combination Plastics, I think I need to get on the water more!

[ocf1]

I was going through my plastics bag and I saw a small minnow with a paddle tail that I never use. I got an Idea to melt the minnow to a 4 inch worm. I heat up each end stuck em together and held it together for thirty seconds and whala a senko type bait with a paddle tail! Its like they were made together, the bond is awesome.

[jimbo80]

Or you could just go buy the senkos with paddle tails.

[ocf1]

I know, I just thought it was intersting, anyways i can make a pack of these for 1.50$.

[Deitz Dittrich]

ocf- years ago I had a tool called a worm welder... it looked like a pen and had a battery in it.. I had a lot of fun putting different things together.. it was a hoot...not sure where that tool isnow? Hmmmmm.

[RK]

Hiya -

Back in the late 80s I used to fish a couple muskie lakes where jigs and creatures were THE way to catch them in September. We used to make our own creature jigs by cutting the tail off a Ding-A-Ling lizard (a lizard with a flat paddle tail) and using a candle and a pocket knife to weld on the tail of a 6" Kalin's Flippin' Grub. We called them Frankenlizards, and wow did they work on a wedge head jig. Another trick, which was invented in WI, was to cut the very end of the lizard's tail off, take a piece of monofilament, thread it through the lizard with a needle, then tie a swivel with spinner blade on the back where the tail would usually be. Always thought it'd work for bass, but never got around to trying it...

Now the muskie guys weld torn up Bull Dawgs back together with a propane torch.

Sort of fun melting stuff together. Have to be careful though. Some of the scent-impregnated plastics we have now REALLY stink when you heat them up

Cheers,

Rob Kimm

[ocf1]

Thats cool, Man the things you can do!

[river rat316]

I usually spend all winter trying to come up with new plastics, its amazing what a guy can come up with, all you need is a pair of scissors and I use crazy glue to glue the creation together, than make a mold and Im off pouring! I have some pretty cool trailers for jigs, and am working on a creature bait with gator tail worms for the flappy appendages (great tail for murky water). The only thing that sucks is half the time I end up with my fingers glued together, and pieces of plastic glued to places they shouldn't be

[ocf1]

How do you make molds?