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Soft Plastic Bait Making => Color Cook Book => Topic started by: ctom on 02/04/16 09:14 UTC

Title: Huckleberry
Post by: ctom on 02/04/16 09:14 UTC

I noticed this color a while ago in one of the color plates I look at for ideas and just never quite got back to looking at it , but then the other day I saw it again and figured I might want add this to my Lake Trout tube assortment. It borders on my purple/chartreuse pet color closely but there are differences. The mold is a 4" Do-It mold.

The chartreuse has been Greened down a bit and has green and black .015 flake. The next time I make this color for this application I'll be using .040 flake.

The purple is Do-It's Junebug with blue .015 glitter and again in the next session with Huckleberry I'll be using .040 blue in the purple.

(http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad259/cttackle/1b5eacdb-03b1-4d43-b69b-636900adb0a7.jpg) (http://s941.photobucket.com/user/cttackle/media/1b5eacdb-03b1-4d43-b69b-636900adb0a7.jpg.html)

I cooked up a dozen of these last night. Its a nice color and easy to do. I'm sure the lakers will enjoy them.

Title: Re: Huckleberry
Post by: WALLEYE WACKER on 02/05/16 06:53 UTC

Great combo Tom 8)

Title: Re: Huckleberry
Post by: Lamar on 02/05/16 13:07 UTC

  I have a 3 and a 3.5 in this and they are great molds. Never done a twin injection on them yet. But was pretty cool how it turned out.

Title: Re: Huckleberry
Post by: ctom on 02/05/16 13:41 UTC

I just shot the mold in the green chartreuse, opened it and cut the top half of the bait away, then ran the junebug in. I haven't got a twin injector.

Title: Re: Huckleberry
Post by: Fatman on 02/06/16 16:28 UTC

Nice mix!!

Title: Re: Huckleberry
Post by: Arkansasbowhunter on 02/10/16 08:09 UTC

Yea I like that one

Title: Re: Huckleberry
Post by: BucketMouth on 02/21/16 09:39 UTC

awesome color there! i think this wold be a great color in dirty water for bass. would you mind sharing the recipe and telling how you dulled down the chartruse?

Title: Re: Huckleberry
Post by: ctom on 02/21/16 09:51 UTC

The purple is just junebug X2 colorant with  Canadian blue .015 glitter instead of green. The chartreuse is a re-melt that has a drop of white non X2 colorant and a small dip of fluorescent green on a toothpick stirred into it. Both colors are 4 ounce batches. The white in the chartreuse acts as a light block and helps to knock the bright edge off. The green also drags the chartreuse off the bright side too. You don't want much of eith color added to the chartreuse, just enough to turn the brightness down. I use toothpicks dipped in colorant instead of trying for a drop. Drops can get out of hand pretty easy and the toothpick method is easy to control.