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What he said ^^ I have two stencils I bought that I rarely use but I have a ton I made I use all the time because they fit my projects much better

Like you I looked everywhere and thought they were too expensive. I bought some clear plastic materiel and use an Xacto knife to cut out most of my designs. https://www.amazon.com/stores/neglex/MylarStencilSheets/page/9FD5CDAB-BA2A-4CDF-A02D-78723C264A69

I don't make swimbaits anymore, but I'm a HUGE fan of the Megabass Spark Shad in 4 inch. I just wish those dudes would figure out a way to keep the eyes on, but that's a different story LOL! 3/0 or 4/0 weighted screw in hooks, 1/8 ounce in most cases, Owner brand and lately I've been getting into the Berkley Fusion weighted. Really makes a difference how that weight is placed on the bend of the hook. I like it slightly off centered towards the eye. The pictured hook is perfect IMO. The only other way I will run a swimbait is with a split shot weight and dead stick it, but that's pretty rare. I fish a Z-Man Razor Shad this way because it's next to impossible to drive the screw in with Elaztech plastic. Would LOVE to run an open jighead, but we get hung up too much in the waters we fish and it's just not worth it. I could talk swimbaits all day! Hope this helps, brother. Peace :-)

Spike It Dip-N-Glo Worm Dye Black https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Spike_It_Dip-N-Glo_Worm_Dye/descpage-SIDGWD.html

I've also looked for molds from yesteryear and it's most likely found on ebay or stores on ebay or other sources. I'm just a retired citizen that enjoys creating jigs etc. I'm your out of the box old school kind of guy served my country for 7 years MP sniper from the 70's just don't want a replay the moment thank you. I 'm enjoying TU and this thread is what we need debate with tolerance no need to be ugly it's about the gain. LOVED the comments I'm here to learn and play with all these great ideas everyone contributes, if I want whining and bitching turn on the TV plenty there life is too short energy can be better used. MY APOLOGIZES guys but dang guys lets share the huge volume of knowledge everyone has time is short it shouldn't be squandered. I know my grammar and sentence structure is bad.

Worst case scenario if you can’t figure out a fix-sharpie marker.

I hand dip tubes. maybe I can help you out. You can checkout my work at Id Eat that Baits

First off may I ask why you're limiting yourself to Do-It molds? As Cadman said the discontinued Do-It molds are hard to source and find anyway. But Do-It probably has more competition these days than they've ever had. A few minutes of Internet searching will reveal that they definitely aren't the only game in town. There are so many good mold makers out there that if you're looking for something different you shouldn't have any trouble whatsoever in finding something. I mean besides Do-It molds there's also Hilts and Little Mac molds as far as sandcast molds go. And I also have molds from Sean at Sean Collins customs. Victor at bug molds. Kent at lakeside molds Bob at CNC molds N stuff. And some others that I'm forgetting off hand right now. While Do-It may be the largest mold maker out there, there are plenty of other options for you to look at if you really want to be throwing something that the other fisherman don't have!