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01-04-2015, 06:31 PM #1Senior Member
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Sand Flea Color
Here's the picture.
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01-04-2015, 06:54 PM #2Senior Member
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Powder painting some jigs and I'm trying to mix some colors to come up with something that represents the color of a Sand Flea. Pictures online show a grayish/pinkish lavender color that fades to a whitish color on the underside. Below is a picture of what I have come up with to date. I think I'm close on the main shell color, but would like to hear what you folks think. I'm thinking that maybe a splash of a dark copper would help. What say you folks?
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01-04-2015, 06:58 PM #3Dufus Tourist
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The females have an orange egg sack under their belly. As jigs go I have only caught a few pompano on them but my best luck has been on pink, orange, and pink jighead with orange and pink nylon hair.
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Dawg, I'd say you just about nailed it.
Originally Posted by Big Dawg
Here's your jig along side a real sandflea!
As you suggested a splash of dark copper will make it perfect.
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I can add the dark copper, but the mustache it going to be tough to duplicate.
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01-05-2015, 04:34 PM #6We are there! Let's go fishing!!
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Looks more like a 'sprinkling of grey' ;-) lol
Orange is good on a jig though!usa likes this.
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Going to tip these jigs with orange as soon as I get some paint that is ordered. Originally Posted by Pier#r
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I never knew sandfleas came with a shirt pocket.
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When I saw the post my first thought was if you could get a collar on one you would have to use like 2lb test for a leash.
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