the dinky jigs painted

[ctom]

I painted up a few colors of the 1/64 jigs for myself today.



About the only color in there that is right out of the bottle is the orange which is candy orange powder paint. The blue flake stuff is my almost blue color while the black has some fuscia micro glitter in it and I call it merlot. In the hand it looks like a deep burgundy wine. The chartreuse is a blend of two parts candy yellow chartreuse and 1 part candy lime and like the orange, straight up, no glitter. The hot pink is double dipped. First into fluorescent pink then into the candy pink transparent. Done this way that pink looks about a foot thick.

The Almost blue is my go to color for every trip I make and no less than half of my rods will carry this head color while the plastics vary in color. Next in line is the merlot and after that its anybody's guess.

I did the same colors in the 1/64 with a #8 sickle hook. Now its time to find some play time.

[Fatman]

Nice paints - I like a 2" fluid bed for doing single colors or in the case of your pink 2 separate colors.  Looks way better than white with Fl. pink over it, the transparent over fl. pink looks way better.  I can run several small beds at the same time and the small heads paint up quick!!!

[ctom]

Its a shame the camera filters out the real color. Then too the monitors won't reflect the true color either. This pink on pink is a super rich looking hot pink. It almost has a bluish sheen to it.

[2XL]

Candy Red over a plain lead jig head really shines on tanic sp? stained waters. I like to pair that with a purple/purpleish with red and blue glitter 3-4" twister tail for eyes on the Wisconsin River early in the season.

[ctom]

I just read this and had to go to my shooting log to see if I have ever put red AND blue glitter together in a purple.....nope.  Now I have another color to whip up.