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The "Roach" pattern

Necessary items:

The pattern explained step by step

Again we start from a jerkbait that has been primed white. I use a laundry bag to cut out a rectangular shape for the mesh. The length of the rectangle is "the lure's length + 5cm" and the rectangle's width is "the height of the lure body x 3". Fold this mesh over the back of the jerkbait and fix it into place using the laundry clippers. The mesh should be tight around the lure's body because when it isn't, the scales will be fuzzy and you won't see separate scales but a silver spot with some scales in it. (view picture 2 to see how I apply the mesh to the lure)


Shake the silver spray can for several minutes to mix the glitters with the gass. Place the jerkbait, which has been wrapped in the mesh, on an old newspaper. Gently spray the paint on the lure's flank and pass over it with quick and thin layers of paint. It's best to wait a while between each spray. If you apply one thick layer of paint, the paint will spread underneath the mesh (the holes in the mesh hold the paint) and you will get lots of stains. Leave the jerkbait on the newspaper for a while so you allow the paint to dry. Make sure that you leave the white stripe on the flank. You can do this by putting a smal stripe of cardboard on the flank and spray over it. After a few minutes, turn the jerkbait over on its other flank and repeat the spraying process. Again leave it there to dry for a while and then hang it to dry using the S-shaped wire.




Allow the paint to dry thoroughly and remove the mesh. Your lure should look like this (view picture 3).





Now take the red paint and shake this can as well. Hold the jerkbait in front of you with the belly facing towards you. Use one quick spray shot to spray a red throat. Let it dry for a while. This should take no more than a minute or so. Now repeat this process. This should make for one nice red throat. Use quick and short spray shots for the best result; (view picture 4) After that take the green paint and shake this can. Hold the jerkbait in front of you again and this time with the back facing towards you. Spray green paint on the back in one motion moving downwards and starting at the top. It's best to do this in two steps, meaning you should move over the back quite fast so the back isn't entirely covered with green paint the first time. Let this dry for a while and then repeat it. After the second time the back should be covered completely. Several thin layers are better than one thick one! (view picture 4)

When you have finished this step, apply the stick-on eyes in such a manner that they are opposite to eachother. Now all that remains to be done is applying the lacquer. This Roach pattern is finished.

Good Luck, Dirk