08-24-2020, 10:45 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-24-2020, 11:11 PM by RonPaulFan.)
EyLayo, That thing is so UGLY that if I were a fish, I would bite it just to ... uh, nevermind ... I suppose that's the point -- it works. As TieDyeTwins was known to say: "Think like a fish!"
I put the lure with the mesh hot melt glued to it in my locker at work and it's a little dark there. When I open the door, the shinyness catches and reflects light and it stands out and the cross mesh gives it a fish scale look. It looks like the pattern on expensive lures. The way light reflects off of the shinny mesh tube is a line of brightness along the centerline of it which corresponds to the lateral line of a fish.
It also seems to be very durable. Since it's a mesh, glue really grips it well.
The picture you posted (THANKS!) shows what can be done with it. I was thinking of using the weighted hooks for swim baits and slipping a mesh tube over it and tieing on just the front near the eye of the hook leaving the other end open. The reason to leave it open is that it will hold and retain soft bait put into it and at the end of the day removed to put away the lure clean and dry and ready to hold soft or mushy fish meat on a next fishing trip.
When using the mesh tube as soft bait holders to be disposable and added to the lure later, it would be a time saver to make up a lot of them (make them small) all at once and put them in your freezer. Then when fishing, just hook it on for the appearance similar to a feathered treble hook on the trailing hook to have the sent and taste of fish meat (or whatever other soft bait) as well as a little flash and movement.
Ronald
I put the lure with the mesh hot melt glued to it in my locker at work and it's a little dark there. When I open the door, the shinyness catches and reflects light and it stands out and the cross mesh gives it a fish scale look. It looks like the pattern on expensive lures. The way light reflects off of the shinny mesh tube is a line of brightness along the centerline of it which corresponds to the lateral line of a fish.
It also seems to be very durable. Since it's a mesh, glue really grips it well.
The picture you posted (THANKS!) shows what can be done with it. I was thinking of using the weighted hooks for swim baits and slipping a mesh tube over it and tieing on just the front near the eye of the hook leaving the other end open. The reason to leave it open is that it will hold and retain soft bait put into it and at the end of the day removed to put away the lure clean and dry and ready to hold soft or mushy fish meat on a next fishing trip.
When using the mesh tube as soft bait holders to be disposable and added to the lure later, it would be a time saver to make up a lot of them (make them small) all at once and put them in your freezer. Then when fishing, just hook it on for the appearance similar to a feathered treble hook on the trailing hook to have the sent and taste of fish meat (or whatever other soft bait) as well as a little flash and movement.
Ronald