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Location: Girdwood, Alaska | but some will make you shake your head and say.... "what were they thinking?"
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| Dear lord...what kind of nut would have a part in dreaming up something like this?
oh wait...nevermind, just looked in the mirror.....
it does look like you beat Rainbow Bright to death and soaked up the entrails with a bucktail!!
Very cool stuff AROZ!!! |
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| A-ROZ That is The $#!+ I like ..................................I like what size hooks you got there? 10's Sweet |
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Location: Girdwood, Alaska | glad you guys like it... it's 16" long with three 5/0 hooks on it. Hopefully this one will stick an absolute pig!! |
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Location: oswego, il | T-r-a-i-n, T-r-a-i-n, rolling down the track!  |
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Location: The desert | Nice!
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Location: Girdwood, Alaska | Oh, and YES... there is a reason for the color choices. Let's see if anyone can figure out why those exact colors were used in each section.. |
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | nice!!! |
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| Just hoping the blade turns.
Reason for the colors? Hmmm...I bet I don't get a guess do I? |
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Location: Athens, Ohio | I can see two or three fish gang-tackling that one. Glad I ordered black! m
ps - if you can work in a red stringer on mine, that would be cool, too. thanks. |
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Location: Athens, Ohio | UPDATE: I just got my Big A-ROZ 16 Incher (BARSI?) in the mail today. Wow! Three sets of dressed trebles (I like the glitter strips) and two silver fluted blades. Should be a killer, now I have an excuse to visit trophy waters! Thanks so much, you do good work. m |
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| Got to throw the thing pictured in this thread last night. Looks real good in the water. Had a LM follow it up but didn't eat it, probably too scared!! Pulls alot easier than you would think, the glow beads are a big plus, and anytime it flew out of the boat within eyeshot of anyone else and they saw it, it definately turned a few heads. |
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | the first section looks dedicated to pp. gold and purple. the second section looks dedicated to the
dem crew, enough said. the last section im not sure. |
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Location: oswego, il | Lets see, I am guessing the first section is a viking and a packer stuck together followed by a packer fan, followed by john elway. Am I right? |
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Location: Girdwood, Alaska | lol.... well you guys haven't quite figured out yet. I'll give you a hint.. think words you learned in fifth grade art class or maybe in science.... |
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| i think i could take a guess at it......but im probably way off anyways |
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Location: Athens, Ohio | *sniff* I didn't get glow beads with mine!
Maybe next time, m |
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| Contrasting colors, opposite sides of the color wheel
Should provide visibility in all light conditions and in all colors of water |
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Location: Girdwood, Alaska | Ding ding ding!!!! Congrats... you don't win anything but at least you were able to figure out why those colors were chosen. Those are all complimentary colors from opposite sides of the color wheel.... nice job EA!! |
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| They can see this thing too...high sun, blue skies, calm conditions. Had two fish take a solid look on Friday afternoon, one in the upper 40's just missed the back hook. Something is telling me it should be just a touch bigger. On a side note, a 22 1/2 inch largemouth ate the pink/green section. |
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Location: Girdwood, Alaska | A touch bigger you say... :-). Maybe a fourth section should be added? That would probably catch even bigger bass... lol. |
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Location: Iowa | DUDE!!!!!!!!!!...incredible...
Big Perc |
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Location: Athens, Ohio | naw, just hang a stinger hook on the back. Believe me, it's long -and heavy - enough! m |
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Location: Black Creek, WI | I'm not sure about that crazy contraption pictured above... but I'm pretty sure this custom Mille Lacs Mooneye will get munched.
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Location: Black Creek, WI | I'm not sure about that crazy contraption pictured above... but I'm pretty sure this custom Mille Lacs Mooneye will get munched.
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Location: Girdwood, Alaska | Here's another.... inspired by the original of course....
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Location: Black Creek, WI | I'm not sure if I like this one or not. Custom perch flavor????
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Location: Minnesota | A-ROZ,
How long is that bad boy?!? lol! Nice.
James
http://www.gruntmuskielures.com
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Location: Girdwood, Alaska | grunt, that bad boy is 16" |
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Location: Minnesota | That thing is awsome! lol Do you cast or just troll with it? Anything on it yet?
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Location: Girdwood, Alaska | These monsters are actually not too bad at all for casting. I have them weighted so that they are heavier on the bottom tail, therefore allowing them to cast without tangling. I actually haven't thrown these things too much yet, but I do know there has been a 21 inch largemouth caught on one already by someone who has been throwing them a little more than I do. |
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Location: Black Creek, WI | I guess customs don't always need to be exotic. Here is a pair of heavier 2 oz. DoubleShots in a simple Black Flashabou and Gold Blade combination. A little more weight (2.0 versus 1.5 ounces) and less bouyant body (Flashabou vs. Hair) should keep these puppies right in the strike zone at pretty fast clip!
Contact LongTale Tackle for your next CUSTOM spinnerbait. http://www.longtaletackle.com
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Location: Milwaukee Wi | Hey man those are awsome you got talent how much do you sell them for????? |
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Location: Black Creek, WI | Question for all of you.
How long is the DoubleShot posted above with the tape measure? Is it 7 or 10 inches in length?
I'd report it as 7 inches (nose of head to tail of lure-body), however with the recent Big Bait craze, some suggest I should report it as 10 inches (measure from the line-tie to the tail). What is the proper way to report lure lengths on a spinnerbait? Thanks for your help! |
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| I think you can call it whatever you want. Just specify it when you list it...i.e. 10" from line tie to back of skirt
But I also think that you make an average sized spinnerbait. Nothing that would be part of the big bait craze...even if you do call it 10" |
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Location: Black Creek, WI | Luke,
That is what I'm trying to avoid. I don't want to deceive anyone. If there is a standard protocol for specifying a lure size, I simply want to follow it. I guess if I do specify a size.... I'll just be more descriptive in how the measurement was taken.... and not simply say... its 7 inches long.
And... in regard to blade baits.... do you guys feel the body size is much of a factor? I tend to believe that the advantage of a blade bait is to present a larger FEELING presentation in a smaller (more user friendly) package. For example, if you compare a standard Buchertail 700 with #7 Fluted blade and tied an exact duplicate with twin #10 Colorado blades.... both lures will provide the same VISUAL profile but they will FEEL radically different in size to a musky. Am I off my rocker or is there some truth to this theory? And how does speed factor into the equation? Does a faster moving lure FEEL larger too? So the visual profile becomes more important on slow(er) moving lures? Does lure size and speed become a balance between visual vs. lateral line triggers?
Sorry for getting off topic....
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| jlong - 10/31/2006 1:54 PM
Luke,
That is what I'm trying to avoid. I don't want to deceive anyone. If there is a standard protocol for specifying a lure size, I simply want to follow it. I guess if I do specify a size.... I'll just be more descriptive in how the measurement was taken.... and not simply say... its 7 inches long.
And... in regard to blade baits.... do you guys feel the body size is much of a factor? I tend to believe that the advantage of a blade bait is to present a larger FEELING presentation in a smaller (more user friendly) package. For example, if you compare a standard Buchertail 700 with #7 Fluted blade and tied an exact duplicate with twin #10 Colorado blades.... both lures will provide the same VISUAL profile but they will FEEL radically different in size to a musky. Am I off my rocker or is there some truth to this theory? And how does speed factor into the equation? Does a faster moving lure FEEL larger too? So the visual profile becomes more important on slow(er) moving lures? Does lure size and speed become a balance between visual vs. lateral line triggers?
Sorry for getting off topic....
I knew what you meant, sorry if I was too frank... 
I think most guys are going to look at a lure and think that the length is measured from one end of the lure to the other. They are not going to assume that the builder was referring to the actual profile presented by the lure. Fudally Stump Hawg is listed as 8", Musky Candy at 5.75", Marv's Heavy Duty at 10.5"...now, i dont have any of those baits in front of me right now to measure, but I own all 3, and I would say those measurements are definitely started at the line tie
your second question...hard to say. I think the blades are definitely the bulk of the attraction, but the rest of the bait is also going to move some water that will be sensed by the fish. Bigger bait with big blades will sound overall louder than a little bait with big blades. though very subtle i think there will be a difference in how the baits FEEL in the water.
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Location: Black Creek, WI | I've seen the Jailbird and White Belly Perch patterns on crankbaits and jerkbaits..... and here is LongTale Tackles attempt to make it with hair. What do you think?
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| Very sharp looking baits! |
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Location: Black Creek, WI | A couple more customs.....
I think these are actualy quite purty. 
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Location: Athens, Ohio | Man, you know, A-ROZ was showing off some of his big creations, then here comes Jlong and hijacks the thread with his stuff. That's just kinda raw, IMHO. Once, maybe twice, but then BAM. onces of respect lost here, sir. Is business really that bad? You got your own threads? m |
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | heres my new roz tail custom
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Location: Northern Wisconsin | check out aroz photo album for some other cool customs hes made. |
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Location: Omaha, Nebraska | A-ROZ's album: http://muskie.outdoorsfirst.com/board/photos/photo-thumbnails.asp?a... |
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Location: Black Creek, WI | mikie - 3/2/2007 2:24 PM
Man, you know, A-ROZ was showing off some of his big creations, then here comes Jlong and hijacks the thread with his stuff. That's just kinda raw, IMHO. Once, maybe twice, but then BAM. onces of respect lost here, sir. Is business really that bad? You got your own threads? m
Dude... you got it backwards. I started this thread... not A-ROZ.
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Location: Girdwood, Alaska | I actually started this particular thread, but it was a spin-off of JLong's original "Not all customs are pretty..." thread. I got the idea for that bucktail pattern in the beginning of the thread from one of Jason's articles, so I thought it seemed fitting. There are two threads with the same exact name. Sorry for the confusion... everyone please feel free to post your pretty (or not so pretty) customs on this thread.
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Location: Black Creek, WI | Sorry Alex... I most certainly was confused by two posts with the same name. I didn't even know that was possible.
I'll see if I can dig up my original thread and post my stuff there.... like I had intended. |
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