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Jigs, Spinnerbaits and Sinkers => Bass Jigs => Topic started by: smalljaw on 02/26/14 14:56 UTC
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Well after playing with a baby bass pattern on a few different swim jigs I think I finally got the top color right. The is a 3/8oz Trokar Pro Swim Jig with a 5/0 Mustad 32796 heavy wire flat eye hook, it has solid black 5/32" 3D eyes and a 50 strand silicone skirt tied on with 26 gauge green wire. I was trying a bunch of combinations that just didn't look right too me, I tried green pumpkin on top with a white body and then a pearl body, then Watermelon over the same white and then pearl and I even went with baby bass green and that looked a little better. Well I had to stop the experiments to pick up some jerkbaits at my local Cabelas and while I was there I too a look at the tackle craft section and decided to grab a color called watermelon pepper, and that is what is in the picture. The bait has a pearl body, I also put a little bit of orange on the belly/throat area, and then finished it with a watermelon pepper back, now this one looks right to me, let me know what you think. I will also give you guys a quick tip, the lateral line I did with a component systems quick coat lure marker, these aren't sharpies, they are actual paint and you even have to shake them like a rattle can with the rattle included!! But seriously, what is nice about them is I put the lateral line on and then cure the bait, what happens is the paint bakes right along with the powder and it makes it permanent with no fading or discoloration, after doing that you can clear coat over it and it won't smear or come off, so if you want to paint gills or anything use those markers and then cure, it works great!!
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b121/smalljaw_/DSCN05032_zps5ce58cac.jpg) (http://s18.photobucket.com/user/smalljaw_/media/DSCN05032_zps5ce58cac.jpg.html)
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Fine Work, Small.
I'm a fan of the Black Eye, myself. What do You tell a bait with two black eyes? Nothin'! You done told it twice! PSHT! ... PSHT!
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And I'm diggin' the nice Full Tail on that 660, also. (Thumbs Up)
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Nice color combo. The only thing I don't like on that jig is the cross eye on the hook. Maybe just to picky but if the hook eye was straight up and down you would think it would come through the weeds a little better.
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Lamar, what's Your Professional Opinion on determining which hook-eye arrangement would perform best in that regard?
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Thanks guys, you know I took awhile to get that mold because I wasn't sure on that myself as I normally make and use the other casting jig in 1/4oz. Well I looked around for information and I got lucky as a friend of mine bought a flat eye swim jig, it was a company called blade runner, and he told me it wasn't bad grass but it was incredible around rocks and hard bottom areas because the angle of the eye would keep the knot away from the rocks along the bottom of the lake so he could swim it next to the bottom with not having to get his line nicked up. I thought about that and I grabbed the mold and I was quite surprised, it looks as if it would push water and grab weeds and stuff but truth be told, it is a thin head with flat sides rather than round sides and that feature should allow it to come through grass pretty good as well as rocks. I really like this a lot and I'll be sure to give you a full review when the ice comes off the water here.
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Wow, that's sweet. I'd eat that myself. Excellent color coordination on the jig and the trailer. When I originally looked at it , it looked like either a candy powder and then I thought the other color it could be was watermelon pepper.
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Lamar, what's Your Professional Opinion on determining which hook-eye arrangement would perform best in that regard?
Well not a professional opinion but I would think I would like an eye the was straight up and down and not side to side. That being said I would guess it wouldn't make that big of a difference.
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I dig that black eye too! Killer Smallie my boy
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That is one mean looking swim jig!
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