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Had thirty minutes to play around today. It was sunny and 67 so I had lots of other chores to do for the wife first. Then I went in to experiment. Am I getting any better folks? I'll bet the fish won't care. Gonna find out on Monday. Anyway this is what I made up today.
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I like the paddle tail fishies!
looks good
Man, Big improvement Ship. I figured You would improve quickly. Those paddle tail baits look fantastic. and Your colors for all are coming along really good. Great Job.CF
Thank you my friend for the encouraging words. I keep trying but the best thing of all is I am having fun! I am going to modify the mold a little, change some colore, add some stripes and see how close I can get to making it look like a baby Perch. STay tuned.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappiefarmer
Gonna take these babies swimming next week. LOL
They look good Ship....I like the paddle tail minnows. Good job! Now go catch some fish dadgummit. I was going to go today but its drizzleing rain. Just talke to my buddy and he is on Enid and already has 6 good keepers in the live well. I knew I should have gone.
Rain here too. 68 degrees though.
you are doing a good job ship I definitely the little fish.
Nice Ship!!!!!!! I like the little beetles!!!!!!! Buddy you were addicted before but you're REALLY gettin in deep now!!!!!!!!!
Yeppir........ordered more plastic and colors today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fatman
Looking good Ship. I have my stuff on order. How big is that paddle tail?
that paddletail looks like a 3lber bait haha, they are lookin good!
2 3/4 inch Should be great on big Crappie and some WalleyeQuote:
Originally Posted by lcookie
Yes you are, young man..Move over Bob & Keith..Thumbs Up:)
I am not worthy to he mentioned in the same breath as those too. Bob and Keith do superior work. I am still trying to learn from them.Quote:
Originally Posted by Don G
we will gladly help you anytime you need help I am still learning yet there are so many things working with plastics and to learn I've only been into plastics for a couple years and still I do not know all the tricks we mainly learn by trial and error it is a lot of fun working with the material is the sky is the limit on what you can do.Quote:
Originally Posted by shipahoy41
Not the sky is the limit.........my wallet is the limit. LOL. LOL.
Ship, I have been reading this forum for awhile now. I know you have been making jigs with chenille, feathers, and other things before you started learning plastic. My question to you is this. Which is the most fun to learn? Which is the most costly? Which is the easiest or hardest to make to catch fish. The bottom line is I am getting ready to retire, and I would like to hear from an elderly person like your self, what will I be getting into. Thanks and love all of you people who take the time to spread the knowledge and help those who are just getting started. That is why I am asking. By the way Ship, those look really nice and I think you will by in upper group in no time.
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Originally Posted by Scoot
Hey Scoot.
I tied jigs and made soldered teardrop ice jigs for over 40 years. Then at the age of 65 decided I wanted to try soft plastics. The first thing I tried was making my own molds. I did fairly well with plaster of Paris molds but I was horrible making resin molds. I burned myself a few times before I read the "Do not" stickie at the top of this forum. I highly suggest you read that and look at as much you tube on soft plastics as you can.
A month ago I got my first aluminum mold and an aluminum injector. As long as you follow safety rules you will be fine. I like to add anise, garlic, and worm oil to my soft plastic baits. I will add soft plastic glitter to give flash or imitate scales to my lure.
As to cost, I stopped selling lures about five years ago so I just keep an inventory enough to hand tie a few baits and make soft plastic baits to fish with. I enjoy soft plastics a lot so I probably fool around more with that hobby now. Enjoy your retirement and just have fun. My hobbies pay for them self when I catch a fish on something I made.