Couple Repaints

Slowly getting back into the swing of things, had a couple repaints outstanding for a mate. These are repainted Jitterbugs, 

Closest one in this pic is completely stripped back and repainted, should be interesting to see how this one goes,

Second stock but addition of some red on the belly plus a semi-gloss finish,

Third, virtually stock but recoated in a matt finish. Dont know what it is about the matt finish but gee it looks good. Makes little difference in the water but out it looks great,

Been a while

After what seem's like eternity I have finally managed to get back to lure making, sort of... Been working on a couple things but starting back slow and steady.

Spent some time thinking about how I could take my lure eyes to the next stage, this is the latest,

Also dusted off the airbrush, nothing too special at this stage, just a nice and simple pattern which has proved quite successful on the local bass thus far this season,

A first for me on this one, a painted bib. I like it better than expected.

Couple New Masters

After what seems like an eternity I finally managed to get a couple new masters finished ready for the mould. Took a couple iterations of face details till I was happy but in the end settled on something nice and simple.

Larger lure is made from wood, smaller from PU. These are the third edition. To start they will all be suspenders, the longer one will be more twich-bait style and the smaller will be more traditional retrieve with some ability to twitch as desired.

The Latest

Couple Jerkbaits made for another Aussie lure maker. This shape is starting to come together, still got issues with density of the PU but working through those. These ones are destined for northern Australia fish, not what they were designed for but a good test none the less. 

Some nice and simple colours. They are 75mm long, thru wired, slow sinkers, handmade eye's and urethane body. These have the eyes which were in the previous post.

While I was at it I put together a couple lures from the two piece mould I am working on. Similarly simple colours as above, 55mm, urethane body, thru wired and handmade eyes.

Shed Update

Been doing a bit of experimenting with various eye styles, the airbrushed ones look good but wanted a bit more flash from my eyes. Came across some metallic paper at a local craft shop while waiting for the missus so gave it a try. Pretty happy with how they came out. These three are silver, red and pearly white. The pearl has flickers of green if you hold it right in the light.

Excuse the boofhead who took the pics, I really got to get myself a photo booth.

Have also been working on my two piece mould. Has taken four moulds to get something which I am happy with, nothing like trial and error to learn things!! Thankfully the silicon is not that expensive. These should give me the strength of PU and decent amount of buoyancy. 

Jerkbaits

Finished a couple Jerkbaits recently, these unfortunately didn't swim as hoped, they sunk instead of suspend. Got the ratio slightly wrong in the resin, amazing how a couple grams will change the dynamics of the lure.

Anyway, happy with the overall result, shame they are destined for the trash but such is life. Went for some simple patterns to try and highlight the new eyes that I made. 

Nothing a few more microballoons cant fix!!!!

Bring on the surface bite

Getting some poppers ready for when things heat up a bit and the surface strike kicks in. These ones a trio of frogs, a set in standard clear and another in matt clear. First time I tried the matt finish, very impressed with how it looks.

The completed set, three different frog patterns. Eyes are d.i.y black

Hopefully they go down well