Some New Color Chatterbaits I am Working On

[tfsh4bass]

Here are some new color chatter jigs I just made...each one has 6 layers of paint plus 3 coats of clear coat. I will probably put Chart blades on each.

[hydro]

Very nice work! Can I ask where you got the skirts?

[Deitz Dittrich]

hydro- I think stamina has those skirts.

[tfsh4bass]

Thank you!

The Table Rock shad pattern is just regular silicone material sold by Stamina, Janns, etc. The Chart Blue shad pattern is Living Image skirting material which is a little hard to find...fishingskirts.com is where I got mine.

[bassn1]

Nice work. Powder paint or spray?

[tfsh4bass]

Thank you!

It is 6 coats of Createx paint airbrushed on with 3 coats of [PoorWordUsage] Nites clear coat

I did this one today...Natural Green Craw

[tfsh4bass]

Wanted to show a few more baits I did

[hydro]

Very nice work. Do you paint eyes on your jigs? I'm working on a system to eye dot lures and I can share it here when I have it down.

[tfsh4bass]

bassn1 - Paint is Createx paint that is airbrushed on with DN clear coat

hydro - I don't put eyes on these jigs but I am open to seeing any new process

Here is one I did yesterday for a customer - Green Shad

[Central Bassman]

I really like the last two that were posted!!! I'm a more natural color guy and them are SWEEEETT!!!

[TonkaBass]

how much does an airbrush set up like you use cost? and where do you get one?

[Deitz Dittrich]

A cheap airbrush set is not that expensive at all... Depending on how much you want to get into it, I think you can spend less than $50... Or for a really nice 2 stage, and a nice compreser you can drop some coin...

[metro fisherman]

Do you buy the jigs blank? Im interested in getting into this but dont have much of a clue on where to get started.

[mrfish1991]

hydro...i read about a way to do the inner dots on the eyes a long time ago in one of the fishing books laying around my house

you take the tip of a wooden match head and dip it in the paint and use that to make small dots

i have never done it myself because i dont make lures...but it seems like a very reasonable way to do them without slobbering all over the place

[Deitz Dittrich]

Do you buy the jigs blank? Im interested in getting into this but dont have much of a clue on where to get started.

You can get unpainted jig heads from quite a few places. Saves you from dealing with the lead... Staminainc is a great company to deal with.

[hydro]

Here is what I have found works well for making eyes. You will need a couple sizes of plain old nails, one for the large white background and a small one for the black eye dot. Cut the nails off square and file the end flat. Next, buy some sheet foam (about 1/8" thick) at the craft store, cut out small pieces and superglue them to the flat end of the nails. I then thake them to a high speed grinder and gently roll them to round off the foam. Gentle is important to avoid ripping the foam off of the nail.

Once the "dotters" are done, just dip them in paint (Testors model paint works well) and gently apply to the jig. They make a nice, round, controllable dot. Cleanup is just wiping them off on a rag, and making new dotters as the wear out!

[river rat316]

Or you could just use the round end of drill bits, for the center and a pencil eraser for the eye, it works for me. You just have to learn how to control how much paint is on the end

[hydro]

River Rat, I found that the key is in the foam tip. It makes the paint control a no-brainer!

[river rat316]

It takes a little getting used to but it can be done without the foam tip, they also sell a tipper just like your making at staminainc

[TonkaBass]

How about the stick one eyes? Has anyone had any luck with those? I have used glass eyes on hard baits before and really think they look nice. I have only used them on topwaters though.

[river rat316]

Stick on eyes are cool, as long as you have a mold that can except them, they don't fair to well with out recesses and epoxy over the top to protect em. I prefer this jig for an all around jig, recessed area for 3d eyes, just epoxy over them and they never come off!!

[Deitz Dittrich]

Nice looking jig Rat...

[TonkaBass]

very nice jig! I would like to see those eyes on a blk/blue flipping jig!

[river rat316]

The poison tale jigs excepts the same eyes, a 30 degree hook, people often use it for a flipping jig. It is one of the few molds I don't have. I had one in my cart at Cabelas but was way over my gift cards so had to put it back

[TonkaBass]

how much would it cost to have a custom mold machined?