Cranks and Blades---Crappiepappy

Been painting some lately, a new endeavor and getting some help from the best. ScottV has had some great success and has answered questions for me and helped shorten the learning curve. Crappiepappy, always a big help to us all, mentioned a while back that he had better success with blade baits that weren't the chrome finish they came with. Digging through the boxes I found some that I haven't used in a while and thought "why not" and here's the results. The crank colors are some that have worked in the past with others yet to come, and Pappy said that the blades worked great in white. The bottom left is pearl white and the eyes didn't show up, but they'll be used next time out. Too cold to fool around in the grudge much but so far I'm having fun. Isn't that what it's all about..... Thanks to everyone who has been patient with me and helped me along this path and the many others I've been down since joining here. Thanks for looking....Skeet.

Looking good. Those C55s and 549s work well and run true.

I like the looks of those bottom two blade baits. Bet you catch something on those.

Outstanding work, Skeet :HandsClapping... I wouldn't hesitate to tie any one of those on & not expect them to get hammered !!

The "Silver Buddy" blade baits that I use, used to come in white ... but, when they were no longer being produced in white, I painted some. The original white ones came with a red/black eye, but the ones I painted were solid white (no eyes painted in) ... and it didn't seem to matter to the fish.
I also remember painting one 1/2 chartreuse, making it white in the front half & chartreuse in the back half. Whether or not I still have that one, somewhere in my stack of tackle boxes, is unknown at this time :scratchhead :dono

Were I using them as much these days, as in the past, I wouldn't be above painting some in solid chartreuse, solid pink, or even the "rainbow" effect of the one in your picture.

... cp :kewl

That rainbow caught my eye too. :ThumbsUp

Great work my friend i'll be watchin my mailbox

Wow Skeet.....you got it going on, those look great

If you are not careful you are going to be great at this!!! :) Nice work Skeet

Nice paints Skeet!! Love the paints on the blades, Haven't tried powder painting any yet.

Tim, do you have any Little George look alikes? Wal Mart is proud of theirs and mine are all now stump decor.

Them look good. Are you pulling them blades?

Slabs - I haven't pulled em yet but that is one of the things in line for the future. Tried pulling Little George and got a load of white bass. Tried tying a jig on the rear loop and got the biggest tangle of my career. Got to try it with 20 or 30lb and see if that's any better. The limp line didn't work.
Bugman, I have seen some jiggin spoons in light weights in some stores that think they're made of gold, what do you think about spinning some? We'll talk about some of those to pull in 'Nader.
Fatman, I've been powder painting for a while but don't get the results I want trying to shade with PP. Now that I have a compressor I'm going to try to use it with the fluid bed. The fish pump I have doesn't get some of the colors moving well, and I also just got some clear to try thinning the powder and I'll see how that works. Film at 11.
Tom, I do have some Georges and I'll get with you about them. I won't give em all up, and I see them now and then at a yard sale or flea market, I'll keep you in mind. I know this guy who can make em presentable again.

Thanks everyone for the compliments, it means a lot to me. I've done a little of a lot of things and this doesn't feel like something new to me, just revisited in a different way. I'll try not to wear y'all out showing what I come up with. Til then..........Skeet.