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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: hookme on September 11, 2009, 05:26:27 AM

Title: Pink Nail Polish
Post by: hookme on September 11, 2009, 05:26:27 AM

Anybody try to paint there spoon and spinner with nail polish did it work? I wonder the fish will smell it..?
My nice love to paint so she had a blast ..painting this stuff..

Title: Re: Pink Nail Polish
Post by: Funeral Of Hearts on September 11, 2009, 08:54:49 AM

Ive done it before, I also use it for head cement when im tying flies. But I can never get a bright enough pink.

Title: Re: Pink Nail Polish
Post by: colin6101 on September 11, 2009, 04:54:10 PM

I've used it as well and have never had any issues. You can also pick up bright pink tape by gibbs and a few other companies that works really well for adding on to lures. Caught about 8 pinks the other morning with a silver lure with some of that tape on it.

Title: Re: Pink Nail Polish
Post by: newsman on September 11, 2009, 06:23:47 PM

I doubt the smell would make any difference. I have been using clear nail polish for head cement when trying flies for over 20 years; the smell has not effected my catch ratio.

Title: Re: Pink Nail Polish
Post by: Terry D on September 13, 2009, 12:31:34 PM

I'm just in the process of trying it myself as I've had good success over the last couple of days using a mepps type spinner with a blade that was was white in the underside and pink on the outside.  I'm hoping it will still work with a few of my heavier spinners.

Title: Re: Pink Nail Polish
Post by: hookme on September 13, 2009, 01:41:49 PM

Thanks! for the info it work although I lost most of the colorado. I can't believe I came back at that same store bought those nail polish there all Out of stock.. 

Title: Re: Pink Nail Polish
Post by: Tex on September 13, 2009, 04:21:25 PM

You guys DO realize that you don't have to use a pink lure to catch Pink salmon, right?  Other colours work just as well...

Title: Re: Pink Nail Polish
Post by: typhoon on September 13, 2009, 04:28:51 PM

My fishing buddy and I have been doing double blind testing this season. Pink spoons with the right weight are outfishing non-pink lures 5-1.
I had high hopes for my chrome/green and chrome/orange spoons. I guess I'll save them for coho.

Title: Re: Pink Nail Polish
Post by: Verdi on September 13, 2009, 05:10:15 PM

We i paint them pink i find it is best to prime them white so the pink will really shine. or else you get a darkish pink.

Also in clearwater i don't think color is so important, but the the silty fraser i go hot pink.
I have tried other colors like green and blue, but i find in the Fraser pink is king.

Title: Re: Pink Nail Polish
Post by: sugartooth on September 13, 2009, 05:51:16 PM

I had great succes with a chrome spinner in the non tidal fraser. And allmost nothing with pink spinners. However it was the reversed in the tidal portion.