Have the Mo Magic mold and though the lure design works, there are design differences that don't work as well for me in colder water or when fish are turned off. Just an opinion not based on another angler using another design along side mine, though in in fact in warm water both have worked equally well for a friend of mine.Quote:
why not just get a 2.5" mo magic mold or something?
1. As seen from above, my design is uniformly thin front to back and closer to a minnow in shape and action of any soft plastic. (Mann company produces one, but it's not the same). Besides, I sometimes prefer a shorter tail to body ratio or one sometimes equal. My body thickness preference is as thin as the hook will take. The ribbed bodied grub you show is more to my liking and I have used it with success. I sometimes also like making a wider body top to bottom - kind of like a small sun fish shape. Who knows what the lateral line detects in cloudy water?
2. Lure making isn't for everyone and for those not wishing to invest in an injector or different molds sizes, the method shared allows one to whip up a few lures in no time in different shapes, sizes and colors with little invested.
3. I haven't found a mold maker that would make a specialty mold for less than $500 each. I make my lure in 1" (for ice), 2", 2 1/4", 2 1/2", 2 3/4" and 3" sizes.
4.Color variety is to my liking and not the limited selection from companies that sell them. I have never seen the colors I use sold anywhere.
No one sells the lures locally from the molds you show and though both designs are sold on EBAY, each is sold at prices even I wouldn't charge, not including S/H. A gallon of plastic will last years and plastic lures can be remelted.
This assumes that one lure in one color and size won't always work. Most of the time it will, but I'm a bit superstitious and like to rotate through the above lure variables, which is why I carry quite a few. Most times one box of a dozen is enough (never the big one pictured of course).
If you bass fish, there is no better drop shot worm design. Curl tail worms and grubs have lost their appeal and I do far better with thin straight tails quivering in place - especially under a float.
Design (dimensions) and color versatility is what attracts me to making my own and what an angler uses is at times as important to him or her as where and how they use it.
