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Location: Black Creek, WI | The nice thing about making custom lures for people is that they can be creative and make something THEY like. Mike Roberts requested this one... that we are calling MR Walleye. Its an attempt at making the Bucher Miller Perch pattern on a spinnerbait.
All LongTales are custom made... but it seems most of the special requests we've had are just plain UGLY. What's up with that???
 
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| cool color |
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Location: Fishing the weeds | Who cares, as long as the fish like it. They all look ugly after a few muskies get a hold of them. Pat |
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Location: Black Creek, WI | Muskie Pat... I agree... as long as the fish like 'em... who cares.
That said.. here are some of my favs....
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| im just saying its a nice color it might give you more confidence to have it in that color |
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| Jason, e-mail me.
I have some "things" in mind.
Beaver
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| J
now, you said, all the custom requests being made are just plain ugly. are you attempting to point out that most of us are ugly and the baits we choose are a direct reflection of ourselves LMAO!!!
they all look pretty darn nice to me man....good work! |
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Location: Black Creek, WI | Yeti... don't be puttin' words in my mouth.
This BEAVER Special looks pretty nice!!! Here is the first of four. Hey Beav... sneak preview for ya!
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| ME LIKE....BIG TIME!!!!!!
CHOMP-CHOMP!!!!!!!
Looks awesome.
I should have been a lure builder  or NOT!
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| now THATS ugly!!!!
ahahahahhahahaah Beav...gotcha!!! J, gotta admit, it was a good setup! pulled it off flawlessly!
actually, thats really nice looking Long
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| Jason, got my CARE package yesterday.
Those things are so ugly that they scared my dog!
I like 'em ugly, if that's ugly.
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| Roberts and Beaver(well, how can we blame beaver exactly, he never really escaped the 70's alive after all...)have really bad taste, and...no sense of color or elegance.
The only thing I see here that would make me remotely hot, IF I was a southern musky, would be the middle one in the group of three, the one with the ah so subtle fliff of chartreuse pouting amidst the white virginity of the dressing. Of course, had the designer had any breeding or taste, sniff sniff, that fliff of slightly tawdry, streetwise chartreuse, would have been played instead by a slightly embarassed pink blush to go with the virginal white of the skirt.
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| Did I stumble into the Queer Eye for the Straight Guy site by mistake?
A fliff? WTF?
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Location: oswego, il | Jason those baits look awesone. Have you made and tried a tandem willow with a small colorado on the shaft? You can burn them with little drag yet feel some good vibration. |
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Location: Black Creek, WI | Thanks ToddM..... and yes.... Beaver ordered some tandems with a willow blade. I personally have not fished with that blade combination..... yet. |
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| Don't bother. They don't work. Don't make any more. Stick with what you have.
HEHEHEHE
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Location: Black Creek, WI | Yah... between that ugly color and silly blade arrangement... I'm sure Beaver will never score with those baits |
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| But you forgot the FLIFF.
I'll replace the fliff with some slime....how'bout'dat?
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| im just try ing 2 be nice and compliment your work |
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Location: Black Creek, WI | Ooops.... file didn't attach and I can't delete the double post.... so here is another UGLY custom for your viewing pleasure.
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Location: Black Creek, WI | No FLIFF in this one......
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | it think people get too carried away in details and stuff like that on lures. my best lure is on i
hand painted my self and it aint pretty. but those all look very nice! |
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Location: Black Creek, WI | Confidence is a vital aspect for success. If an ugly or pretty bait gives you confidence... it can be a big help.
Fine details are probably more for the angler than the fish.... but considering the "confidence factor" those finer details can sometimes be what makes the difference.
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Location: Black Creek, WI | Hopefully MuskieFIRST's Lambeau will have the "confidence factor" going with this custom request..... cause I think its in contention for one of the ugliest (heh heh)
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Location: Black Creek, WI | Here is a Double Shot in the Lone Ranger pattern tied up for my buddy Todd Forcier. This one is actually quite pretty and should match the white bass hatch on Petenwell quite nicely.
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Location: oswego, il | Jason, those look great, never underestimate the power of white, especially in murky water! |
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Location: Black Creek, WI | Thanks Todd. I like white too.... but what about Lambeau's crazy concoction? Heh heh... I suppose there is a touch of white in that one too, but????? |
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Location: Black Creek, WI | I think Mike may be in the running with this one......
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Location: Belleville, WI | Looks good to me!
Can't wait to toss it!
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Location: Black Creek, WI | I kinda like this one.
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Location: Black Creek, WI | OK... found MY old thread.
I think Mr. Morse may have taken the prize for 2006 with this one he created with his kids. They named it the "Dirty Snowcone"!
jlong
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Location: Black Creek, WI | This Jailbird was a custom... but I think it looks so good... its gonna be a standard color for 2007. I hope there aren't copywrite laws on some of these custom colors!
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Location: Black Creek, WI | Which one of Travis Kopke's customs do you like better?
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Location: The Yahara Chain | JLong, didn't Shumway invent that color pattern? How dare you.
I'm gonna sick Snax on you.
I like the blue one. |
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Location: Muskoka Ontario,Canada | Now now, play nice! |
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| J, even though I like both the Kopke Cisco is by far my favorite! The picture really doesn't do this one justice as it shows up a bit dark, at least on my computer. When I ordered it I was afraid it would be as dark as the picture, but when I got it in the mail I am very pleased! It is as light as I wanted it, and I can't wait to throw it now (Oh my god, did I just say I can't wait to throw a spinnerbait! ) |
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Location: Black Creek, WI | Travis,
Glad you liked your customs. I agree... the photos just don't do the baits justice. But, I'm a fisherman.... not a photographer... so you'll have to make due
Here is another one that looks better than the photo shows. I'm calling it Ryan's Custom Gold Crappie for lack of a better name.
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Location: Black Creek, WI | Here is a neat custom color that sounded ugly but turned out pretty tasty looking. I'm calling it the CHERRY BOMB.
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Location: Oregon | I like the gold crappie, very nice. I also like how you don't get too carried away with the hair and tinsel....I prefer them a little on the thin side just like the one in the pic.
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Location: Black Creek, WI | Guys just keep coming up with new stuff. Here is the Pabst Pepper.
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| Ha ha ha.....thats my lure....and I like the name.
By I am really impressed with the quality of lures, and service.
Keep it up.
Steve |
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Location: Black Creek, WI | Not only are guys continuing to order customs, they are starting the NAME them too (heh heh). These are in transit to Iowa.
The Esux Special and Billy Copper Blades.
Thanks to all of you at MuskieFIRST for helping to keep this hobby business a success! |
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Location: Black Creek, WI | Not only are guys continuing to order customs, they are starting the NAME them too (heh heh). These are in transit to Iowa.
The Esux Special and Billy Copper Blades.
Thanks to all of you at MuskieFIRST for helping to keep this hobby business a success!
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Location: Waukee, IA | Those last 2 were mine Jason and I just got them out of the mailbox. All I can say is.....MUSKIES BEWARE! They look even sweeter in person than on here!!
Thanks for putting them together!! I will post pics WHEN I catch one in September in MN....not IF!! |
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Location: Black Creek, WI | The custom season is in full swing. Here are two similar yet different orders. Which do you like better? Ted's Walleye or Greg's walleye. I think they both look delicious.
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Location: Black Creek, WI | The "matrix" custom color scheme may have originated by a European Pike fisherman... but its sure been popular and productive here in North America.
And.... I think the name is cool.
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Location: Milwaukee Wi | Yeh them look great where do you fish ??? |
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Location: Black Creek, WI | I can't believe we haven't done a "Firetiger" before. Hmmm.... come to think of it, I believe we did a Flashabou Firetiger for AGrimm..... but here is the "hair" version.
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