who says soft plastic lure bodies have to be round ?

I posted this before but figured it might be of interest considering the many lure shapes no one has produced molds for.
Using a candle to make entirely new lures
Catching fish on them is a big plus as well as discovering new shapes/ profiles fish attack which are limitless in number.


Here are a few. (Pardon me if I showed a few of these in my earlier post using a candle flame and battery powered soldering iron to smooth the seam.)


To begin with, I assume all of you have seen or heard about French Fry worms used to catch bass:
flat on all sides, 3-4" in length. So earlier this year I figured: why do all grub bodies have to be round? About five years ago I proved they didn't but must have forgotten all the fish I caught on a grub with four flat sides:
https://i.imgur.com/vc1JOQL.jpg


So, I cut a 1" segment from a FF worm for the body and attached it to flat straight tails and curl tails cut from other lures:
https://i.imgur.com/SM5bOrV.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/eR4pBpt.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/Foi5r4x.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/9WSXmAQ.jpg?2https://i.imgur.com/nS2kwQ0.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/W03rCXs.jpg[img width=300 height=600]https://i.imgur.com/A5D60da.jpg[/img][img width=349 height=600]https://i.imgur.com/KzF5ncY.jpg[/img]
Crappie Magnet tail added to FF body:
https://i.imgur.com/YU5CcQ8.jpg?1


...even added a claw from a craw lure to a FF body:
https://i.imgur.com/HCMy7sN.jpg
The claw has done well when added to many different round or flat bodies - (must be something about the quivering tips) :
https://i.imgur.com/pydfLR5.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/eOtrSzb.jpg?1https://i.imgur.com/ZANUkXF.jpg?1https://i.imgur.com/wKNEZF2.jpg?1


Granted, selling lures that have no molds available is off the table but catching fish on them a whole different story. As we all know, catching fish on our own creations blows away having to buy stuff that may or may not do nearly as well. All of the above have been proven to catch different fish species even on the same day in the same water. Use any of the suggestions from this or previous posts and find out for yourself. The proof is in the catch'n.