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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: DobynsTriton on 04/17/12 15:27 UTC
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Anyone have any good recipes for these 2 colors?
Thanks!
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You can either get Junebug colorant or you can make a medium thin smoke using very little black to the plastic, then add purple a little at a time. Once you get the plastic color adjusted add some green glitter. Small amounts of both colorants is key here.
On my Junebug I add just a smidge of purple hi lites too.
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I like the Zoom watermelon candy. It's just watermelon to taste, purple and green flake.
Jason
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I like the Zoom watermelon candy. It's just watermelon to taste, purple and green flake.
Jason
Is there any certain size flake that looks best in it?
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Some watermelon candy colors use chartreuse flake as well. In larger baits, I would look to use medium (.40 or .35) flake. Smaller baits, use the smaller flake.
Look at each companies color and you will see something different. Some junebug colors look a little blue, some have a little red-purple tint. Dark...light... All good. Get your own color and stick with it instead of trying to match all the other ones out there.
Jim
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Look at each companies color and you will see something different. Some junebug colors look a little blue, some have a little red-purple tint. Dark...light... All good. Get your own color and stick with it instead of trying to match all the other ones out there.
This has to be the most fascinating part of working with plastic. I still have some plastic that I ordered early on from a source other than Caney and just plain don't care for the stuff. Its little things about the stuff that irk me. I use this stuff in smaller amounts, like 4 oz, to play the color game. Once a color is developed I use the GOOD stuff from Caney.
I'll study color pictures of baits and make notes about what I think they consist of. I may have notes tied together from four or five pictoral sources to develope a color of my own. One things is for certain, when a color suits you, you'll know it right away.
Junebug has always been one of my favorite base colors simply because I like the smokey purple or bluish undertones in the transparent plastic. I use a junebug colorant in a recipe for making stock colors to sell at a bait shop or two. I carry a few of those baits myself, but trust me, once you get to digging into junebug you'll find a million ways to tweek it and come up with yet another personal eye opener.
I do mostly smaller baits, crappie sized stuff. If you make any of these baits yourself, try using variations of junebug as a back color with anything from clear to pearl for a belly color. With some hi lites and glitter you can make smelt and shad colored baits that are really true-to-life after some eyes are tossed on.
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And June Bug has been fooling fish with great regularity for a long long time. It has to be "Hall of Fame" classic color. Everything from 1" pan fish baits, to 12" worms, to massive flipping baits.
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Other thing I have found is that if junebug is catching, all the variations on color will catch it seems. We have tried and tested this for 2you years and the fish will cooperate regardless of the purple hue.
Don't stress on this color. Get something you like and move on.
Jim
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Thanks for all the info guys. The baits the guy wants them done in are 10'' ribbon tails,the big stump thumper worms,mad dad 3xl & a beaver type. How many drops of say a actual junebug color would it take to get a decent june bug in a 1cup batch & would i need to add a blue or black to it to even it out at all?
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Using the junebug colorant you will not need to use any other color. For a one cup batch I'd start with about 30 drops. You can add this color to hot plastic to adjust it to what you like.
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Thanks for all the info guys. The baits the guy wants them done in are 10'' ribbon tails,the big stump thumper worms,mad dad 3xl & a beaver type. How many drops of say a actual junebug color would it take to get a decent june bug in a 1cup batch & would i need to add a blue or black to it to even it out at all?
I use 28 drops of junebug and 2 drops of blue in mine. Add medium green flake to taste and you are set. I know some add a couple drops of red instead of the blue...
Jim
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Does CCM sell June Bug colorant? I could be going crazy but I don't think I saw it on the list.
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We are working on an X2 June Bug that should be available in a couple weeks. Until then, the X2 Purple and X2 Florida Grape are both really good colors (not June Bug - but great shades of purple). The biggest difference would be I would start with 10 drops to a cup and add from there.
Jason
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I bought CCM Purple NB with mostly JuneBug in mind. As has been stated, Purple with a little Black looks like it'll yield JuneBug. I haven't gotten into the Lab yet to cook up my rendition, but when that time comes, that'll be my aim. I've read on other Threads here that standard Green (Moss Green) flake doesn't do really right for JuneBug, but from my examining some store-bought JuneBug baits I have, I think Moss Green flake would do just fine...plus that's what I have. :D
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Kelly green flake seems to work best but again, to each his own on this color (and many others)!!!!!
Jim
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I know it's not the traditional "June Bug", but I really like .040 Ocean glitter in mine. As Jim said, "to each his own on this color (and many others)!!!!!"
Jason
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Thanks for the reply. I will wait until the x2 comes out and order then.
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I use 28 drops of junebug and 2 drops of blue in mine. Add medium green flake to taste and you are set. I know some add a couple drops of red instead of the blue...
Jim
I'll try that one,it sounds perfect.
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I poured some junebug carrot stixs last night to take out today. After reading this. And Killed them with junebug today. Put some red in my black grape with Kelly green flak and little yellow flak. Looks great and works great. That's everyone for the color tips.
By the way I sold a bag to my buddy while we were fishing. : ).
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Kelly green flake seems to work best but again, to each his own on this color (and many others)!!!!!
Jim
I agree with you on the green flake :D :D :D
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i did it with the green flake & it does look good to me ,if i was a bass id nail it. I did hit it with a little green hi-lite to make it look little more like a real june bug