Having problems with what to do for the eyes on this bait.These are 1/8 oz. spinnerbaits.The eyes are so small that nothing fits into the recessed holes.Then the bigger stick ons hit the gill plates and looks pretty bad.
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Having problems with what to do for the eyes on this bait.These are 1/8 oz. spinnerbaits.The eyes are so small that nothing fits into the recessed holes.Then the bigger stick ons hit the gill plates and looks pretty bad.
Those look good,why not just paint some eyes on them.
Either paint of maybe find some small beads that fit and glue them in??
How large are the glue on eyes you have?
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Originally Posted by fishhunter775
Here's a done one,minus the eyes.These are crappie blades,lol.I've got some little red plastic beads to glue in.Good idea Skip.I'm not the painting kind,lol.They would have eye paint all over them by the time I was done.
Maybe you could put a small black dot in the center and then put a drop of epoxy or something clear that would dry hard. Just thinking, might wind up looking like a 3D eye.
Hey AZ,
Great looking spinners. I like the crawdad look. I am looking at your wire bends and it looks like you are using regular needle nose pliers. I got some round nose craft pliers at Sears (Craftsman) and I saw some at Wally World. The round nose pliers made a big difference in tuning the spinners I make. I am not trying to be critical of your work but I thought you might look at a different setup. What are the V Blades called and where did you get them? Can you feel them vibrate?? Take care....IFISH
I have not tied these up yet but still experimenting with the Hot Fix Nail Heads for Eyes! These are 1/24 heads #4 hook. Colors...silver...gold...white...red...green...and black in 3mm.
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b1...ing2010080.jpg
Take a small finishing nail.... lightly dip the head in some paint and then touch it to your jig.
Look good Len,but these recesses are pretty tiny.I just put some black paint into the hole and then some Sally Hanson Hard as nails.Yhey'll be burning across the lake,lol.Ifish,you are correct,just regular needle noce pliers.I'm getting a good pair of roundnose soon.The split blades came from Grandpa Bob.He does'nt have them on his site,but has them.Email him from his site.
Good looking spinner baits, forgot to say that and actually I like the craw one best too. They make some awesome Craw color Rabbit to guy and would be great looking on there.
Skip
The actual O.D. of the 3mm nail head is 1/8" and the 4mm is 5/32".
I found a website that has these from 1.5 mm to 6mm.
I'm sorting thru a bunch of stick on eyes that I have.Here's the chartruse and black one with a blade on.
Looks Good Az!!!
Those look great az. I love those blades too. Good job tying.