Adventures in lure making - soft plastics cont.

[mainbutter]

did this tonight as well as the senkos

I'm still working on getting a perfectly steady hand for pouring, I'd prefer them to not to have nicks showing from where I trimmed excess plastic.

This was my first attempt at getting sucker colors.

[TonkaBass]

Nice job, do you make the molds yourself as well?

[mainbutter]

Nah I picked up molds online, but I will be making my own molds in not too long

[TonkaBass]

Looks like you do nice work. You should make a super soft drop shot minnow bait. The panic minnows are my fav now, but you have to get them online and the color I like is tough to find... They are made by density lures, you should check them out if you haven't already... I like the fact that you put eyes on them!

[river rat316]

I got this mold right at the end of fall, I didn't get to experiement with it much but took it out twice and caught a few nice bass and some real nice pike. My first couple casts with it in the river by my house yeilded about a 5lb cat and a 4lb smallie the next day, then we went into the cold in October and never really got to throw it again. I am really looking forward to testing it out this summer!!

[TylerS]

Check out Larry Dahlberg's site. I think it's [Note from admin: Please read forum policy before posting again. Thank you.] He has a bunch of videos about making plastics and molds and such. Pretty intersting stuff. He even caught live dragonfly larvae, stuck them on sticks, made a mold and poured perfect replicas. Looked sick!

[river rat316]

I have about 50 molds I have made myself, its pretty easy to do.

[mainbutter]

Lol river rat, you mean THIS mold?

There was a guy who was selling some of his used molds so I picked this one up from him. I can't wait for bass opener. I've done some bathtub tests and am super excited to try out all my lures in the water for real.

What do you use for your mold-making material? Plaster of paris? RTV silicone? Where do you get it?

I'm currently carving two chunky swimbait masters for casting molds, one is a paddletail and one is a curly tail, out of some leftover wood I had for making hard lures. They're going to have internal wire harnesses and weights, with hanging belly trebles, and MAYBE a dorsal hook?

[bemidjibasser]

rr316-

Love that bait! Have you ever used the Optimum swimbaits like that? They are awesome! How much did that mold set you back, and where did you get it, if you don't mind me asking...

[mainbutter]

bemidjibasser, shoot me an email at my username here @gmail.com for info about where to get that mold, since I think we're not supposed to post commercial websites, right?

[river rat316]

Look up basstackle on google, it should be one of your first sites. Its an expensive mold, but wel worth it. Del mart has a model to that is good, its called the chubb e.