Thread: Question

AS long as they work that's all that matters. Don't have to be perfect. Heck zoom has a lot of flashing on their baits & they work fine.

Like Bob, I also have far too many molds and gallons of plastic sitting around not to mention hundreds of soft plastic lures in plastic bags hanging on hooks. When it comes to lures, my thing is making new shapes and actions using any lures that have parts I can connect with a candle flame and soldering iron to smooth the seam. example:
Sassy Shad body/ claw tail has caught everything! In the second photo a stick tail was added to a grub body.

Originally Posted by Spoonminnow

Like Bob, I also have far too many molds and gallons of plastic sitting around not to mention hundreds of soft plastic lures in plastic bags hanging on hooks. When it comes to lures, my thing is making new shapes and actions using any lures that have parts I can connect with a candle flame and soldering iron to smooth the seam. example:
Sassy Shad body/ claw tail has caught everything! In the second photo a stick tail was added to a grub body.

I just love what you do with the different stuff that you have. It’s interesting to see what you come up with. Yes we have a few thousand of them hanging around and adding to my collection because I making up different color combinations to post on my website, but they go out the door pretty fast, especially my new one cold Hinkle bug Which we will be coming out with the inch and a half soon the 2 inches doing really good

Bob. after looking at all the lures you sell on your site, I can think of 50 new hybrids I could make from the excellent shape (action) and color selection! Any one of those lures would be all I'd need to catch fish - and I'm not just talk'n pan fish!

The thing about lure craft is that fish respond to many designs but ignore many others. I would be bored catching fish on just a few shapes/actions and like to believe the one I just caught fish with was a great choice even though many others would have caught that fish. Some lures, like on your site, IMO do better when the bite is tough, iwth others not as good and it's because on one reason: the best finesse action at the absolute slowest presentation.

Perfect example: Yesterday the bite was tough! The water level had risen due to a recent torential rain and fish weren't in the same areas than the last time I fished. A bright post-front sunny sky added to fish inactivity.

Curl tails didn't cut it so I went to various straight tails and caught 18 fish: bass, crappies, yellow and white perch and a sunfish. A 1/24 oz jig did bettter than a 1/16 oz. whcih gives you an idea of the slower retrieve it allowed, plus a chance to hook a fish on the second cast after missing it on the first.

Presentation matters as much as the lures cast on some days!!! Tail action and lure size can make all the difference.

Originally Posted by Spoonminnow

Bob. after looking at all the lures you sell on your site, I can think of 50 new hybrids I could make from the excellent shape (action) and color selection! Any one of those lures would be all I'd need to catch fish - and I'm not just talk'n pan fish!

The thing about lure craft is that fish respond to many designs but ignore many others. I would be bored catching fish on just a few shapes/actions and like to believe the one I just caught fish with was a great choice even though many others would have caught that fish. Some lures, like on your site, IMO do better when the bite is tough, iwth others not as good and it's because on one reason: the best finesse action at the absolute slowest presentation.

Perfect example: Yesterday the bite was tough! The water level had risen due to a recent torential rain and fish weren't in the same areas than the last time I fished. A bright post-front sunny sky added to fish inactivity.

Curl tails didn't cut it so I went to various straight tails and caught 18 fish: bass, crappies, yellow and white perch and a sunfish. A 1/24 oz jig did bettter than a 1/16 oz. whcih gives you an idea of the slower retrieve it allowed, plus a chance to hook a fish on the second cast after missing it on the first.

Presentation matters as much as the lures cast on some days!!! Tail action and lure size can make all the difference.

Probably, you would have a heart attack if you seen what I threw in the garbage not to mention the scrap plastic I threw away. I figured we throwaway just in plastic about 15 to 20 gallons every year . you were correct on the tail action in size

Make em everyday. It’s an addiction

Anyone have any crappie molds they want to trade or sell?

just got inside from throwing a bunch of these together for a buddy actually