03-30-2006, 07:19 PM
[cool][#0000ff]My personal opinion is that fancy eyes are better at catching fishermen than fish. In most cases the fish do not have long to register the shape and quality of the eye, just that it looks like an eye, so it must be something good to eat.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have tried a lot of different color combos for eyes and I believe that just a good contrasting color, between the background and the pupil, is all that is important. That being said, I seem to do better with white and black eyes in clear water on bright days...and chartreuse and black eyes in murky water and/or cold temps.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have also started using red and black eyes on my fire tiger patterns. More of a contrast when there is a lot of yellow in the basic lure.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Here are some pics of some of the newer spoons I have been painting. You will note that I use a lot of the stick on eyes...in both the chartreuse/black and some red/black on the fire tiger color.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have tried a lot of different color combos for eyes and I believe that just a good contrasting color, between the background and the pupil, is all that is important. That being said, I seem to do better with white and black eyes in clear water on bright days...and chartreuse and black eyes in murky water and/or cold temps.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have also started using red and black eyes on my fire tiger patterns. More of a contrast when there is a lot of yellow in the basic lure.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Here are some pics of some of the newer spoons I have been painting. You will note that I use a lot of the stick on eyes...in both the chartreuse/black and some red/black on the fire tiger color.[/#0000ff]
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