Some fresh heads

[AtticaFish]

Been re-stocking the panfish meat hanger jigs i used last year on the ice - mostly all bright color attention getters that end up with a waxworm/maggot. The jig in the center is just a standard 1/8th round head for size reference. On the left are #8 Mustad jighooks and #8 Mustad 3366 sproat hooks with the eye bent 45 degs. or so. Both hook styles have small 3/0 round split shots crimped on. The sproat hooks did very well last year and through the summer as well with bluegill... will be making a few more.

Then just a few round 1/8th's that i re-shaped into shroom heads. These will end up bucktail thread necks for early spring bass. Have plenty of time to get these tied up.

 

[Jig Man]

Great jig heads and paint jobs...

 

[Fatman]

Great paint job!!!!!!!!!

 

[toadfrog]

Hey alright and I see your keeping the paint out of the eyes . Someone will love you for that .

 

[oldfox]

Great ideas and nicely done paint jobs... :icon14:

 

[StumpHunter]

Very nice looking heads

 

[SaltyBuckster]

So,is the powder painting better then the nail polishing ?You could probably get a job at a nail salon by now,lol.Very nicely done.

 

[AtticaFish]

Thanks on the comments!

Salty - Oh yeah..... i am liking this but still finding that i can't do all the color 'effects' that i could with the nail polish. The iradecent (spelling?) nail polish is hard to match with powder paint - or at least i haven't learned how to do it yet. Still adding a few new colors here and there.

My wife and daughter are happy though. I turned over all of my colors but white, black, some glitter and Sally's HAN to them.

 

[Radtexan]

Very nice work Russ

 

[Ron Don]

Cool paint jobs. Im digging the shrooms!

 

[LedHed]

Nice leadheads - guess you like powder painting...

 

[Radtexan]

You got a tutorial on them shrooms ??? or at least a brief how to ?

 

[Fatman]

I think I got it figured out how ya did it LOL. Hopefully I'll give it a try Saturday.

 

[Pup]

Good stuff AF. :icon14:

 

[AtticaFish]

LH - i figure each pack of smokes i DON'T buy is darn near a jar of powder i can buy - starting to get a collection of colors.

RT - Nothing fancy..... start out with a standard 1/8 oz. jig in one hand and a file/rasp in the other. I use a large squared off one to start then a finer one with the rounded top to finish. Try to keep it the same size as the lead collar far up as i can go - pretty much till i start hitting the leg of the jig hook. They start out at 1/8 but might end up half that by the time i'm done.

Here is what i am trying to match - Gopher Tackle Mushroom Head - which is pretty much a Do-it Worm 'A' Jig but they offer it in smaller sizes that don't have as much of a 'nose' on them. :jig:

 

[Fatman]

That's what I thought you were doing but wouldn't a dremel be quicker???