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When you use black/purple spray paint over the bone you may find that it chips and peels away exposing the light colored underbody. What helps prevent that is to first use a black/purple permanent sharpie to apply a base coat of dark on the bone – then paint over it. As the paint chips/peels much less bone underbody will show. (I will say that funky looking Red Fins that appear like a calico pattern (black with white patches) are at times very effective.)
A little history about the Red Fin – when they first came out in the “rough/crinkled” finish we could not get them in solid black. All of us would spray paint them and solid black was the HOT color pattern on dark nights, especially on Block in big sweep conditions when needlefish plugs just skittered across the surface, or un-loaded in flat-ass calm water. When Red Fins went to a “smooth” finish Pradco started offering them in solid black with red gill markings around the head but they were still hard to find.
The last few I have were given to me by Tim Coleman - may he rest in peace.
The Blurple Red Fin is a relatively new custom pattern available in maybe the last 10 years or so – mostly by special order. I’ve done well with it but I really can’t say any better than solid black. That said, I completely understand the confidence thing which is VERY important to success. If you like Blurple and can’t find them – by all means go “old school” and paint them – I know I would.
DZ
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