Quote Originally Posted by Harebear
I'm mostly a "dipper" lol. I get the cheapest water based craft paints I can get at wal-mart and a bottle of Sally hansens hard as nails for a top coat. one dip of paint and a top coat. The topcoat would also work great on brushed poppers. it's self leveling and would hide most imperfections.

here's a link to some of my monstrosities I've tied! LOL Hope this helps
http://home.earthlink.net/~slusk/mypoppers/id1.html
I am just starting with flies, but I paint my jig heads with powder paint (baked cured) and then I do the eyes with outdoor PLAID Acrylic from Walmart. I make the round eyes with the flat end of a drill bit and use one 1/2 that size or smaller for the black. I also use Sally Hensons for the clear coat over the eyes.

For the drill bits you can pick up a cheap small set, just make sure the butt ends are flat and not rounded.

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