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I was wondering what kind of paint i should use that is affordable and reliable for painting crank baits with a airbrush. if anyone els paints there own i'd love to hear what you have to say, thanks! 

Hey everyone I recently bought myself the shakespeare ugly stik catfishing rod (link below) and was wondering what type of casting reel would be good for catching roughly 5-10lb+ catfish looking to spend around 100$ nothing more. could use advice from people who actually have used the reel before as well, feed back is appreciated!

http://www.basspro.c.../product/91862/

I have to much hard lead and I am looking for pure lead in order to make removable split shots. I have a bunch of the hard lead cleaned and processed so if anyone is willing to trade let me know 

I have a bottom pour 10lb melting pot and a couple moulds for making sinkers. the regular sinkers i make are walking sinkers and usually bell sinkers that doesn't require me to soften the lead.. But with the removable split shots the lead sinkers needs to be soft enough so it can be crimped then bent back without snapping like they usually do. Does anyone els have this problem or might know a solution to my problem?

when crimping them on they are fine but when I go to bend them back they snap in half.