No, I used some stainless steel rod I have had for a while. Just laid around and collected dust and when I saw a pic of a madrel bent in an L-shape the lights went on as far as making the two color baits with the colors running laterally instead of butting, creating a head with one color and tentacles another color. I like to top/bottom looking baits a lot better than the other but man, using that 16 penny nail to get that affect would challenge Einstein.



A friend asked me last night about doing something in a firecracker/chartreuse. Since I don't use red glitter much, I used a strong bluegill color except I omitted the copper glitter and violet hi lites. The firecracker/chartreuse is one of the real strong Mississippi River colors for late fall/early winter walleye fishing when the water temps push into the low 40's and upper thirties.

I am doing as many combinations as I can think of, 8 each in the large size, and will make up a box just for this type of bait. I plan to work these hard this coming winter.