Breathing new life into old plastics

[smokehound]

I remembered a post by fishbones a long time ago, in which he used a microwave to apply glitter to soft plastics..

So I decided to use a lighter and try it out myself:





Skippyfish.. now has an "American Shad" type pattern



Kalin's Smoke gold n pepper, Now has a "Golden shiner" look



Old fluke, now revitalized with a pearlescent sheen



Plain white and silver, great for overcast



"Candied" crawbug



Kalin's Pumpkin salt n pepper, "candied"



White with gold hologram flake..



Kalin's Watermelonseed "Candied"..

These should really work well with halibut..

As a bonus, when a fish bites them, it will dislodge a cloud of "scales", giving you a second chance for a strike.

[Prowler_Tuber]

Looks great!!!

[skunked4life]

Great job recycling! I am guilty of just tossing old grubs. Now I know what to do next time, IF I ever decide to use grubs again!

"These should really work well with halibut.."
Didn't you mention several times that you don't think that halibut give a **** what color the lure is? Just messin Marcus. They look great!

[smokehound]

Great job recycling! I am guilty of just tossing old grubs. Now I know what to do next time, IF I ever decide to use grubs again!

"These should really work well with halibut.."
Didn't you mention several times that you don't think that halibut give a **** what color the lure is? Just messin Marcus. They look great!

thats true, but sparkly things

still catch their eye

[i feed fish]

great idea man! it turned out good too, I like the added bonus too.

[Homefish]

Dont know if your married or not, but you better wash that glitter off your hands or your wife's gonna think your hands caught something sparkly @ the strip club

[smokehound]

Dont know if your married or not, but you better wash that glitter off your hands or your wife's gonna think your hands caught something sparkly @ the strip club

Thank god I'm a creepy loner type.

[Danny300]

great idea...thanks for posting

[TUNAVIC]

Pretty cool,might look good on some of my old S/W swimbaits,slugs and soft rubber jerk baits, thanks.

Cya TunaVic

[smokehound]

Thanks. It actually works the best with swimbaits, easier to melt the flat, non-ribbed sides, gives a more uniform scale look. Actually did this with a blue smelt big hammer, should murder on a swimjig for big largemouth bass!