Would woulda thought? !

The French Fry stick has been around a while:
https://i.imgur.com/bUvoARx.png?1


I never use soft stick much but figured - why not use a section of one for the body and attach various tails?
I don't know why they catch fish, but they do!
Here a Joker Tail was added to one:
https://i.imgur.com/Vci5y7E.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/5X4s1wh.jpg


Took a claw from a craw worm lure and attached it:
https://i.imgur.com/ym1s8qH.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/zgsyodZ.jpg?1


Added this thin flat tail to one:
https://i.imgur.com/Ht8Dafh.jpg

Fr. Fry-with-curl tail attached/ photos:
https://i.imgur.com/50o7Lfy.jpg?1https://i.imgur.com/jBCuGSM.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/avDre4c.jpg

Note: spinners like the above have done very well this year.

Every time I've used these lures, I've caught fish on them and on the same day. I have no idea why the flat body works better than round grub bodies, but they seem to.

A baits only job is to trigger a fish to bite the hook. It can be from the need to eat, the need to defend itself, a territorial response. A house will kill for sport. A fish may strike for the same reason. It is an animal, animals rarely let an easy meal go.

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It can be from the need to eat, the need to defend itself, a territorial response.

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There's no difference - not that it make a difference - the key being "A bait's only job is to trigger a fish to bite". Lure shape, action and speed in combination is everything; the rest just labeling why fish strike or struck. Combination choices are limitless as I found over many year of making, modifying and testing combinations in the many waters in different states I've lived and fished. That's just me....

Here just a few combinations when rigged on a light ball head jig catch fish:
https://i.imgur.com/55EwBpa.jpg

Each fall into a design category. For example, #2 are Claws which differ in action from #6 double curl tails. #2 are Joker tails attached to different grub bodies. #8 is a Club Tail which differs in action from any of those shown. #3 work well under floats which is far more likely than the other designs. #4 has an action that works especially well near cover because of its size and whip-action tail.

All incite-the-strike.

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Originally Posted by Spoonminnow

Here just a few combinations when rigged on a light ball head jig catch fish:
https://i.imgur.com/55EwBpa.jpg

Each fall into a design category. For example, #2 are Claws which differ in action from #6 double curl tails. #2 are Joker tails attached to different grub bodies. #8 is a Club Tail which differs in action from any of those shown. #3 work well under floats which is far more likely than the other designs. #4 has an action that works especially well near cover because of its size and whip-action tail.

All incite-the-strike.

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It is always a lot of fun to experiment with different designs you never know with the fish may like.

Great modifications, Spoon. Colors are real good.
Bob

Thanks Snake and Bob!
About color - all in my mind what enhances a lure's appearance to a fish. On the one hand I'm thinking contrast to a background (i.e.sideways or the bottom) and available light). The less clear the water/ the more contrast? Maybe certain colors / color brightness add to a lure's action (ie. a bright chartreuse tail wiggling like crazy). But I really do like laminate soft plastics like this one!:
https://i.imgur.com/ym1s8qH.jpg

..and once I find a color that catches fish - THAT'S IT!
Of course there are colors I'm superstitious about that I don't feel work as well as the ones shown. Sure, black works for most anglers but confidence is lacking for using it for many lure designs (i.e. crankbaits). I suppose the more I use a color I don't prefer, the greater the chances of catching fish with it, but (mis)believing I was right about a color that caught a bunch of fish is just more fun (regardless the reality of color).

Some more that got hit by crappie, perch, sunfish and bass:
cut a curl tail of a grub and attached the curve to a French Fry stick segment:

https://i.imgur.com/h780JKI.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/kr06hlE.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/WE9YF5q.jpg

The body got beat up after 6 fish and shortened it:
https://i.imgur.com/bmPvn0W.jpg

This old jig trailer (unmodified) did well - really well! :
https://i.imgur.com/sV4CqVz.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/RM6R1qX.jpg

Used the larger size and caught a few bass:
https://i.imgur.com/9ZBvVlC.jpg

A Joker tail added to a French Fry segment still caught fish:
https://i.imgur.com/5X4s1wh.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/TrZjy7B.jpg

added a double curl tail to Fr Fry seg.
https://i.imgur.com/wH9JQqU.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/NNS3WfD.jpg