Custom painting lures

[fishinwrench]

Al doesn't slow them down and give the fish a chance to study all the fine artsy details.   ??

Speaking of which, how come nobody fishes a clear spook anymore?  That was a real thing once.  

[dtrs5kprs]

12 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

Al doesn't slow them down and give the fish a chance to study all the fine artsy details.   ??

Speaking of which, how come nobody fishes a clear spook anymore?  That was a real thing once.  

Still is. I prefer the ghost rib clear to the straight clear though. If anyone from BSL ever posted, I'm sure you'd see it mentioned.

Added a clear/blue nose original Pop R P70'S to the herd recently. Lead one knocker was badly oxidized and stuck (lowering the price ?). Tapped it to get the gunk off, which worked. Surprise was it coated the inside of the bait with oxidation dust. Turned it a neat, almost clear pearl color.

[dtrs5kprs]

It was as clear as a spook before freeing the lead ball. You can see the layer of dust in the belly of the bait, second pic.

[dtrs5kprs]

30 minutes ago, TrophyFishR said:

I find it unusual that an artist of your caliber paints basic lures colors. Instead of match the hatch. 

You want to spend less time painting, catch just as many, paint your sticks and TW a pearl or bone. Shoot an orange or khaki belly on your cranks, brown or GP on the rest, and finish with some splatter or black / red / orange flake.

I don't follow my own rules well, but they hold up.

[fishinwrench]

I always thought they should paint the INSIDE of clear plastic baits.   Would give a better effect I think.

[dtrs5kprs]

6 minutes ago, fishinwrench said:

I always thought they should paint the INSIDE of clear plastic baits.   Would give a better effect I think.

A few have been painted that way.

[Guest]

Why is it so hard to find chrome & black square bills. 

Firetiger & chrome/black are my go-to colors in muddy water 

[fishinwrench]

I do really well with chrome style lipless cranks, but a chrome spook, or anything else chrome, has never been the bomb for me.   It sucks that a chrome finish doesn't last more than a day or two.  I don't like them with that "brand new" look either so I'm always in a hurry to get them just a little bit scuffed.....and then try to keep them in that condition as long as possible before they start flaking off. 

[Al Agnew]

1 hour ago, TrophyFishR said:

I find it unusual that an artist of your caliber paints basic lures colors. Instead of match the hatch. 

Like I might have said before...when you do something for a living, it's not as enjoyable to do it outside of your work, even something as cool and satisfying as painting.  I make lures to use and catch fish, I don't need the creative outlet of painting them with great detail because I already have that creative outlet.  I get the creative satisfaction from shaping them and coming up with new ideas.  My paint jobs work, and that's really all I care about.

[Al Agnew]

Anglers have some wrong ideas about chrome.  Many think it's so flashy that it has to be extremely visible in murky or muddy water.  But chrome is a mirror.  It mirrors whatever it is reflecting.  ONLY if the fish is below the lure, at just the right angle for the sun to be hitting that side of the lure and reflecting downward into the fish's eyes, is chrome "flashy".  MOST of the time, chrome is reflecting whatever the background is underwater.  A fish looking sideways at a chrome-sided crankbait will be seeing a reflection of whatever is behind the fish, which is usually going to be...green water.  Which is also exactly what is in the background behind the chrome bait, which means that the chrome sides blend almost perfectly into the background, and the lure is very well camoflaged.  That chrome, black-backed square bill crank that TrophyFishR has so much confidence in muddy water is actually going to be practically invisible about 99% of the time in those conditions, except for the black back.  It's the real reason why minnows have shiny, chrome-like scales...they intermittently flash like strobes as the fish maneuvers to escape predators, which is confusing, but most of the time they render the fish far less visible in the water.