RI's road kill color?

[DobynsTriton]

any recipes?

[MonteSS]

Kinda ugly green if you ask me. Top pic is probably most accurate. Avacado might work. I havnt used that color in a while.







....Bill

[DobynsTriton]

that top is whatim wantin, i havent been able to nail it or come even close

[Jason]

It looks pretty close to the X2 Watermelon if you put more than what's needed to make the bait opaque (I would try 3 drops an ounce).

Jason

[ghostbaits]

If you get a bait, it will look like the lower one.

Roadkill has copper highlight in it....

Jim

[ghostbaits]

Here is a good picture to me.... If you get a bait, it is a green pumpkin with watermelon like mix, then a little copper highlight. If you are just going for the green looking one in the first picture, try X2 as Jason suggested.



Jim

[susquehannasean]

The original Roadkill color came from Snoozers tubes.  The recipe was a closely guarded secret. (This was long before I started pouring so I didn't care.)  The recipe is now used in Hawghead Bait Tubes.  His tubes are made by an independent pourer.  If you look at it close you see .008 gold flake. I actually got it pretty close when I combined Watermelon and Green Pumpkin left over from laminates.  I put in white to make them opaque and had a lil pearl white in there.  Jim the new Roadkill has copper by other sellers.  The Mudpie color sold by Hawghead is another Snoozer color is like a chocholate color with fine copper.  I don't know who is dipping his tubes but they are very nice.  I only fish tubes when I am in the N Branch of the Susky(I throw other stuff in the Main Stem) but these guys in the river are fanatics about certain colors tubes.  I want to put out that I am friends with the owners of Hawghead so that is where I got the info.  I also guide for them on river.  (Although they still won't tell me where they get their stuff.)

[ghostbaits]

Full disclosure, I knew guys that made tubes for Snoozers and then Mizmo. I was able to get a "hot or cold" on the recipe.

Most now do use the copper highlight but the original recipes did not have them.

I think anything close will catch myself but there are times I hear that only the original colors will break the lock jaw on the smallies.

Jim

[DobynsTriton]

i havent been able to find copper hi-lite anywhere =/

[mrex]

Lurecraft has copper Lumina powder. Not sure that is what you looking for.

http://www.lurecraft.com/catalog.cfm/plastic-coloring/powder-coloring/lumina

[ghostbaits]

Get the pearl powder. The lumina is a little different and adds an orangish color to me.

http://www.lurecraft.com/catalog.cfm/plastic-coloring/powder-coloring/pearl/2-oz:554

As with all pearls, this will go a long way. For copper, a little goes a LONG way. First time I used it, I made a Tiger's Eye color. (If any of ya'll remember those rocks!!!) LOL!!!

Jim

[HawgPours]

Here is my recipe. My #2 selling color

4 oz. plastic
1 smidge L.C. Pearl Copper (or to taste)
2 drops L.C. watermelon
2 drops L.C. gr. pumpkin
4 Drops L.C. Avacado
4 Drops bears pumpkin pepper
2 drops L.C. Amber Brown
1 Drop M.F. Amber ( I also do a variation with 2 yellow instead of amber)

This is the more transparent version but it is a killer. Add different flake to taste also.

[ghostbaits]

I hear M-Fs brown trout color may be close. It has the copper pearl in the color already.

Jim