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Posts: 909 Location: South-Central VA | Finished up two more baits a few days ago and they are done curing! The first one is a shallow diving cobra that I did for a fellow on this forum. (not sure if he wants his name mentioned or not). The yellow python I did for Gerry Carroll, the maker of Gerry's Girls. The yellow python is also a shallow diver. The python skin is hard to find, very hard to wrap on a lure and it's also fairly expensive. Not my favorite stuff but it sure looks good! Something new I've started doing on my last few batches is securing the lips with two stainless steel .062" pins in addition to epoxy. I've also gone to a slightly larger diving lip which has really enhanced the action. Seems to be working well so far. jeremy Edited by bowhunter29 1/3/2011 5:24 PM Attachments ----------------  P1030157.JPG (78KB - 201 downloads) P1030155.JPG (79KB - 191 downloads) P1030167.JPG (80KB - 190 downloads) P1030168.JPG (82KB - 191 downloads) P1030169.JPG (79KB - 193 downloads) P1030170.JPG (82KB - 195 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 909 Location: South-Central VA | Here's a batch I finished up for Big Wood Musky Lures right before the Chicago show. I added a slightly larger lip and it's what I'm going to use from now on. It gives the lures a bit more of a wiggle- and I like it! jeremy Attachments ---------------- P1040001.JPG (80KB - 203 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 909 Location: South-Central VA | @Mudddy41- I've kicked around the idea of doing some gliders but I haven't started on any yet. Here's a few baits I finished up early this week- all small stuff. I did a bunch of different style lips on these just to see what they would do. I just did two patterns: what I call Black Goldfish and the other is a Fire Tiger/Perch. The Black Goldfish has gold glitter and gold stripes but they are hard to see in the pics. I have some 8" versions that just finished drying last night, I'll post some pic's of them in a day or two. jeremy Attachments ---------------- BG#0.JPG (80KB - 192 downloads) BG#2.JPG (78KB - 183 downloads) BG#4.JPG (76KB - 186 downloads) BG#5.JPG (80KB - 206 downloads) BG#6.JPG (78KB - 189 downloads) BG#PA.JPG (78KB - 192 downloads) FT#1.JPG (79KB - 196 downloads) FT#2.JPG (78KB - 194 downloads) FT#4.JPG (76KB - 187 downloads) FT#7.JPG (77KB - 179 downloads) FT#8.JPG (78KB - 188 downloads) FT#9.JPG (79KB - 187 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 909 Location: South-Central VA | Thanks guys. Here's the bigger versions. They are 8" in various configurations. The shallow diving Fire Tiger in the minnow body will probably stay in my arsenal. The others dive to about 8 feet and the two deep divers will hit the mid teens. Is it spring yet?!? Attachments ---------------- FT#5.JPG (78KB - 193 downloads) FT#4.JPG (78KB - 198 downloads) FT#3.JPG (76KB - 181 downloads) BG#9.JPG (78KB - 176 downloads) BG#8.JPG (75KB - 188 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 909 Location: South-Central VA | |||
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Posts: 909 Location: South-Central VA | I finished this batch of lures up before the Butler show but didn't get a chance to post any pictures. These are two of the three I have left in this pattern- what I call a Black Sucker. This first one is an 8" minnow body in a deep diving version. It will hit the mid teens. The second one is a 5" shad body in a deep diving version. It will hit 12-14 feet. There is a little bit of glitter in the first top coat on them that catches the sun nicely. Attachments ---------------- DDBSM1.JPG (77KB - 185 downloads) DDBSM2.JPG (80KB - 195 downloads) DDBSM4.JPG (78KB - 193 downloads) DDBSM10.JPG (79KB - 176 downloads) DDBSS1.JPG (78KB - 172 downloads) DDBSS2.JPG (76KB - 173 downloads) DDBSS4.JPG (74KB - 191 downloads) DDBSS10.JPG (78KB - 182 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 909 Location: South-Central VA | |||
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Posts: 909 Location: South-Central VA | Thanks Gerry. I promised to show you some pictures of my new musky rod, so here they are. As you know, St Croix discontinued their Avid line of musky rods and blanks so I found an Avid Inshore model that works great. It's the 3SW80HF and I'm using it to throw your bucktails and some of my smaller crankbaits. I finally got out to fish yesterday so I took it along. I had an Abu Garcia 5500 C3 on it but I just bought a Curado 300DSV for it. I found that it throws small lures (1oz) very well and it will even handle some of my larger crankbaits (3.5oz). It's a sweet rod, I love the copper pearl paint! I used Gudebrod orange (I think it was #0221) without CP which allowed the blank color to bleed through resulting in very nice rust colored wraps. I used the Fuji Alconite guides with stainless frames and silver trim wraps to match. jeremy Attachments ---------------- P2220021.JPG (81KB - 176 downloads) P2220022.JPG (79KB - 187 downloads) P2220024.JPG (89KB - 175 downloads) P2220028.JPG (85KB - 173 downloads) P2220029.JPG (87KB - 177 downloads) P2220041.JPG (77KB - 182 downloads) P2220026.JPG (80KB - 155 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 909 Location: South-Central VA | |||
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Posts: 909 Location: South-Central VA | Here's a 6" rainbow trout in a deep diver (should hit around 15') that I just finished up for a guy in CA. It's a gift for his friend who's going to use it for largemouth and striper. It will take just about any speed and it should hold up to anything a striper can throw at it. jeremy Edited by bowhunter29 3/8/2011 10:08 AM Attachments ---------------- DD6Rainbow9.JPG (79KB - 154 downloads) DD6Rainbow10.JPG (80KB - 170 downloads) DD6Rainbow3.JPG (77KB - 165 downloads) DD6Rainbow7.JPG (77KB - 166 downloads) DD6Rainbow6.JPG (77KB - 153 downloads) | ||
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Posts: 286 Location: VA | |||
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Posts: 909 Location: South-Central VA | Here's a picture of the 3 new skins I got in a few days ago. They are all python skin and they are hand-painted. I can't wait to get these on some lures! jeremy Attachments ---------------- SDC10147 [640x480].JPG (99KB - 141 downloads) SDC10149 [640x480].JPG (99KB - 130 downloads) SDC10150 [640x480].JPG (99KB - 160 downloads) SDC10151 [640x480].JPG (98KB - 143 downloads) | ||
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| bowhunter29 |
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Posts: 909 Location: South-Central VA | |||
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Posts: 909 Location: South-Central VA | Here's my latest two. Custom order for a fisherwoman in MN. They came out pretty nice. There's a bit of glitter in the first coat of epoxy that shows through the purple scales, it's a bit hard to see in the pictures though. These guys are 6" and weigh around 1.75oz. They will dive in the mid to upper teens. jeremy Attachments ---------------- BlackPurple1 [640x480].JPG (49KB - 174 downloads) BlackPurple5 [640x480].JPG (46KB - 148 downloads) BlackPurple6 [640x480].JPG (54KB - 150 downloads) BlackPurple7 [640x480].JPG (57KB - 148 downloads) BlackPurple11 [640x480].JPG (58KB - 150 downloads) | ||
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