Pumpkinseeds

one area i fish those punkinseed and small bream or the main crappie diet. their stomachs are full of them. when you say dip stick i am not so sure i know what you mean. is there any way you can do a few pics of that dipstick process with the modified spoon. i always make a big mess and after the time i put into trying it i get agrevated.. those look great

CS....I work well with my hands in spite of their size and this is one reason I use tools I adapt to a task. The dipstick is nothing more then a bamboo skewer about 1/16" thick. I heat smaller quanities of the dipping plastic slightly hotter [about 360] and load it with stabilizer. The mold gets laid open in front of me on the bench and I wrap the bowl of plastic in a towel as soon as it comes from the microwave and put it right next to the mold. I dip the blunt end of the skewer in the plastic and quickly sweep it thry the part of the mold where I want that color. On the Small Frys I can get the color laid in each cavity without needing to reheat. If the stick gets a build-up on the end that makes things smear a little I just pull the plastic off to clean the stick. Keeping the stick free of build-up is the trick really. And as always, practice makes perfect. Got nothing to do, open a mold amke practice the technique using junk plastic until you achieve a comfort level that allows you to start with the real McCoys.

The spoons I use a just old spoons I pick up at garage sales for next to nothing. Most of them are found in "free" boxes. I heat and test-bend pouring lips along one side of the spoons so that I can pour a small quantity of plastic in a clean stream from them. Keeping the spoons HOT while working with them to pour plastic is the key there. A hot spoon is less likely to "sheet" the plastic, something that causes a lot of aggrevation while trying to get a clean pour.Working with smaller quantities also helps.....don't fill the spoon with plastic, just enough to pour one cavitiy. Again, practicing is the only way to develope a feel for it and you will develope consistancy with the practice.

Something else that I live by is that nothing in nature is perfect. I don't mind some uneveness in the dipping and hand pouring....it gives each and every bait its own unique character. Instead os striving for perfection I strive to work smoothly. Remember that the crippled minnow or the one that looks off base is the one first targeted as a food source. Allowing that line of though to guide you in the small detail work will make things a whole heck of a lot frustrating.

Here are a couple other back colors I have done for some special orders lately. Both are nice and compliment this scheme very well.

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/s...IMG_0796-1.jpg

In the hand that smoke back is uncanny.

Here is a baby bass over a pearl white lower belly. This is a very natural looking bait.

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/s...IMG_0800-1.jpg

And this pic shows a smoke over the pearl white belly that is absolutely the most natural bait I have done. There is also a smoke over a chartresue lower belly that grabs the eye too.

http://i574.photobucket.com/albums/s...IMG_0798-1.jpg

ct as i saw on your other post these are just awesome i would really like to try them this summer bt also ice fishing here in upstate ny.
canyou pm me with prices and availability on anythingbyou have on hand.
thanks,
icejohn

Ice....you have a pm.

These look great! I would love to try some. Please pm me also.

CT, could you pm me with prices as well. Thanks