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Kingfisher
Posted 12/15/2010 3:13 PM (#470741 - in reply to #442911)
Subject: RE: Another Snake Skin




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Location: Muskegon Michigan
Well, I know Muskies eat snakes because I saw a snake get zapped by one on Hudson Lake in Michigan. Very cool designs. Mike
bowhunter29
Posted 1/3/2011 5:19 PM (#473346 - in reply to #442911)
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Location: South-Central PA
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



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bowhunter29
Posted 1/19/2011 1:13 PM (#476404 - in reply to #442911)
Subject: A school of snakes!





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Location: South-Central PA
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


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Muddy41
Posted 1/19/2011 8:21 PM (#476481 - in reply to #476404)
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Location: Richfield, MN
HAve you thought about doing gliders. I would love to have a glider that has your magic touch!!!

bowhunter29
Posted 1/27/2011 10:33 AM (#478104 - in reply to #442911)
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@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


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lehighmuskies
Posted 1/27/2011 11:34 AM (#478120 - in reply to #442911)
Subject: Re: Another Snake Skin




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Sweet job those are some sick baits
Mullhead
Posted 1/27/2011 3:58 PM (#478213 - in reply to #478120)
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Location: VA
Very nice!
muskyslayer96
Posted 1/27/2011 4:47 PM (#478226 - in reply to #442911)
Subject: Re: Another Snake Skin





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Location: Madison, WI
Bowhunter,

Very nice, love the patterns. Your work is sharp, clean and always inspirational!

MS
bowhunter29
Posted 1/28/2011 11:44 AM (#478331 - in reply to #442911)
Subject: RE: Another Snake Skin





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Location: South-Central PA
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?!?




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Jeep
Posted 1/31/2011 7:48 AM (#478790 - in reply to #464980)
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Location: Rotterdam - The Netherlands
wow.. I love this one.. great work!
slickrick
Posted 1/31/2011 11:07 PM (#478983 - in reply to #442911)
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last picture is awesome!
bigbite
Posted 2/2/2011 12:49 AM (#479194 - in reply to #478331)
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Location: Pewaukee, WI
Those are beautiful Jerome! Great paint job on both.
Gerry
MuskyLureFreak
Posted 2/2/2011 9:52 AM (#479223 - in reply to #442911)
Subject: Re: Another Snake Skin




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beautiful baits and i second a snakeskin glider.
bowhunter29
Posted 2/2/2011 10:25 AM (#479232 - in reply to #442911)
Subject: Re: Another Snake Skin





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Location: South-Central PA
Thanks for the compliments guys. I have about 170 lure blanks I'm getting ready to cut out- these will last me a couple of years! I'll see if I can do a glider or two.

jeremy

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bowhunter29
Posted 2/15/2011 1:12 PM (#481848 - in reply to #442911)
Subject: RE: Another Snake Skin





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Location: South-Central PA
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.




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bowhunter29
Posted 2/15/2011 3:57 PM (#481892 - in reply to #442911)
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Location: South-Central PA
I should have added that the lips are epoxied in place, the line tie is epoxied deep into the body and the lips are also anchored with two .062" stainless steel pins.

jeremy
bigbite
Posted 2/15/2011 8:45 PM (#481959 - in reply to #481892)
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Location: Pewaukee, WI
All your baits are simply stunning Jerome. You are truly an artist.
Gerry
bowhunter29
Posted 2/24/2011 10:30 AM (#483571 - in reply to #442911)
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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





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bigbite
Posted 2/24/2011 5:54 PM (#483672 - in reply to #483571)
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Location: Pewaukee, WI
I really like that rod Jeremy! Very sharp indeed.
Gerry
TheMuskyMan
Posted 2/27/2011 10:15 AM (#484098 - in reply to #442911)
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Location: Maryland
Do u actually throw those for muskies? Way to pretty to get all marked up.
bowhunter29
Posted 2/27/2011 7:41 PM (#484189 - in reply to #442911)
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Yep, I throw them. The good news is, with a fresh coat of epoxy, 99% of the damage goes away.

jeremy
bowhunter29
Posted 3/8/2011 10:06 AM (#485825 - in reply to #442911)
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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

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Mullhead
Posted 3/8/2011 10:31 AM (#485830 - in reply to #485825)
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Location: VA
Great trout pattern. awesome!
bowhunter29
Posted 3/31/2011 7:50 AM (#489906 - in reply to #485830)
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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


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Shoot2Kill
Posted 4/2/2011 7:05 AM (#490277 - in reply to #442911)
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Dude those snakeskin baits are AWESOME!!! Totally unique!

Is Kyle at Big Woods carrying them or was that batch just for the show??
MuskyFix
Posted 4/2/2011 7:15 AM (#490278 - in reply to #490277)
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Some very cool patterns.
Pikopath
Posted 4/2/2011 7:38 AM (#490281 - in reply to #442911)
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Location: Norway
Very nice, as usual. Both lures and rods!

Michael
Muskyfvr54
Posted 4/2/2011 9:02 AM (#490296 - in reply to #442911)
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Location: Going Fishing
Kyle has them at Big Woods. I ordered two and they look sweet.

Here's a link to the site.

http://www.bigwoodmuskylures.com/lures.php?cat=crankbaits&make=Tusc... Tackle
bowhunter29
Posted 4/2/2011 10:00 AM (#490308 - in reply to #442911)
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Location: South-Central PA
Yep, Kyle started carrying them for me this year. They are only available on my site and his site. Next year I'll have some 'show only' stuff available.

I mainly do the python (natural skin, no paint), dark cobra, light cobra, and sea snake lures. I am doing the other exotic skins and hand painted skins upon request. I'm currently working on a batch of painted lures for a lady in MN but I have the bodies for my new skins just about ready to go. I'll post some pic's in the next couple of weeks.

I'm open to suggestions on what color eyes to put on the baits with these 3 new skins. I have some glass eye blanks so I can paint them any color.

jeremy
bowhunter29
Posted 4/4/2011 6:02 PM (#490701 - in reply to #490308)
Subject: Re: Another Snake Skin





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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


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