New pastime

[Flyguide7]

Lately I have been having issues keeping me off the river;

• back problems,
• motor problems
• flooding
• business travel

So I bought some lure blanks on line, and air brush and a bunch of paints and started painting my own lures in an effort to match the hatch. The Meramec is full of Ozark Shiners so I decided to attempt painting some baits to look like them.  It keeps me from pouting when I can’t get a smallmouth fix.

[BilletHead]

             Nice work!

BilletHead

[Flyguide7]

Once I add the split rings and the Gamagtsu trebles the bait suspends. It should be good for clear water.

[Flysmallie]

Those look great. 

[patfish]

2 hours ago, Flyguide7 said:

It should be good for clear water.

From the looks of things down by me at Flamm we're going to waiting a while for "clear water".  

[Flyguide7]

Yep. 

[Gavin]

They look good! Might have to start painting, some of my favorite colors are no longer available.

 

[Flyguide7]

Here a couple of gills I painted up this morning.

[Flyguide7]

[Basfis]

Very nice work 👍🏻