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PICS....Of Balsa Baits I make....
COLT
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...All these are topwater. All carved from balsa wood, way better action than plastic. I put rattlers in some, for more "noise", before I start to to paint them. SEVERAL coats of primers, and finish paints. Gamagatsu (sp ck) hooks, stainless eyes and hangers. Any with trailer hair, is from squirrels I shot, not the fake crap.
...Have not made any that failed to produce fish, some better than others.
...With the type of primers/paints I use, the balsa holds up better than most of the store bought plastic baits, where the "decal" scales/color, starts to come off after several fish.
Now that I have the camera thing figured out, I'll post some of the fish they produce, when weather, and time allow me to go again...[:p]
...The pics don't do them justice, several have a super fine glitter dust under the fiish coat, kind of a "pearl" effect.
The carving of them is a pain, several hours just to shape. My cost is about $4 bucks a piece,(no labor) but heh, they work, and decent balsa baits are getting hard to find, and run about $10 bucks...and it's a REAL hoot to catch fish on baits you hand made!.[:D]
...Have not made any that failed to produce fish, some better than others.
...With the type of primers/paints I use, the balsa holds up better than most of the store bought plastic baits, where the "decal" scales/color, starts to come off after several fish.
Now that I have the camera thing figured out, I'll post some of the fish they produce, when weather, and time allow me to go again...[:p]
...The pics don't do them justice, several have a super fine glitter dust under the fiish coat, kind of a "pearl" effect.
The carving of them is a pain, several hours just to shape. My cost is about $4 bucks a piece,(no labor) but heh, they work, and decent balsa baits are getting hard to find, and run about $10 bucks...and it's a REAL hoot to catch fish on baits you hand made!.[:D]
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...about anything w/ yellow/orange belly...HATE BLUE!!...for baits...[:D]
sell them for 2 bucks a piece.... and even cow doc would agree it beats the hell out of farming. [:D][:D][:D]
That is just to darn cool, and the paint job's are awesome, with great photo's of the work.
Maybe I should start to paint some of my gunstocks like that [:D]
Do you use a airbrush on them ????
Make templates for scales. and designs from a thin clear "one side sticky" plastic, forget the name off hand. Certain types of material from a fabric store, work for different designs too. Due to the number of coats of paint/clear finish, drying times, painting takes awhile. Shaping still takes the longest. I only sell to friends, and their friends, due to the time in shaping. I am thinking of a lathe, don't think you could put tools to balsa on the lathe, but emory clothe or sandpaper should work well.
...Ive really had a lot of people wanting them, just can't produce them fast enough by hand shaping, hence the thought of a lathe.
...Even with the lathe to speed things up, would still have $4 bucks in materials, and several hours in each one. The $8-10 bucks I get for 'em, don't think I would get rich.[:D] just too time consumming.
I sure would like to get in on this one, and if you'll be kind enough to make me a couple I will get a lot of use out of them, or I'll just appreciate looking at them.
I like the spotted one on the top, but any of them would be appreciated, being made by you....
Drop me a email with your address and I'll send some cash, and wait my turn.
Thanks,
Bruce
HEY MRBRUCE YOU SURE WONT BE DISAPPOINTED IN YOUR LURES. THAT OLE TEXAS BOY BLOVIATOR SURE PUTS OUT A NICE LURE. I NEVER MET HIM BUT HE SEEMS LIKE A PRINCE TO ME. HECK IF YOU DONT LIKE THE LURES YOU BUY I WILL BUY THEM FROM YOU. WHAT A DEAL. NOW IF THEY JUST CATCH FISH. HE HE HE
Well thak you for the kind offer, but when I get my grubby little hands on them they will not get out of my sight, not now, not ever...[:D]