I poured THAT THANG lure

Finally got the molds from ndjones last week. Been trying to do a better job of heating plastic in the microwave without burning it. Poured the mold, trimmed the lure when cool, put stick on eyes and redipped in clear plastic. The large ones are 1 3/4 inch. (Crappies) The small ones are 3/4 inch. ('Gills) I am open for any suggestions. Thanks again to G for spotting these molds in the classified ads and notifying me. I think a fish might bite it.

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they look terrific ship I'm glad that you are having fun I'm sure that you will really enjoy working with the plastic in the mold the more that you work with the plastic the better you will get in the future you will have to learn by trial and error on the flat molds I think pouring them would be a little bit of a pain because you have to be so careful if I was going to do it on the flat molds I would probably use a syringe or something small that you can shoot a fine stream of plastic you can take some of the molds that I have and do this with without shooting them is a you injection mold some of them you can use either way that I have their are plenty of these molds out there ship if you look in some of the craft magazines or catalogs you will see a whole list I believe that lurecraft has a ton of them it is a good source for buying supplies also we do by quite a bit of stuff to work with from them we definitely use their coloring for sure also glitter they also have injectors or injection molding they do have a few molds for injection molding also besides the flat molds .

Good job Mike. If I run accross any more molds I will let you know.

Keep us up to date on your bait making MIke

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Originally Posted by "G"

Keep us up to date on your bait making MIke

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Still taking baby steps with the soft plastic things. Having a ton of fun though.

I bet it will not be long and you will be buying a injector and your first injection mold.

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Originally Posted by "G"

I bet it will not be long and you will be buying a injector and your first injection mold.

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Oh Yeah, He is getting eat slam up with it now.RoflCF

I don't see nothing wrong with those! Good work Ship.

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Originally Posted by STUMP HUNTER

I don't see nothing wrong with those! Good work Ship.

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Thank you Stump. I am calling it "Vengeance" It is in my siggy now.

Lookin Good Ship-Like the stick on eyes, what size are you using?
I've used that mold many moons and it will catch the crappie, even the 3/4" one. Have started pouring two color on some, black body pink tail looks good. Little tough on the smaller ones but good on the larger one. Would post pics if more computer talented. A small pair of good scissors works good to trim overflow.
Looks like the plastic bugs got you, The rubber thru the body is nice. Fun for sure and will take time away from the jig tying.

I was thinking about bluegills today guys and just remembered I had an old mold from crazy angler in the shop so I thought I would shoot some of them today to see what they would look like again they are very awesome looking in person these are 1" in a course you would have to use a very small jig head with them no bark collar on the soccer it would take a straight shank jig head only the body is fairly small but anyway I thought I would show this one to you guys we use chartreuse with some fine glitter.
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Originally Posted by BumpBump

Lookin Good Ship-Like the stick on eyes, what size are you using?
I've used that mold many moons and it will catch the crappie, even the 3/4" one. Have started pouring two color on some, black body pink tail looks good. Little tough on the smaller ones but good on the larger one. Would post pics if more computer talented. The rubber thru the body is nice. Fun for sure and will take time away from the jig tying.

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The eyes are 3/16. I am still playing around with the concepts. May try two tones next week.

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Originally Posted by shipahoy41

The eyes are 3/16. I am still playing around with the concepts. May try two tones next week.

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THKS for the eye size Ship Thumbs Up Will be watching for the 2 color work.

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THKS for the eye size Ship Thumbs Up Will be watching for the 2 color work.

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ok. Got to build up my nerve to try something different and then step out on faith. Blame Snake River and "G" for getting me interested into trying soft plastice and then encouraging the old man by saying "They are good enough for a fish to bite." Well Sheeskalambooskaandbygollywow the fish love the lure especially when I pour garlic and anise into the plastic while melting it. Old man is just having fun. I will never be a professional like Keith Pace or Bob Hinkle, but I am having fun pouring plastic, tying jigs and making teardrop ice flies. Not too bad for the old man.

Fun is whats its all about MIke.....If it ever gets where its not fun....I will quit.