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Always good to figure out which works best for YOU!! Good luck :-)

Yes......thank you!!!

I'll probably take crap for this, but I never used a thermostat. When the plastic is ready, it's ready.........and you'll learn pretty quick when that is. Not sure what type of plastic you're using, but I used MF and that stuff poured like a gem rather I wanted the colors to sort of run together or just a straight laminate. For a laminate, I would wait about 20 to 30 seconds before adding the top pour, but you don't wanna wait too long or they won't connect properly and you'll have gaps in the worm. Dangit......there's a term for that, but I can't think of the name right now. Maybe someone can jump in and save me. LOL. I would just keep my hot plate between medium and high at all times and just keep an eye on the cup you're warming up. I worked with cups almost exclusively and I would add everything to cold plastic first. Your color, glitter, hi-lite......whatever's going in there worked best with cold plastisol. When heating your cup, you want the plastic to be at a nice thin pourable stream........kind of like synthetic oil. From that point, you want to keep it just about there without burning it. Once you get the hang of it, you can do split veins as well, especially with MF. Pouring that second color will actually force the vein to the sides of the mold, giving it that "split" effect. Really cool stuff!! Oh and just to be clear, I'm sure other brands will work just fine. Many of those brands were not available when I poured, so I can't say either way, but MF was my go-to brand. Your worms looks really nice, especially for a first run!! Most of the answers you're looking for you will stumble on yourself as you continue to pour. Just keep at it!!

Here's a sample of his Purple Knight. I wish I had a pic of my version because the black is much more dominant, but at least you get the idea. Very light purple with small red flake and I would double the black here. Hope this helps!

Oh yeah that side view makes quite the difference!! LOL

I don't see any that he currently has for sale, but I'll ask if he's got a picture :-)

Yup......great idea. And yeah I would agree that even though that last one looks great, we always prefer a lighter belly. Like you said, sometimes just a glitter will turn it. I'd like to see how that one would look with the same back, but a clear (or a VERY light smoke) belly with either a bunch of small black flake or a touch of large black. So many possibilities LOL! A couple years back, I bought a bag of custom flukes from a guy on Ebay. Bummed that I can't remember the name, but he called it Flesh something or other. LOL. Anyway, it was just a fleshy pink looking back with a clear belly and a bunch of micro holograph flake. Looked to me like he added a touch of red color to the pearl to give it that natural fleshy look. I got a pack of 25 and to this day, the most productive fluke I used. I went back to order more and the dude had packed up and moved on. Just my luck.......that's why you'll never see me in Vegas!!

Holy Smokes those are NICE!!! Reminds me of a color that I used to make. Called it Purple Knight. Don't know if it can be done in a fluke (or how it would look,) but it was basically a very light purple with small red flake and a THICK black vein. I mean so thick that 2/3 of the bait was black. The 2 colors just offset each other perfectly. Looked awesome in the water too and was definitely a fish catcher! Keep at it, brother. Those look amazing!

Honestly, my son and I are huge fluke fans and I'm just diggin' all the cool colors!!

I would absolutely buy a bunch from you. Flukes are on fire right now and I'm always looking for something different out there. Keep up the good work!!

Sweet looking color. Well done!!!

Nice job!!

I have bunch of Hot Shots, but sure haven't seen a color like that!

I have noticed that many of them are now ending posts with spam rather than starting a thread, which makes it much more difficult for moderators to find. I just deleted a post and banned the member. That's all these old eyes could see LOL. If there are more, please let me now. And in the future, please post the link when reporting spam. I check in here a few times a day (as I'm sure Nate does as well) and try to keep the site as clean as I can, but sometimes they can sneak between the cracks. Thanks for keeping us updated, fellas, and have a nice Sunday. Chris

I would agree. If he's talking about like a Cover Scat, those are fairly rare and I would imagine a mold would be difficult to find, BUT looks like one of the easier baits to make a mold of. I'm not crafty at all anymore, but even I'd try it LOL.

Wow never heard of that. There's no liquid at all? It's all powder?? If so, that stuff must be OLD!! I think I'd try a touch of just regular worm oil and shake it up, but that's just a crap shoot. Good luck!!

I agree. Basic fluke with little tail action, but a darn good bait.......and that is one wicked color!!

I'll second this question. I wasn't much of an injector as I only had a couple molds, but this was the issue pretty much every time I had voids. Keep pumpin' that plastic! LOL

JESUS!!

This is a great point. I still have a bunch of my old hand-poured stick baits and to be honest, I'd rather fish those than the original. I don't know if it's because I made them in colors you just don't see anywhere or I don't want Gary Yamamoto making any more money.

Senkos (or any knock off stick baits) and craws are really the only rounded baits I fish anymore. Everything else is a hand-pour with a flat side, including swimbaits. I seem to catch plenty of fish to keep this old man happy LOL.

Yeah after all that crap, it's a bad batch. Doesn't happen often, but it DOES happen. Sucks that it's a 50 gallon drum. Hopefully they take care of you.

Wow......nice match!!

Those turned out awesome!

Yeah I couldn't really tell by the picture. Could just be heavier minnow silver.