Thread: way over my head here!

To be honest, the best way to start is simply to start. Take baby steps and focus yourself. You've mentioned doing single cavity molds to begin and that is probably the best idea you could work with. Once you are familiar with how the plastic handles and you learn what some of the little nuances of plastic are you'll get to where you'll want to advance a bit. Work at a level you are comfortable with....the only one you need to impress is yourself and if you have some duds come along, chalk it up to experience. Learn from the mistakes and forge ahead.

What I like is the screwed up baits can still be used.
Pete

ctom Is right start out with small steps and progress as time goes by. for me I had no one to teach me anything about plastics it was trial and error for quite a while it took me a couple years to learn the basics and we are still learning but you will learn very fast my only if you have questions please get on here and ask. I did not see start out with a hand pours I directly started with injection molding which is the best way to go be careful it is very addictive.

Originally Posted by CTom

To be honest, the best way to start is simply to start. Take baby steps and focus yourself. You've mentioned doing single cavity molds to begin and that is probably the best idea you could work with. Once you are familiar with how the plastic handles and you learn what some of the little nuances of plastic are you'll get to where you'll want to advance a bit. Work at a level you are comfortable with....the only one you need to impress is yourself and if you have some duds come along, chalk it up to experience. Learn from the mistakes and forge ahead.

We are always learning from our mistakes. To be creative you must not be afraid to fail sometimes. practice good safety techniques and just have fun. Your longest journey begins with just one simple step. Have faith and know you will be victorious. CTom is right when he said "The only one you need to impress is yourself "

I've created some seriously ugly baits over time that have been dynamite in the catching department. Something we all need to consider is that nature is a tough place to live and that nothing in nature is ever perfect. Fish may not have eyesight as complex as ours' but they do have a way of identifying foods that are injured or impaired in some way that makes their movements stand aside from healthier, and harder to catch to eat, specimens. Take a bag of those "mistakes" in the boat with you and fish them. Getting over this need to have a great looking bait on a hook is largely the angler's ego standing in the way.

Wrong colors or ugly colors, incomplete pours or injections, parts missing on baits....the list goes on but in reality those are the baits that can hold some serious catching potential simply because they seriously do not look like what we think is fish food. Fish can have a totally different perception of the topic.

Just wade into this and start. But keep in mind that what doesn't look like a great bait to you may look like prime rib to a bass or a crappie.