Painting jerkbaits for big trout

Figured I'd ask at least...

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

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. 

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.

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.   

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........

 

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.

 

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.

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😖

42 minutes ago, duckydoty said:

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😖

And make sure the "heat set" is given enough time to dry everything and not just the top layer. 

Looking good man. I'll bet that you will be good enough to lose the stencils pretty soon.