Reply With QuoteGreat news! You will be going at it til you are foaming at the mouth. BTW, your wife is a saint. Thank you for your service
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Woo-Hoo, Momma gave me the go ahead to order my first soft plastic mold. I ordered the Do-it 2.25" Crappie Carrot last night so should ship Monday I hope. Found out I don't have to pay for no more fishing license too. Disabled veteran with 60% disability. I talked to the officer in the Springfield Conservation office and he said just have a copy of my papers showing what percentage of disability I have with the V.A. letter head and I'm good.
Talked with my baby doll of a wife, (momma), about what fishing tackle cost and she asked what it would cost to get started making my own. Well I told her the initial start up would be a bit more than expected, What with the cost of molds, injector and such that will last a long time and that I could start with a gallon or so of plastic and a few colors and add to it as I go, and she agreed...woo-hoo. she said start with a mold and I could start getting what I needed...Cooool…
Next Friday, Which will be the 8th, I'll order the injector, some plastic and a few colors. I am looking at A gallon of Dead-on Plastix swim/jerkbait Plastisol, some Black, Watermelon green, Candian Blue, Chartreuse, And some holo siliver and gold flake to start...Then add a couple of colors and a couple glitters as well as a couple gal. of plastic each month...hopefully everything goes well....Woo-hoo getting started. Can you tell I'm excited....
Proud to have served with and supported the Units I was in: 1st IDF, 9th INF, 558th USAAG (Greece), 7th Transportation Brigade, 6th MEDSOM (Korea), III Corp, 8th IDF, 3rd Armor Div.
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Great news! You will be going at it til you are foaming at the mouth. BTW, your wife is a saint. Thank you for your service
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That is super! You will be stoked when you land your first catch on your own creation. You can create some nice colors with your selection above -- clear plastic with added glitter can make an amazing minnow clone.
And as KO Joe said THANK YOU for your service.
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Thank you KO Joe, yes she's great, THE BEST.
Shmang, yep, as well as a light greenish smoke with some glitter, and a regular smoke with the glitter and maybe a blue vein in the center part for good measure...
Proud to have served with and supported the Units I was in: 1st IDF, 9th INF, 558th USAAG (Greece), 7th Transportation Brigade, 6th MEDSOM (Korea), III Corp, 8th IDF, 3rd Armor Div.
1980 Ebbtide Dyna-Trak 160 Evinrude 65 Triumph
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Good deal James...you will enjoy it
I have spent most my life fishing........the rest I wasted.
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Yup I can tell your excited. Your gonna enjoy it. Possibilities are endless. Have fun with it but remember the safety. I hear fumes and hot plastic on skin is not fun. Congrats!!!
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ventilation is key be careful!
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We are also a veteran and it only cost us six dollars for hunting and fishing license and of course if we were over 70 years old it seems like yesterday that we were only a kid Fishing the banks for Crappie.
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Enjoy the ride and the experience of catching a Crappie on a lure that you handcrafted is just awesome.
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May God be with you. Keep CALM and STAY ANCHORED with your faith.
