Making fishing lures

[chris22250]

Have not tried making my own yet, great job!

[El General]

Those have a lot of thump when you reel them in, almost like a spinner bait. I catch more reds on those in a black and white than any other lure I make. In the spring they don't seem to like the thump as much though, so I use the smaller ones till June or so.

Do they make a smaller one with ribs? Do you straight reel them or pop them a little like any paddle tail.

They should be on glass minnows and such in the spring mostly so smaller profile makes sense.

[kevin nicholls]

My ribbed paddle tail mold is a 3'5'', they make a 3''. I like the skinny paddle tail mold I have now, it's just a preference. I fish shallow a lot so I can see how they react when I swim something past them, that determines how I work it. Mostly I just straight reel them and let the tail work. If I'm throwing a curl tail, I'll hop it around a lot. My paddle tail molds are Do It Essential Series molds. 3.5 Ripper and the 3.5 Slick Shiner. Hope that helps.

[El General]

My ribbed paddle tail mold is a 3'5'', they make a 3''. I like the skinny paddle tail mold I have now, it's just a preference. I fish shallow a lot so I can see how they react when I swim something past them, that determines how I work it. Mostly I just straight reel them and let the tail work. If I'm throwing a curl tail, I'll hop it around a lot. My paddle tail molds are Do It Essential Series molds. 3.5 Ripper and the 3.5 Slick Shiner. Hope that helps.

Thank you. It is mainly out of curiousity since I have no plans for pouring my own.

[3ChordTruth]

I picked up these two new molds from Barlows Tackle online for $8 and $9 each. One is a three inch shrimp and the other is a 5" finesse worm. These are open pour silicone molds that are cheap and pour a nice lure. If someone was interested in pouring some cheap baits these are a good start.

Thanks Kevin, those look great.

[FLASH_OUTDOORS]

I picked up these two new molds from Barlows Tackle online for $8 and $9 each. One is a three inch shrimp and the other is a 5" finesse worm. These are open pour silicone molds that are cheap and pour a nice lure. If someone was interested in pouring some cheap baits these are a good start.

On open pour molds are they flat on one side?


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[kevin nicholls]

Yes they are. Like a Trick Worm. To get a round worm you need to use injection molds.

[kevin nicholls]

Made a few new worms the other day. I'm really liking the silicone mold worm. It's basically a Trick Worm copy. Also some flat worms. These are an amber/ motor oil color.

[kevin nicholls]

And some black and blue stick worms, finesse worms and lizards.

[kevin nicholls]

Got some cool new pigments finally. This is called changeable motor oil. It's green until light hits it and then it gets a brown color. Like looking into a bucket of 40wt.

[kevin nicholls]

This is no light behind it. It looks green.

[kevin nicholls]

Same lure with light in the back. Pretty cool. I've got another pigment but haven't had a chance to mix it up yet. My wife got a rescue dog that is cutting into my alone time lol.

[Pedernal]

Motor oil is a cool color! Your work is awesome as usual!!

[3ChordTruth]

They look great. Motor oil color changing is cool feature.

[Quackerbox]

Well Kevin, I finally got around to painting a few today. There is a learning curve for sure.

Could be cheap gun could be me. Biggest thing I learned was you either need 23 spray guns, or you need a plan of what you're painting. I changed paint colors at least a dozen times which means going from garage to kitchen to rinse

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