Bigrocks " Holy Mackerel "

My mack entry, painted on a Left Hook Spook that Scrapper sent me for an auction on anther site.
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Beautiful work Benny

Here's this week's project !!! I haven't had the chance to clear coat it yet, maybe Sunday. Not the greatest photo, that's for sure, I should have Smitty do all my pictures, he takes nice shots !!

Tried doing the stripes freehand on paper, forget about it, no way I can do that. Used the method Skippy taught us in the first week, frisket, thanks Skip !!!!


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bennyraw wrote:My mack entry, painted on a Left Hook Spook that Scrapper sent me for an auction on anther site.
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beautiful job man, sweet effects, add depth

FJR wrote:Here's this week's project !!! I haven't had the chance to clear coat it yet, maybe Sunday. Not the greatest photo, that's for sure, I should have Smitty do all my pictures, he takes nice shots !!

Tried doing the stripes freehand on paper, forget about it, no way I can do that. Used the method Skippy taught us in the first week, frisket, thanks Skip !!!!


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Big smile on my face brother this place is hot wheres that crazy canadian?

Here is my homework assignment, actually it is 2 assignments in one. It is my Black Talon marble plug with hand painted Mackerel lines. The pictures dont do it justice with the interference in the top coat it really twists the colors.

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Minivin5 wrote:Here is my homework assignment, actually it is 2 assignments in one. It is my Black Talon marble plug with hand painted Mackerel lines. The pictures dont do it justice with the interference in the top coat it really twists the colors.

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You guy's see what is going on here don't ya :study: that is what happens when you share :study:
Bad mamma jammas in this place, I want to start the carving classes super job mini

Wow...Vinny that is awesome!

Nice job Vin

Looks great Vin. I'm surprised you trust those screw eyes with everything you might hook up with down that way.

Vin, that is sweet !!!!!!

man vin thats HOT!!!!

bennyraw wrote:Looks great Vin. I'm surprised you trust those screw eyes with everything you might hook up with down that way.

Benny (Snook,Tarpon,Ladyfish,Redfish,Seatrout) are all flats fish that do not have teeth, so they will not cut my bait in half. The screw eyes are SS they wont open up for anything less than a gorilla, they are epoxied in and epoxied over. The uses of thru wire is because of the soft wood used, if the fish bites through your bait you still have a solid hook up. I believe it was Fatfingers who said that if your bait might be cut in half rather than thru wire use harder woods.

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bennyraw wrote:Looks great Vin. I'm surprised you trust those screw eyes with everything you might hook up with down that way.

The screw eyes are SS they wont open up for anything less than a gorilla, they are epoxied in and epoxied over.

I beg to differ
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Those were the screw eyes you sent me with those blanks awhile back, and that was only a twelveish pound blue. :roll:
The leverage these big fish can get is astounding, the one in the back ripped right through the wood, a harder wood may have helped but through wire would have landed the fish.
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bennyraw wrote:

Minivin5 wrote:

bennyraw wrote:Looks great Vin. I'm surprised you trust those screw eyes with everything you might hook up with down that way.

The screw eyes are SS they wont open up for anything less than a gorilla, they are epoxied in and epoxied over.

I beg to differ
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Those were the screw eyes you sent me with those blanks awhile back, and that was only a twelveish pound blue. :roll:
The leverage these big fish can get is astounding, the one in the back ripped right through the wood, a harder wood may have helped but through wire would have landed the fish.
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Benny those screw eyes I sent you are brass, they will fail. The screw eyes I use now are SS and longer, I have since started twisting my own screw eyes with .051 air craft wire. Like I said before they will not open or break, Old Man took a 30" striper on my screw eyes.

I hear you Vin, I put some on an SKS spook that sure looked beefy enough, I'll stick with through wiring though

When you say your twisting your own, there's no opening right? I remember seeing a how to on that which looked pretty good.

Just had a chance to look thru the picts of these plugs. You all do amazing work. Can't wait to get started.

[b]THANK YOU RUSS. THAT MACK PLUG IS SWEET. DONT KNOW IF IM GOING TOO FISH IT.