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MyFishFinder Tips and Techniques => Jigging => Topic started by: chrisfrank on Apr 18, 2004, 03:29 PM
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Did you know you can dye light colored soft plastics? just soak them in a small dish for a half hour with a little water and a few drops of food coloring. I cant normally find the color combos i like, so i'll die tails on my yellow, white, or clear grubs. It doesnt give the intense colors of store bought colored plastics, but i think it looks a little more natural.
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This is a great tool. If you don't want the mess of food coloring, there is a product available in many tackle shops and the big catalogues/stores too called Dip n Glo. Chartreuse, pink, blue, black, pumpkin, red are a few colors that are available. I always carry chartreuse with me on every trip. A fishing guide that I once hired on the Lower Potomac, Glenn Peacock, once had a saying that sticks with me to this day, "If it ain't chartreuse, it ain't no use." In many of the waters that I fish, chartreuse is a great color and the dye will work on all but the darkest of plastics. It's pretty bright on some colors too!
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Sounds like thats a lot less messy and faster. i'll have to pick some of that up. thanks
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CF, are you in the Baltimore area? If so, Bass Pro has it. It's about $3.50 per bottle I think.
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Yeah i'm down in pasadena. i was just up a basspro today too. wish i posted this yesterday. think i'm going to rent a boat on loch raven tmw, maybe i'll stop by there on the way.
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I use the "Spike It" brand with good results. It has a garlic scent and boy is it strong! :o
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This is a little off topic, but sometimes smelly jelly works on the jigs as well. Especially when the fish are finicky
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jelly as in peanutbutter and jelly?
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jelly as in peanutbutter and jelly?
no, it's a product called "smelly jelly"
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??? How do you dye only the tail of the grub i have done this before but could not avoid dyeing the whole grub >:( any tips???
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??? How do you dye only the tail of the grub i have done this before but could not avoid dyeing the whole grub >:( any tips???
Try wrapping a piece of masking tape at the point you want the dye to end.
The tape should absorb most of the dye, but you will see some bleeding.
A rag tied in the same position will also work.
This should work but have not tried it yet: Vasaline or cold cream may stop
the dye from advancing also.