I've been busy getting some ul cranks together

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I've been busy getting some ul cranks together

Post by earthworm77 » Sat Aug 19, 2017 10:51 am

I got into painting baits with my copic airbrush system. Because I wanted to make it as hard as it could possibly be(sarcasm), I decided to shoot UL sized baits.

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The bottom left popper is a 1/8oz Sugoi mini splash, it is ultra rare. The others are a 1/8oz Pop X KO that I added Decoy and Cultiva hardware to.

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A close up, the mouth cut outs on the Pop X KO's are functional.

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These are 1/8oz 1.75" minnow baits. They came out really nice.

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Another shot of them

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These are my first attempts at a Rebel Crickhopper type bait. These will catch but my painting has gotten much more high tech since I started.

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Re: I've been busy getting some ul cranks together

Post by Jrob » Sat Aug 19, 2017 6:04 pm

Very nice!! I'll send my address... lol

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Post by Bronzeye » Sat Aug 19, 2017 9:47 pm

Beautiful!

Have you used poppers with single hooks replacing trebles enough to compare the initial hookup rates and the rates of fish hooked to fish landed?

Seems a great idea for UL baits because of the hook gap gained with the single hooks and the greater ease of unhooking small fish.

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Post by Jrob » Sun Aug 20, 2017 10:07 am

My experience with the single barbless vs treble on the ultralight baits has been a good one. While a may miss a few, I for sure feel I lose less fish after hookup on the single barbless.

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Re: I've been busy getting some ul cranks together

Post by cpvince » Mon Aug 21, 2017 4:44 pm

Wow, that's some beautiful work there! =D>

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Post by sqhertz » Mon Aug 21, 2017 7:13 pm

Maybe I'm looking at it wrong but why are some of the single hooks facing forward and others backwards?

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Post by earthworm77 » Tue Aug 22, 2017 6:20 am

No method to my madness except that the tail hook has to be point upward. I had asked Bill if it mattered. He got me "into" single hooks. We can't agree that there is much of a difference in which way the front hook faces. I assumed if the hook point was facing the tail, the bait might be more weedless but I also thought maybe a fish might not get hooked all that easily, I haven't really noticed any difference nor do I purposely pick a bait that has a hook facing either way or the other.
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Post by sqhertz » Tue Aug 22, 2017 9:37 am

Oh, OK. Simply curious is all. I'm definitely concidering swapping my trebles for singles.

Great work BTW!

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Post by earthworm77 » Tue Aug 22, 2017 2:10 pm

I have noticed they are so much easier to unhook from panfish and fish with small mouths.

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Re: I've been busy getting some ul cranks together

Post by uljersey » Thu Aug 24, 2017 4:54 pm

=D>
Well done Craig. Now the decision ... do you fish them or admire them ?

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Post by earthworm77 » Fri Aug 25, 2017 8:57 am

I only admire my JDM rods and reels but they get fished. These baits will get fished and I'm sure a couple will find their way to you. I might be in the market for a couple of those small blade baits.

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Re: I've been busy getting some ul cranks together

Post by uljersey » Fri Aug 25, 2017 2:57 pm

earthworm77 wrote: I might be in the market for a couple of those small blade baits.
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