Making fishing lures

[panhandlehunter]

Finished up a few of my jigs, I didn’t go real elaborate, you tend to lose these things to kingfish. Lol

[kevin nicholls]

Those are just cool. Nice job on the paint. Do you coat them with epoxy or some type of top coat?

[panhandlehunter]

2 part epoxy, dries level, crystal clear and dang near indestructible.

[3ChordTruth]

2 part epoxy, dries level, crystal clear and dang near indestructible.

Nice work, good choice of colors.

[Texas Grown]

Nice work Philip!

[bfree]

excellent work!!!

[Man]

Wow! Amazing work Kevin!!

[Texas Grown]

Kevin, what's your favorite Plastisol to use? Do you prefer scented? And if so, what kind have you had the best luck with? You got me thinking about making Lizards now!

[kevin nicholls]

It depends. I use Dead On black bucket swim bait blend for anything I want to sink and clarity isn't important. It gets a lot of bubbles and I don't use a vacuum chamber. Injecting it's not a problem, hand pouring clarity matters. For hand pouring I use Bait Plastics medium blend, it floats unless you add salt. Salt affects clarity though.
I like to use medium blend no matter what, I can always add softener or hardener if needed. General use I Use Dead On, it doesn't burn easily.

[zac221]

And reloading on the ribbon tails.

Dang we need to switch out ribbon tail molds for a short time. Mine is more like an ol monster.


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[kevin nicholls]

Mine is a 7" Do It essential series. If you use WD 40 to lube it they turn out with a good finish. I'm up for a swap For a few weeks if you are. PM me an address and I'll sent it. I've been wearing em out on the purple and the watermelon candy I make. I also been tail dipping em in Spike It Garlic.

[kevin nicholls]

Here's some I just did. The WD 40 makes a big difference on the finish, even on the Senko worms.

[3ChordTruth]

Here's some I just did. The WD 40 makes a big difference on the finish, even on the Senko worms.

Nice work Kevin, and in my favorite fish catchin’ color too.

[kevin nicholls]

I'm a watermelon candy guy but the purple worms are sure working lately.

[kevin nicholls]

I'm trying another wood lure that's a little different. This is a prototype for the size and lip angle. I float tested it and it's rises at a good speed, I need to see how it cranks down. I'm going to leave it natural wood with a two part epoxy top coat.I'll check the action in a couple days. This is working towards a jerk bait type bait for big trout in the winter. I wanted a bigger profile than my last one.