My favorite tail designs

Most of my soft plastic lures are either hand poured or modified using a candle. After years of using pretty much every lure shape you can think of, I come to the conclusion that any of the tail designs shown below catch fish even when clear plastic.
https://i.imgur.com/7EHVgqV.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/YeXJPKj.jpg?1https://i.imgur.com/38uqvSE.jpg?1
The above are what I would call a stick tail - one made from the tail of a mini stick added to the body of a lure.

Mini sticks rigged on light jigheads have also done well this year. Wacky rigged stick on the right:
https://i.imgur.com/ZeyTLl1.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/icENBL5.jpg?1

Claw tail hybrid doesn't look like it would have any action, but it did and caught a lot of fish!
https://i.imgur.com/QGEujXq.jpg?1https://i.imgur.com/mn8k0jQ.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/YOqzNgS.jpg?1

....another version:
https://i.imgur.com/4lHPz7v.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/8eaVJ5q.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/WVzYZXB.jpg

Thick blunt tails are a standard and believe it or not have a unique action fish can't ignore:
https://i.imgur.com/W2M1jw9.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/jKMMcn9.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/z9dMytS.jpg?1

Even works well with a float:
https://i.imgur.com/jXsoiNl.jpg

Similar in design are Crappie Magnet tails which are up there with the best and in many colors!
https://i.imgur.com/N6tehgD.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/vYk5sRl.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/bBCyWlg.jpg?1

Spike tails are superb no matter the season:
https://i.imgur.com/7zNxg3s.jpg?3https://i.imgur.com/j6LaMEC.jpg?2

to continue...

Thin flat-tails are hard to beat:
https://i.imgur.com/ol66wyX.jpg?1https://i.imgur.com/LE9R6k5.jpg?1https://i.imgur.com/LBzBqUb.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/esohqzO.jpg?1https://i.imgur.com/L5kkqIa.jpg?1

Along the lines of the mini stick are grub bodies joined together (Note wacky rigged jig):
https://i.imgur.com/88kbYZh.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/TyRxhPw.jpg?1https://i.imgur.com/XYu7zQy.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/rpxTBni.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/Po5tjKe.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/sCpNCJu.jpg?1https://i.imgur.com/iOhnOL0.jpg?1

When I say most colors work in the designs shown, I mean ALL colors such as these:

https://i.imgur.com/ybgVp71.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/yWqWQog.jpg

When it comes to worm designs Kut Tail worms are hard to beat:

https://i.imgur.com/ezVIHVQ.jpghttps://i.imgur.com/lTb0rAh.jpg?1https://i.imgur.com/Q2vHa9w.jpg?1

nor are Slider Worms:
https://i.imgur.com/Icl594Q.jpg?1https://i.imgur.com/DGftTHQ.jpg?3https://i.imgur.com/LIQYaDo.jpg?1https://i.imgur.com/ddNMhpT.jpg

Slider Tail Worm added to a grub body:
https://i.imgur.com/zEF2TDv.jpg?1

Thicker paddle tail worms are different in design but still catch fish:
https://i.imgur.com/pT5VyGP.jpg?1https://i.imgur.com/BeRNS9R.jpg

Great posts!

This is an awesome post full of great information and ideas! I've recently started pouring my own soft plastic baits and injection molding as well. It's been pretty rewarding for me to go out and catch fish on stuff I've made myself, whether it be color combinations or just different designs.

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