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This one is headed straight for that box. Of all the colors I use, Junebug/Chartreuse tail is by far and away the most used by me.

This was my first attempt at cliiping tail pieces from one color of shoot and adding it to another color. Lets just say I am a happy boy today.

The Junebug wad cooked up using 4 oz of plastic, 10 drops or so of stabilizer, 15 drops of Bears Junebug colorant, a slash of green .040 glitter from CCM along with a pinch of violet hi lites. That tail section was cooked up using 5 or 6 different colors of salvaged chartreuse trim.

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That is a good looking bait and the colors work very well together. Nice work.

Purple and chartreuse has all ways been good to me, never tried June bug but after seeing that pretty jig I'm ordering it lol

good combination on colors .

This is another good color combination.

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i am not much on plastics but i am liking that little purple dude. good job.

what mold is that

Nice work.

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what mold is that

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Thats a caney Creek Small Fry, 1.75"

Thats a great loking bait. That's how I shoot mine

i have been wanting that mold. it looks great

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This is another good color combination.

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it looks like electric blue and chartreuse.

Here's one I call Wallbanger after the Harvey Wallbanger drink. The colors are identical to it.

I've mentioned the yellow belly color before but the orange is new so I'll shoot the recipe.
4 oz plastic, 10 drops stabilizer, 80 drops CCM transparent orange, 6 drops Bears opaque orange, 1/4 tsp orange .015 glitter, 1/8 tsp orange hi lites.

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Look great! I make a Junebug with a hot pink tail.... I call it Baby June after our 3 month old.

did you mean to put 80 drops or 8 drops

80. This colorant is thin.

80 Drops! good lord! I rarely use more than 8 LOL... You must have patience to count that out... But it is one VIVID orange color, good work!

Great job CTom, and I like your choice of colors. I got myself a Caney Creek Small Fry mold like yours a few weeks ago, but haven't stopped everything else long enough to use it yet. I plan to pour the chartreuse tails, then shoot laminate colors similar to your Junebug red one and have a question for you. Do you have any problems with the tails not bonding to the bodies? I've read in other soft plastics forums that sometimes the tails and bodies don't bond well when done separately like that. Any advice you might offer to me would be greatly appreciated. I already pour/shoot all my own bass soft plastics, but have yet to produce a crappie lure.

Dandeman....

I shoot the full plastic then trim the tails I want. Actually I shot about 100 molds-full and sat and trimmed for an hour one day and have them bagged up now. I trim them with a single edged razor blade. I use the soft formula plastic, if that will make a difference. I leave just a smidgeon on the rear portion of the body on the tail, but trust me it is hair thin. When I get the primary color ready to inject, I add 10-12 drops of stabilixzer to a 4 oz batch and heat it to 365. The little extra heat really does a nice weld and I haven't had any seperation issues at all.

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Dandeman....

I shoot the full plastic then trim the tails I want. Actually I shot about 100 molds-full and sat and trimmed for an hour one day and have them bagged up now. I trim them with a single edged razor blade. I use the soft formula plastic, if that will make a difference. I leave just a smidgeon on the rear portion of the body on the tail, but trust me it is hair thin. When I get the primary color ready to inject, I add 10-12 drops of stabilixzer to a 4 oz batch and heat it to 365. The little extra heat really does a nice weld and I haven't had any seperation issues at all.

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Hi CTom!

You and many others on this forum are part of the reason I enjoy spending time here. Y'all are always willing to share with others, and I try to make that a way of life. Thanks for the advice. I've read of others doing something similar to your method. That seems a good way to try it. I'll post pics whenever I do make time to try it. I'm not ever intending to sell any baits, just make them for my son and myself and maybe give some away to friends. In the meantime, do you know where I might get some good recipes for BGBS colors?

Thanks again!!!

Respectfullly,
dan