Painting jerkbaits for big trout

[Flysmallie]

1 hour ago, snagged in outlet 3 said:

What color 

Red with a Budweiser logo.

[snagged in outlet 3]

Figured I'd ask at least...

[Gavin]

Brownie man passed on a long time ago, but he was a very good trout fisherman here's a pick of his tackle box.

Brownie Man's Tackle Box

[Flysmallie]

8 minutes ago, Gavin said:

Brownie man passed on a long time ago, but he was a very good trout fisherman here's a pick of his tackle box.

Brownie Man's Tackle Box

He was very good with those tools. 

[Johnsfolly]

34 minutes ago, Gavin said:

Brownie man passed on a long time ago, but he was a very good trout fisherman here's a pick of his tackle box.

Brownie Man's Tackle Box

Looks a lot like my brown trout tackle box . I'm having a hard time finding the original F9 and F11 floating Rapalas. I really like the wood more so than plastics with rattles. Also like to touch them up a bit.

[fishinwrench]

4 hours ago, Gavin said:

Brownie man passed on a long time ago, but he was a very good trout fisherman here's a pick of his tackle box.

Brownie Man's Tackle Box

Yep, that's the guy.  

Silver/Chart. back.  Only because it allowed him to see it at all times.   

[dnj21]

Great thread- so much to be learned about what works and what doesn't from guys who do it all the time.  When you go 3-4x a year it takes forever to get this knowledge.  Two weeks from today I will be back, time is dragging........

 

[duckydoty]

Working on the parr mark stencils now.  Laying a melted sheet of plastic over the lure body was not an easy task that I’m pretty sure left at least one blistered finger.

 

[duckydoty]

1st attempt at a juvenile rainbow.  I like the way the parr marks came out.  Gill plates are a little harsh.  I got a little carried away with the dots and did not heat set them, so they smeared just a tad when applying epoxy coat.  Did not cover bill because it was a sacrificial blank I had been cutting stencils out on.

[duckydoty]

Also, another tip....... Do not heat set paint through a plastic stencil that you just spent an hour making with a paint stripping heat gun.  Use a hair dryer on low heat😖