I make quite a few of the thumper fry baits for a few locals who love them and swear its the only bait they use for the crappies around here. The baits they want are done with a black or purple hand poured belly section that gets dotted with raw colorant and then finished with a fairly clear super sparkle top plastic. Today I had an order filled leaving half of the mold not needed. I didn't want to fill that side with super sparkle so I hand poured both sides for those cavities leaving them a little short on fill. I dotted the color as I normally would and then shot the clear to finish. This made 5 baits with a black top and bottom and the clear running right up the center and pulling a hot pink line to the paddle in the tail's end.



I love how making this bait in this fashion leaves the tail. Solid colors or half solid and half clear it shows how there are a lot of options with this bait and coloring technique.