Thanks guys, you know I always thought I was lousy, well in fact I am lousy at powder painting. There are guys that can do awesome paint jobs without any kind of help from a spray gun, I have tried the tap method and while I can do small stuff with 2 colors with it, I can't do anything like a spinnerbait. I tried airbrushing but when I did all there was, or at least I knew of, was vinyl paint and the fumes gave me such headaches that I almost quit making lures. In 2003 we had a Cabelas open here and after they were open for a few months I made a trip and saw a crowd in the fishing department, I went to investigate and why I saw was wonderful. I saw some people doing a powder paint demonstration, they were taking bullet weights and they put them on a tapered dowel and heated them up with a small torch and then dipped it in the powder and that was it, when the guy pulled it out it glossed over and then he put it in a glass of water and took it out. I checked that weight out and it was flawless, needless to say, I bought 6 jars of it and went home to play and I've been playing ever since!!! I learned that I can't do detail but it doesn't bother me because I can't draw worth a lick, and besides, I don't think a spinnerbait requires a high level of detail that other baits do, my main objective is to have the right colors blend together seamlessly with natural transition, if I can do that, then the head color, along with the skirt work together to create an illusion of being real without actually looking like anything. I really appreciate the kind words but all you guys are good at what you do, I have witnessed a lot of great work and I'm just happy that my work is passable by your standards, my goal is to have a professional looking bait that someone would buy if it were hanging on a store shelf, not that I want my baits on a store shelf but I want them to look professional in addition to being able to entice a fish to strike it.
