Originally Posted by
CTom
Eyes are for the camera. Personally the only baits with eyes that I fish are those few that I toss in my tackle pail after getting a nice picture. Eyes sell, but they are expensive to add to something where they aren't needed. My boxes of stingers and paddletails are just color, no extras such as eyes. My foremost favorite color is a purple-blue, not really one or the other entirely, with purple glitter and its always matched up with a chartreuse tail. The way the color works in our northern waters is uncanny and goes from lake to lake to river catching fish wherever. That same purple color will get a few hot pink tails for when a color shake-up is called for. An orange tail does the same. The bluegill color I make and have shown here is a second best color and gets the same tail color options. Black sees all three tail colors too. I seldom fish any combinations of white, chartreuse, orange or pink as body colors. Geographic differences are fun to look at and read about. Size, colors, shapes....all relevant information, but oh so regional. lol
Its little things that one can do to tweak a color that seem to stand out the most. Hi Lites and color adjustment are just a couple. Glitter does things once in a while that goes over the top too. And on glitter, I always add it AFTER the color of the plastic has been created and cooked.
By the way Nip.....Happy Easter.