I'm going to change up the tail a little, had the paint run on me a little cause I only did a few to try....
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I'm going to change up the tail a little, had the paint run on me a little cause I only did a few to try....
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When using two colors of paint like that I just dip and then have the other color open and use a small paint brush to drop a little of the other color by tapping the brush to drop the paint.
Yours look like they should do well though,
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That's the way I do it to, but used a small craft sponge loaded with powder, then just tap it to drop the powder
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I use a bristle brush and make sure it's not over loaded. Also some colors seem to load up more on the dip than others so I have to be careful how long I heat the ones that tend to get more than I want. I have a lot of nice artist brushes as I use to try to oil paint, but at some point I got away from that even though I enjoyed it. Still I bought a pack of cheap artists brushes from Hobby Lobby and use them for this.
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Awesome Job Rob ! :ThumbsUp
I'm curious on the belly body color,
is it you powder it along with the head,
then use a heat gun, or is this a separate procedure ? :scratchhead
billygee :rolleyes:
Those are same sweet jigs. Good job.
You just heat the head, dip in main color, then fast have other color ready and use a small paint brush that you have some of that dry powder paint on and tap the brush to drop the second color on while it's still hot. I hold the head over the cup of paint I am about to add so excess falls back in the paint cup, but some just hold over something to dispose of the extra I guess. Then if you want you could use more heat if it had cooled too much. That is where all I have to do it pass it back through the flame for a second of so.Quote:
Originally Posted by billygee
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What are them long stem thangs sticking out the back of the jig and what is for?Quote:
Originally Posted by RobJohnson
Wow just awesome dude.
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That's the flash
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Very nice work. Good job with the color matches and choice of color.
Like he said it's flash and flash should be longer than the tail. Using small flashabou it will have lots of action too and why I use Holographic Flashabou on my jigs. It has so much fire in the sun and the action is really good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cane Pole
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Ok. I have some flash stuff but I didn't know it was supposed to stick out that far. I thought it was one of those skinny feathers. Ima learning.
Some want to use the wider flash, but I like the original Flashabou which I think is like 1/64" wide?? What ever their regular size is it and the Holographic makes a difference also.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cane Pole
The Mfg. number of the Silver Holographic is 6991 and the Gold is 6992. These are the main two colors I use.
Just to see is here is a link to JS site.... Hedron Holographic Flashabou | J. Stockard Fly Fishing
And Barlow's Tackle has it for less, but they change the number I guess to confuse things, lol! Flashabou - Holographic
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