jig mold for tripple ripple jigs

[jaebug500]

Looking to get into making my own jigs, just for hobby, l like the tripple ripples, so has anyone made their own and any help would be appreciated..

john

[robbor]

From the post it looks like you mean plastic bodies. I would say its not worth your time to make plastic bodies when you can buy them for 2-5 cents each.
If you did want to make them you would need a mold. Some worm and grub molds are avail and you can have them custom made also. Most of the custom ones only mold maybe 2-4 bodies at a time. You can make a mold out of durhams watter putty, plaster of P, silicone, bondo...... then you need the plastic, and salt, and color, and heat stabilizer, and scent, and the actual plastic itself. Then you either have to heat it in the microwave in pyrex or get a like fry daddy pot and do a big batch at a time. If you had access to a machinest to make you a 20+ cavity molt that injected through one hole for all the baits(I have one I can show you if needed) then you could probably make enough and fast that it would not be too tedious. Yell if you want more info or direction. [email protected]

[TAE73]

Also check out www.del-mart.com he makes a 2" and a 3" grub molds. I have the 3" now and a 2" on the way. You can make the 3" cheaper than you can buy them, a gallon of plastic runs around 30 bucks but will make 400-500 baits. But by the time you buy the mold, colorants, glitters, microwave and other misc stuff you will have more invested than you can buy them for. It is a very fun hobby to do, but one word of caution this stuff will burn very quickly, the plastic will be 300 degrees and 350 degrees. I buy the baits that I can, but makes the ones I cant get in certain colors. Also check out, www.tackleunderground.com check out the soft plastic form and www.lurecraft.com