With the price of plastic lures goin up I have been trying to make my own. I do pretty good with sweet beavers and worms ,but trying to make a rage or paca craw it has been tough. Partially because you really have to do an injection mold. If you could help it would be heavily appreciated..
I would like some info on this as well, been toying with it for a while..
'02 Gambler Outlaw
'02 Mercury 200 EFI 2.5L
If I attempt to save money by doing it myself, My lures wind up costing twice as much.
I like the generic knock off soft plastics sold on ebay.
I think the new secret color is "A-Rig"..........
There is an inexpesive way this is what i did. Foil pie plate from wally world greased it up with vaseline mixed up 2 cups of plaster of paris poured it in and the greased my baits up anp placed them almost all the way in . I only use plastic from baits Ive torn while fishing. Then melt them pour wait 5 mins. and get them out. They look good but my only problem is the plastic is getting wat to soft.
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by pacafan »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">There is an inexpesive way this is what i did. Foil pie plate from wally world greased it up with vaseline mixed up 2 cups of plaster of paris poured it in and the greased my baits up anp placed them almost all the way in . I only use plastic from baits Ive torn while fishing. Then melt them pour wait 5 mins. and get them out. They look good but my only problem is the plastic is getting wat to soft.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Damn dude, you on some kinda serious fishing budget or something? How are you coloring them?
Momma told him no more spending money on them fancy lures...
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ditchdiggerjcfII »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> How are you coloring them?
I bet it's like paint. (body shop) If ya mix up a bunch of partial cans, ya come up with brown.
With lures, It's probably the same...and green pumpkin is probably really close to the color you'de get.
I think the new secret color is "A-Rig"..........
Its pretty easy what ever color you use like junebug when you melt it down and pour it it comes out junebug. No not on some kind of budget I make my own finnese jigs also. I just enjoy making ne lures and I live in a town with no bait shop so if I find them on a friday b4 a tournament I just pour some of the baits I caught them on.
you can buy an aluminum mold for something similar to a paca craw from delmart and bobs tackle shop. if you are interested in pouring i have a ton of aluminum molds and resin molds i might part with right. making jigs and spinnerbaits and painting cranks takes up all my tackle making time and have almost quit the plastics with the exception of a few custom molds i had made.
I've got a little box in my boat that I toss my used plastics in. I'll try one for awhile, throw it in the box, and grab a different one.
When practicing or playing, I pretty much just use out of that box only. Rarely do I get into the packages of new stuff.
I'm bad to bite the heads off worms and use the rest. (If I'm catching fish on a 8" lizzard, It'll be a 4" lizzard before I trashcan it)
I may have the worlds record for making the most out of a Beaver. A buddy gave me ONE. It was some wild color and said it worked. He was right. I caught 15 to 20 fish on that one beaver. Won a tournament with it. And a fish got away with it right at dark that evening. (and ya'll know, as a general rule, a beaver just isn't designed for re-use)
I think the new secret color is "A-Rig"..........
If I get one that isn't torn up too bad,I will put it back in the package to use again.
That is probably why I don't buy zoom. They don't hold up worth a damn.
I wish I could figure out a way to cut the skirt on tube jigs. Anyone have any idea how to do that and make them look uniform?
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