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Location: Muskoka Ontario,Canada | Well, it was a learning experience as I figured it would be but it was worth the effort. Here is a Cisco crankbait I did for a customer who convinced me to try a foil finish for him. The flash of the foil really adds to the look of the bait but it's the subtle overlay of color that makes it come alive. Now I'm working on his second one which is to be a Gold foiled Carp. Just need to find some Gold foil now!
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Location: Omaha, Nebraska | Looks Spectacular!! |
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Location: Anchorage | That's nuts man! Awesome. |
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Location: Muskoka Ontario,Canada | Guest - 4/30/2007 8:17 PM
Whats up with the huge tow eyes, can you make them a little smaller?
Big bait, big leaders,big snaps....big tow eyes. Why go smaller? The bait runs beautifully and is a breeze to put on and off even with gloves on in cold weather.
Edited by Musky Snax 4/30/2007 7:31 PM
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Location: Burton, Ohio | Wow! Very nice Snaxs! Thats a winner!!!!!!!! I love the colors. |
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Location: Muskoka Ontario,Canada | Thank you. I really have to give complete credit for the foiling technique to Fatfingers as I saw one of his tutorials on another website. I liked being more subtle with the use of paint so as not to mask too much of the underlying foil. Some of you guys have blown me away with your combination of foil and paint.
Thanks to the nice folks who still show me support. I know I pissed a lot of people off with that copy cat thread that got all out of hand.
It was never intended to be a big deal, just me responding to anonymous instigators. I have nothing but respect and admiration for all of the guys that post their baits here and most of you I have sent PM's to in the past telling you so.
I don't claim to be any better than any of you and in fact several of you amaze me with what you are doing. I was only ever trying to defend what I still believe is my own identifiable style. Being known for making the super detailed,carved out, lifelike shaped glide baits is how I got where I am today. It's what seperated me from what else was out there at the time.
Now it's become more common place and that's just the way it goes. I had influences but did my own thing and for that I'm very proud You have to remember that there was no Novak True life series back then or any of the multitude of other lifelike wooden musky gliders. I was unique at that time. Do I deserve credit for helping make that style more popular? I believe I do. No big deal really is it? That's all I was ever trying to express.
Hopefully those of you who took offense to my stand point will realize that it wasn't some rediculous ego trip I was on or anything like that. I got very defensive about making sure that my little contribution to the world of musky glide baits isn't forgotten. I worked way too hard at doing my own thing and pushing the envelope to have anyone try to dismiss it.
I admire those of you who also have done your own thing and made it popular. Now lets get back to making great baits shall we? |
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| Snax,
Those are drop dead gorgeous man. |
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| The head of that bait is hard to stop looking at; it compliments the foiling. Great work, Snax, and thanks for the credit, I appreciate it.
A while back Haukkivesku posted a few links. One of them was a thread over 100 pages long, if I recall correctly. Either Haukkivesku or one of his friends recommended starting at about page 100 to see the progression of the baits they had built and posted. I spent a lot of time looking at that thread. Amongst those pages were some of the finest most intricate foiling jobs you will ever see anywhere.They've obviously been using a foiling techinque also. There were many beautiful baits done by people just like us who enjoy game fishing and striving to build a lure out of a chunk of timber and some pigment. Its interesting because they don't live near us, don't speak the same language; yet we share a common bond, the same bond often seen between complete strangers talking while fishing at the edge of the water or at the dock after a great day of fishing.
Anyway, keep up the great work, Musky Snax. I always enjoy looking at great baits.
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Location: Muskoka Ontario,Canada | Thanks Fatfingers, it means a lot. Great tutorial too, it explained everything I needed to know very clearly. |
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| Looks great Snax.
LeMay OUT |
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Location: Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan | Snax,
Nice bait....
By the way, this gold foil is really nice to work with. http://www.tracysworkshop.com/p-4343-britebak-gold.aspx?affiliateid...
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| Oooooooh........shiny..............purty.............purty shiny...
Nice Job! |
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Location: Muskoka Ontario,Canada | I snapped a couple more photos of it outside today. It also has more epoxy top coats.
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Location: Omaha, Nebraska | That is just amazing! All it needs are some carved gills.  |
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| Didn't notice how big that was from the original photos. That must be at least 12" long. Looks awesome. Did you use foil tape or regular grocery type foil over some adhesive?
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Location: Muskoka Ontario,Canada | This one is 12" long plus the lip. I used foil tape laid over scale netting which I then coated in epoxy before painting. It actually does have carved gills but they got filled in with epoxy and now you can't tell!  |
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| Very nice.
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| Looks like a nice foil job to me! I like the head especially |
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Location: Muskoka Ontario,Canada | Believe me, it could have been done better. It was the very first one and I did my best. Guys like Fatfingers and Tigger most definitely make my foil abilities look like an amature job! I'm proud but not blind! lol
I know when something needs work and my foiling needs work. It was fun though and I do like the change of pace. I'm so used to trying to achieve a certain look with only paint but the foil opens a whole other realm of possibilities. |
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| Just except my compliment, it was honest. I'm not sure why you feel so threatened by everyone. Your very skilled in your own right. You need to learn to let your Baits do to talking. |
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Location: Muskoka Ontario,Canada | Hey, I'm just giving credit where it's due! I just got a bunch of grief in another thread for thinking that there are many folks here with tons of talent. My skill is with the airbrush and the foiling has been done to a much higher level by others here.
I'm only giving them the respect they deserve. I'm happy with the results of mine but humble enough to know it needs improving upon.
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