Nailed them on the overhead spinner (B.Spin)

Guess the day was just right for the float and lure - a soft plastic I have a mold for:
https://i.imgur.com/PgWMaUo.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/YJLBHNl.jpg

Even without the spinner the lure caught fish:
https://i.imgur.com/YnibxEH.jpg

The day was perfect: a slight chop on the water and intermittent clouds. At times I laid the reel down, didn't watch the float only to see it was no longer in sight ! Perch, sunfish and crappie went after the lure in 8'.

Another discovery was catching many fish on this weird colored grub:
https://i.imgur.com/HtNnn3b.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/yKS86QH.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/4Navggy.jpgFish all over the Fish all around the lake struck it.
The reason I dyed the grub that color combo was the success I had using a Crappie Magnet in the same color in spring. The lake is green with suspended algae so I guess the bright colors were easier to see from a greater distance. At times I had multiple hits on the same retrieve and caught the fish casting back to the same spot I felt the strike.

Nice beetle spin is getting it done

Congrats, good looking pour.

Awesome, that one grub reminds me of a tequila sunrise !

That green one with the translucent tail looks killer! Congrats on the catches.

I always thought this was tequila sunrise:
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I've wondered if or how color makes a difference. Maybe it does have something to do with water clarity, time of day, cloud cover vs bright sun. The other factor may be how irritable fish become as a front approaches making them attack anything that moves and more so with bright colors and flashing blades. But one thing is certain - color enhances a lure's action as well a provide contrast to the background fish are looking at. The less clear the water the more contrast needed which is why I added a dark strip of color to the body of the clear tail lure in the post using a pipe cleaner and Spike-It soft plastic dye.

In clearer water it wasn't necessary for both of these hand poured lures:
https://i.imgur.com/55Dm0O2.jpg

A bit of glitter glued to the tail gave it a bit of flash though probably not necessary considering the B.Spin blade flash:
https://i.imgur.com/FynPwRq.jpg

This clear color (or lack of) worked even without the overhead blade but only in spring where the water was more clear.

Nice on the beetle spins!! Good looking grub!! Is the one you dyed a Mo's grub??

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Originally Posted by Fatman

Nice on the beetle spins!! Good looking grub!! Is the one you dyed a Mo's grub??

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Mo and I use the same mold. The only difference is making the body narrower with scissors when the thicker body isn't doing it (like those pictured.)
Spike-It or Color-Rite dyes lasts a long time for hundreds of lures and saves having to pour different colors - many that are rarely used.

All of the lures shown came from molds and sometimes parts were cut off and fused to other parts using
a candle flame and a VERY steady hand (alcohol abstained from lol). It's fun to fool around and just maybe come up with shapes and actions that catch most species of all sizes most of the year.

Example of a Crappie Magnet tail added to different grub bodies (but only one of the double tails):
https://i.imgur.com/e6roWJ0.jpg?1https://i.imgur.com/YU5CcQ8.jpg?1

Note: a thin wire braid was attached to the jig on the left because of the dang pickerel stealing my lures of which I lost 4 in one area.)

hard to beat orange with a yellow tail i tell ya in these parts sometimes
KABOOM is the word