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Soft Plastic Bait Making => Color Cook Book => Topic started by: Botanophilia on 02/22/14 00:36 UTC
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Clear bronze
(http://custombaits.com/gallery/thumb_514-220214003625.jpeg)
http://custombaits.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=2099
No picture will ever do this bait justice, especially an iPod pic under crappy lighting at 12:30 am. But it's a killer bait.
2 oz plastic
1/16th tsp .015 black flake
Small amount .015 holo silver flake - less than 1/16 tsp, should have been a little more.
Tiny amount bronze hilite, just barely enough to show up.
As you can see I also did some swimshad w/ motor oil for the back, I love the combo.
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No clear bronze mini croakers?!! ;)
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That bronze is an interesting color of hi lite. It goes from "where is it" to " holy moly" in a heartbeat. In greens with a hint of brown, like Do-It's watermelon brown X2, mixed slightly thin and mostly transparent the bronze hi lite works off the brown very well and makes one of the most natural colors around.
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No straight clear ones, but I did motor oil/ clear bronze laminates, DF. :D you know I can't ignore that mold when I'm shooting plastic, those little croakers are just too damn cute.
Bronze hilite goes a long way indeed, Tom. It works great with smoke and makes for good laminates. Also good in pearl as a belly color for imitating baby bass and many baitfish that don't have a clean pearl white belly. While blue remains my favorite color hilite, bronze might be the most versatile and useful of the bunch.
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cool baits , catch them :P