Ed Brabant

I don't know why but I could not post all day yesterday But now I can. Oh well. I fish the baits wacky with a 1/0-2/0 ownwer riggin hook. Had good luck with the today had a few 3+ pounders with the baits. I think a finer screen will work better. I am going to try and find some. As far as a tube of screen. I think that it ay be a bugger getting the screen in the bait. The slot in the mold holds the screen very well. I a not sure how to locate a tube. But I will give it some thought and if I can think of a way to hold the screen in and make the preforms easly I will give it a try. If anyone has any ideas don't be afraid to post them. Thanks.

Here are a few pictures of the process. The pour quality has improved. It was my first shot.

Actually the plastic flows through the screen encapsulating the screen. Increasing the area that has to pull through. Not just a hook that is 1/32 or so in diamiater. In a hernia operation they sometimes put a mesh in the area ofthe hernia. Then the body grows around the mesh thus increasing the strenght of the area. The same thing happens here.

I had an idea on how to stop the hook from tearing through stick baits when I wacky rigged the bait. I took a 2 piece mold and on one half of the mold in the center of the bait it milled a slot .015 deep .500 wide perpendicular to the cavity. I then took a piece of fiberglass screen about 5" long and 1/2 wide. It took the strip of screen and placed it in the slot and put the mold together. I then took 2 paper binder clips and pulled the screen tight. Making sure that it remained in the slot. Then I poured the bait. Now this was my first pour but I thought it came out OK. When the plastic cooled enough to remove the baits they came out like bullets on a machine gun belt. Takin a razor blade and cutting them loose I now have stick baits with a piece of screen imbeded in the bait. And once you put a hook in the center through the plastic and through the screen the bait won't tear through. Now if I had the cable to my camera I could put pictures up. But I can't find the dam thing. But I think I may of explained it rather well. If I find the cable I will post the picture.