Making fishing lures

[kevin nicholls]

These are my 7" long paddle tails. I'm going to try them for big trout. I don't think we throw big enough lures for upper end trout. They can eat up to a third of their body length. I may be crazy, but maybe not.

[kevin nicholls]

Here's the length.

[White Falcon]

Where do you purchase the rubber for the molds?

[kevin nicholls]

These are some of the molds I use. I'm trying to figure out how to make them myself. I'm working on some original designs to make a master form and then original molds. Right now I'm buying my molds, I've failed badly at making them. The silicone molds I got from Stankz bait company.

[kevin nicholls]

A few more.

[kevin nicholls]

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[Romulan]

Nice!

[Hoggslayer]

I use to make my molds with Fiberglass resin. I would glue the worm in the bottom of a Pyrex dish and then pour the resin over it. If you didn't glue it the worm down it would float up. Then I would plane the mold down to about half way, insert a new worm and pour more resin to make the second half. After I got one like I wanted, I could cast rubber around that and make as many duplicate molds as I wanted. I lost interest in it but I still have a ton of that stuff somewhere in my barn.

[highspeed]

Awesome job! My brother in law is wanting to start making his own lures.

[kevin nicholls]

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[kck]

Here's the length.

Dang bro, that looks like a legit mullet!

[BowOnly81]

Nice job Kevin!! Hope all is well buddy.

[Fargus]

I dabbled some a while back. Slap a catchy name for the lures and your colors and you can sell them. The crazier the name the better. Lol

We need some of those 7" baits for our August trip.

[panhandlehunter]

We need some of those 7" baits for our August trip.

I bet I could talk Kevin into a few samples.

[Fargus]

I bet I could talk Kevin into a few samples.

Don't let me keep you from putting your powers of persuasion to work.