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    I'm not smart enough to post a photo. I did manage to post one in my album.

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    This lure swap does sound like an interesting venture and I'm in for a trade if anyone would like to send me a PM.

    As for some of the other posts here:

    SuperD - You're COLD
    TrollMonkey - I too have been playing around with the Tube Fly idea.
    BornToFish01 - Here's wishing you a full recovery and cheers to good health for all.

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    Churned out some spinners today:

    Lots of new blades available this year too.





    2006 Dodge Ram 3500 Dually, 21' North River Seahawk

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    Those look good, I really like that pink guppy one.

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    I'm looking at building some hoochie like creations out of rubber/silicone skirt material. Has anyone tried adding a glass rattle to any of their rigs? I'm thinking the noise might induce the aggression strikes.

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    Hey SuperDave, Apex kokanee killers started putting miniature steel rattles on their lure several years ago for the very same reason. I believe if there is anything to create a strike, I would try it. I bought several Apex Hot Spots and then the bite seemed to shift toward inline spinners and then small squid rigs. Maybe this year the old Apex lures will start producing at the Gorge once again????

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    Quote Originally Posted by SmokeOnTheWater View Post
    Hey SuperDave, Apex kokanee killers started putting miniature steel rattles on their lure several years ago for the very same reason. I believe if there is anything to create a strike, I would try it. I bought several Apex Hot Spots and then the bite seemed to shift toward inline spinners and then small squid rigs. Maybe this year the old Apex lures will start producing at the Gorge once again????
    I have never known any other species of fish that could change their tastes so quickly and so completely. First wedding rings in the AM, than hoochies, than something else. A man need a tackle box as big as a VW to stay up with them.

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    Only a month of Winter left and I haven't seen near enough of the fruits of all your labor. At this time of year, tackle pictures are almost as good as fish pictures. Show'em if you got'em!
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    Does this count? I'm still trying to figure out where to put the hooks!

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    Nice Pogue I wish I had some talant like that. I really like that.

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    Pogue, is that so you can take the trip without taking the acid?
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    Quote Originally Posted by SuperD View Post
    Pogue, is that so you can take the trip without taking the acid?
    Something like that.

    This originally started out as a test to see how life-like I could paint a fish. I've always thought it would be fun to try and paint a fiberglass mold for a fish mount. I figured that a shark would be easy - not too many colors and no scales! After I formed it (clay) I decided to make it more of something that looked realistic shape wise, but had different coloration that stood out, but wasn't too crazy. There is a shark that I based this one on that looks similar to this (called a Spotted Wobblegong) so I changed the coloration a bit and added a little more. Heres a pic.

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    I ran this one yesterday for the first time and it caught the first 2 fish of the day. I think it ended the day with around 1/2 dozen hook ups. I have now ordered the body in orange tiger and rainbow trout.
    2006 Dodge Ram 3500 Dually, 21' North River Seahawk

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    Default new squid colors

    Just wanted to post up a pic of some of the new squids that i have been dyeing.
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    Propnut, those are crazy beautiful! Nice job!
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    Propnut, those are awesome. What are you using to dye them?

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    Thanks for the complements. I have had a lot of fun dyeing these squids.
    The dyes that I'm using are the spike -it dyes in the bottle and been using the spike -it dye pens also. All i have at the moment for colors are red,orange,blue and chartreuse. It's been interesting to mix color "a" with color "b" and get color "c " in the process.
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    Great job on the squids Propnut!! Are the squids you start out with clear or are they already dyed a certain color?

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    Quote Originally Posted by SilverBullets View Post
    Great job on the squids Propnut!! Are the squids you start out with clear or are they already dyed a certain color?
    Some are clear, some are pearlesent, and some are factory dyed. Most the real bright pinks and oranges are RMT squids in dlb/glow pink and dbl/ glow orange.Some are other factory colors that i have added color or changed the color on. One of the biggest challenges was to make the inside one color,while keeping the outside of the squid a different color.
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    I may have gone a bit nuts this off season. Still have enough hooks, beads, and blades to dow at least a hundred and fifty more lures.
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    I see a number of fishy things there. The trick is to save the other components for on the water tackle building once you find out what's hot. Don't make too much stuff that doesn't get wet.
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    Default Hagen's and some new gear

    Finally ordered some goodies from Hagen's and put together some gear.SuperD I like your idea of tying a few and then more if you find a hot set up on the water.I definately have too much bought and made stuff that will never be tied on. I hope these work, I 'm going to try setting one rod with new stuff to see how it produces,
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    A few new dodgers.First pic are 4" crow spoons, the second 4" thin spoons.
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    Trollmonkey,
    Thoe dodger look good. Hagens somehow forgot to include my Crow spoons in my order (but I ended up with some extra stuff so I didn't raise a fuss). I'm curious how they fish and look. I ordered some Kach-Moor spoons (which, in the 3.75" size appear too small for dodgers) and I wasn't much impressed with the finish. I've noticed someone has started selling them under their own name on one of the sponsor sites.

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