. 

I was making a joke referring to Dave (dtrs5kprs) and his bait/tackle hoarding issues. 

[Old plug]

I just thought he just might know him. No offense taken. He is fine fisherman as well. Very fine community active family. 

[abkeenan]

5 minutes ago, Old plug said:

I just thought he just might know him. No offense taken. He is fine fisherman as well. Very fine community active family. 

Old Plug isn't into Old Plugs? I myself like history in general and like the evolution of industries/innovations/technologies. Think it's pretty neat to see the stuff guys used in the early 1900's to what we have now and everything in between.

[vernon]

9 hours ago, abkeenan said:

I was making a joke referring to Dave (dtrs5kprs) and his bait/tackle hoarding issues. 

9 hours ago, abkeenan said:

I was making a joke referring to Dave (dtrs5kprs) and his bait/tackle hoarding issues. 

"Hoarder" IS probably a little more appropriate than "collector"!

BTW, where has the ol' boy been?  Completely abandoned the forum for football?

I tried to PM him a couple of times last week and the thing said that he wasn't accepting messages.  Just figured it was a full mailbox. 

Hope it's not related to the recent shoulder injury. 

[Browning Guy]

On ‎4‎/‎12‎/‎2014 at 7:53 AM, Hughesy said:

I use a blast cabinet a lot. I use baking soda as it is non toxic and does not remove any details in the lure such as scale patterns. Any of the cabinets will work, but i like the ones where the lid opens straight up as opposed to the ones that have side doors. All of your soda falls out the sides on those models. You can buy the soda in bulk at harbor freight.

+1 on the baking soda and top opening cabinet.  Albeit dusty/messy at times, but excellent. I bought my set up at Grizzly several years ago.  Nothing fancy, but gets the job done. I used to use the denatured and sand paper, but discovered my time was better spent elsewhere and bought the cabinet.

[Browning Guy]

On ‎3‎/‎21‎/‎2015 at 0:57 PM, dtrs5kprs said:

These were everywhere last June. Color varied from the basic green pumpkin to a darker green. Assume they are a different craw, but guess it could be a stage.

 

  Peach Orchard.  I like it. This is one of the Predator baits.  This color (at times) is fantastic on Stockton and Bull. I also do another with more blue. 

[m&m]

I have to admit I had not seen a black and blue crawfish so I was skeptical. But a couple of years ago I saw one in shallow water in May at LOZ. The body was black and the pinchers were light blue. 

Mike

[Smalliebigs]

1 hour ago, BrowningCollector.com said:

  Peach Orchard.  I like it. This is one of the Predator baits.  This color (at times) is fantastic on Stockton and Bull. I also do another with more blue. 

SWEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Browning Guy]

The bait painted above is based on a craw I caught in mid to late spring. I'm still learning to paint and time is way too short.  I am NOT an expert in crawdads, but observation shows different species and that their color changes based on time of year (both of which we already knew). I'm not sure which species it is, but I've caught some that look like miniature lobsters 7"-8" long.

[*T*]

Every time these color discussions come up I wonder about, but am not sure about, a couple of things. How do the eyes of bass perceive color?  Are they receptive to wavelengths in any way similar to humans.  Even people see the same colors differently.  And, underwater, at different depths and in different water clarity conditions, how are reflected colors there distorted from the colors we see out of the water in daylight viewing.  I'm sure you've seen how images from photos or pics on computers can show color inaccurately.

Got to say, it's great to see these artful skills of you folks who paint up baits.  And if it ups your confidence when fishing, it's a good thing.