Roger Linnell

All Dell's, very hot color here.

For 4oz no salt 24dps brown,14 black,1 red, 5 white

I agree with the scent, taste thing, I add Upper Hand scent to my tournament baits. Prefishing for tournaments, it's common to have fish swim around with my baits for 20 or 30 seconds. If I need more time than that to figure out I got a bite, I'll take up golf. By the way, the fish liked my not so super soft baits enough that finished first in points in Anglers Choice North Lake Powell cuirut after 8 tournaments.

I use softer plastic in baits that I don't fish with an exposed hook. Just about everything else is medium Calhoun right out of the bucket. I don't fish much finese. My point is, I don't believe a fish will spit a bait quicker because it's a wee bit firmer than the last one it chewed on.

I don't buy the " hold factor " theory, I can't think of much in a fish's diet thats all that soft. Agree with the action part.

it's a very simple one piece mold. you simply pour in the hot plastic, let it cool for ten seconds or so (depending on plastic temp, mold temp) then turn the mold upside down, drain the still hot, fluid plastic out of the mold for ten seconds or so, then reright the mold to cool. the outside of tubes comes out perfect every time. timing is everything as far as tube wall thickness goes. i've had some tubes come out half solid, with thick walls, but after a little experimenting, i've got it down. pros; you only have heat enough plastic to fill the cavities and the tubes exterior always comes out perfect.

the other day, i stole some sharpies from the wife's pen stash, (she still don't know) and made a 6 cavity plaster mold, using the part of the pen that has sharpie written all over it. i pour in the plastic, let it cool till i see it start to shrink into the cavities, then turn the mold upside down, draining some plastic back into the pyrex, then right side up to cool. any body else try this?