04-10-2016, 12:22 PM
One of the most successful creations I ever came up with I discovered by accident. One day I happened to be making some soft plastic lures and stirred the hot plastic with a tbs. I noticed the thin layer left on the spoon and - POW ! - it came to me how to make a grub body thicker while at the same time leaving that super thin tail.
Once upon a time I was into making candles and the process for one type of candle is dipping it many times in hot plastic to build the shaft. Rather than using a spoon for the initial layer, I found a shiny floor tile that I tilted to pour a thin coat of plastic. I grabbed a box cutter blade and cut the sizes and shapes I wanted and then dipped the length I wanted for the body while holding the tail.
Later I found a way to shorten the process by pouring a second layer on top of the first later and then cutting the shapes to be dipped. As you can see by the inventory of baits I keep around that just happen to work on at least six fish species:
![[Image: 2LdgTLc.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/2LdgTLc.jpg)
![[Image: T1hNLBj.jpg?1]](https://i.imgur.com/T1hNLBj.jpg?1)
One of the best grub designs I ever discovered!
![[Image: Y2dAHza.jpg?1]](https://i.imgur.com/Y2dAHza.jpg?1)
The thin straight tail blows away curl tail and swim tail design, which is why I bought the mold that makes this baits:
![[Image: 747Z24s.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/747Z24s.jpg)
I use it as pictured or add it to a worm using a candle flame:
![[Image: 63TffPi.jpg?1]](https://i.imgur.com/63TffPi.jpg?1)
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Once upon a time I was into making candles and the process for one type of candle is dipping it many times in hot plastic to build the shaft. Rather than using a spoon for the initial layer, I found a shiny floor tile that I tilted to pour a thin coat of plastic. I grabbed a box cutter blade and cut the sizes and shapes I wanted and then dipped the length I wanted for the body while holding the tail.
Later I found a way to shorten the process by pouring a second layer on top of the first later and then cutting the shapes to be dipped. As you can see by the inventory of baits I keep around that just happen to work on at least six fish species:
One of the best grub designs I ever discovered!
The thin straight tail blows away curl tail and swim tail design, which is why I bought the mold that makes this baits:
I use it as pictured or add it to a worm using a candle flame:
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