Thread: Johnson beetle spin stripes

Originally Posted by HOODLUM

After thought...
If by some act of god I figure it out, I'll post it up...
Now as DUMB QUESTION..........
I know they don't have people doing this....
But, when I build my hard baits handcarved I use screens, sponges, onion bags, and all kinds of weird stuff to make textures, and definative markings on the baitDo I dare... Maybe........try dipping paper towel in the hot plastic??? OR AM I GOING TOBURST INTO FLAMES???I dunno just tossing that out there

Yes the body off and leave the tail inside the mold and shoot a second body color yet and yes you can use a marker to make a stripe Spike it makes a paint for plastic you can airbrush it over a screen to get D scale look .

Hey Billy!
You know you could never Hijack a thread on me!
I've read and seen a boatload of Horror stories...I'm prolly better protected than most guys pouring...having a past of metal fabricating, long sleeves plus my foundry sleeves, and from my pitmaster days I have my silicon gloves, and welding gloves on standby...Had severe burns from the old days...and have a healthy respect for hot plastic!
Hey DrNip,
Your prolly right ...the fish don't care, these baits are bigger than usual they are 3 - 4" plus I watched a guy on youtube do it with frogs in an Ali mold in a regular injector... but I'm making plaster molds with built in injectors... Maybe its a " You can't get there from here" scenario

Thanks for the input Bob!
I'm kinda Hijacking my own thread here...Bob mentioned using a toothpick to stripe...
Quick story here...Up here we are frozen in for 5-6 months...Ice has been super crappy, I live almost next to a power plant that has a warm water discharge, so I keep 5-6 dozen crawlers in the fridge over the winter( For nice days) this year all my Crawlers died
I noticed when using the toothpick as you suggested I got a slender tube that kinda resembled a worm...so mixed up a color I call river mud (colors that got muddy) added some glitter then injected the tubes with Worm oil Sheep heads (Drum) went crazy...
I know you guys are Hardcore Crappie guys, I just thought it might help somebody out in the Northland when you can't get Crawlers

Originally Posted by billygee

DrNip

Guess it's in the challenge,

may just stick to what's been working for me.



billygee :rolleyes:

I understand the challenge aspect.

Here are some beetle spin that we made up this morning.

Bob

That's a sure Color Killer for Bass and Northern in the waters I fish

billygee :rolleyes:

Wow Bob.....just Wow! Those look good