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I have one I did for a pouring book a while back, I'll translate it and put it up here soon.

Those look really nice

I kinda hate to ask this question because I've seen a few guys here selling them recently but where are the aluminum swim bait molds coming from? I kind of like Del's Chub E but something is telling me to wait. I'm looking for a Cal Swimbabes Tiny E type bait with a textured body. Are these custom molds? Thanks.

If you are printing your own, can you laminate them so the ink doesn't run when it gets wet or oily?

gtbag.com or gtbags.com

I'm looking to put new labels on my bags and swimbait boxes. Can anyone recommend a graphic artist that won't take me to the cleaners? Do you guys do it on your own computers?

With a one part mold you could very easily rig up a contraption to hold the jig in place, imagine laying a paperclip across the head of the mold and through the hook eye to keep it out of the plastic. Than you'd have to make sure the hook remains parallel in the mold. For a two pc. mold, there would have to be channels cut to hold the head in place. You also couldn't see it as you pour and multi color pours would be difficult.

Of course you can load them into your own pours. You'd have to make a dolly or jig out of wire or paperclips to keep it in position as you pour the plastic into the mold. I'll look as I might have a photo or two because a while back I was loading jigs heads into my swimbaits.

Boone, excellent story. I formed my company much the way you did. Bhorlings, I don't mean to discourage you. Just think about what you are doing before jumping into it. There is so much more than just pouring to consider. Someone said it before.....just because you can pour plastic into the hole of a mold...doesn't make you a hand pourer. You should have a market plan and samples will work but you must understand you might hand out 100's without a sale. For my own business I started fishing local tournaments and I only used my own baits. I make everything but crankbaits. If there was a jig bite, I was deadly with my own model, plastics and tubes, got that coevered......spinnerbaits, hair jigs....buzzers. I made them too. I won a ton of those tournaments and my baits got some exposure. I sold more baits from the back of my pick up after a weigh in than handing out samples. I like to throw in a few samples with an order I get. I find this works out well.

You are correct Del, but you even said it "you couldnt tell their baits from any other baits. To be really successful you need to create a desire for your product, a niche. The guys who develope a higher skill at this becaome successful or at least earn that reputation. I consider a skilled individual as one who does more than just fill a mold...maybe the multi pour stuff, laminates, paint, custom mold design, tubes etc.. It takes a degree of talent to pull stuff like that off consistently. Kind of like the original California/West Coast stuff that got me into this. Take a guy like Chris from Al's Worms. Look at his work and compare it to 90% of all pouring. It stands out. You will always remember his name because of that. This is due to his experience. Anyone can pour a few nice baits and sell them on eBay, don't get me wrong but if you are set on just going out and doing what 90% of the other companies do, what sets you apart from them? Why would anyone buy your products over the other guys? You couldnt tell their baits from any other baits. Make it the same and you have to be the low baller to get business. Make it different and you can get what you want for it. Making it different consistently is accomplished by experience.

I think that before you even think about selling baits, you should concentrate on gaining more experience. Doing this for a month and a half is a bit premature to be considering a business. You build this type of business up by gaining trust, a good reputation and being consistent. It takes considerable experience to accomplish that. I've been pouring for 15 years. I started the hand pouring part of my custom bait company 10 years ago and I can look back even three or four years ago to see how much my pours have changed and improved. You don't want to start out too early. You might have a revalation a year into this and your pours might be totally different. Everything you did or put out for customers prior to that may be inferior. It is all about consistency. My company is registered both with the state and federal gov't.

I do it with certain colors that are changeable like Roadkill camo. The technique i use is called brushing. Instead of a straight stream of plastic into the mold, I gently move the pouring pan back and forth from the leftto right side of the bait. Imagine pouring syrup on your pancakes. I'll look for a photo or two when I get back from AZ.for you. If anyone here has my handpouring book, it is in there and you can post the photo if you want.

The effect is commonly referred to as a halo effect.

As Frank pointed out the classic REd Shad color is a perfect example. Essentially, laminating involves joining two different colors to one bait by introducing them to unique and different locations....not mixing during the pouring process. A way to accomplish this is by filling one side of a 2pc mold, allowing it to cool so you can affix it to the other side...but not cool too much because heat bonds the different colors together......and then pourin the second color in the mold to complete the laminate.

Laydog, that sounds like what that guy was doing was criminal.

People suck!!

Del will this be a hollow bait?

Not a dipper like Del has. Del, did you ever get the mold worked out? I am interested. I like the baits the dipper produces but to make two tones, it is a tough and slow go.

Mag's, you would think anyone who makes a bait similar to something that is hot would do their homework and make it better. You might solve this problem but using glue on the cork screw.

Try Hagens. I have a bunch of 7X2.5"s, they are quite large. But if you need 'em......

I saw the photos on the site, I just couldn't get a really good picture of the bait from them. It looks as if there may be "wings" on the side of the bait like the SwimBabe but the two tone pour throws it off for me.

I'm looking for a swimbait that is similar to the California Swimbabe Baby E. Del's bait may be close. I'm wondering if anyone is pouring with this mold and can you post a photo of a bait you've made with it? Thanks

I'm originally from Smithtown. Good luck in your pouring endeavors.

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pretty much yes, but there is nothing wrong with that unless you are trying to make a totally round worm or brush hog.