Fishermanbt

I agree, one of the best, well rounded knowledge based forums out there. I can't tell you how much this community has helped me. I was promoting TU on another forum that I'm a member of to guy who was a newcomer to making baits. I hope my summary was accurate "There seems to be an endless supply of bait making knowledge there [TU]. If someone in the community hasn't created something spectacular or blew it up it's probably not worth doing."

I found using forceps and a magnet helped in minimizing the powder paint in the jig eye and the link of the swing jig. This worked pretty well for me dipping in a fluid bed or the jar.

It worked ok when I tried it. I did note some flaking of the mod podge on a couple of pop molds I made after a few pours. Just made a mold this past weekend. Instead of a plastic container I used some Lego blocks acquired from the kids for a nice square box. I used wood glue thinned down with water to seal it. A super hard finish that was easy to apply.

Good for you two being and staying proactive. Hate to hear this. Been through something kind of like this. A pill head/heroin junky couple busted my car window out and stole my wife's purse hidden under the front seat while on vacation with our kids. 2 credit cards and a check card were used to buy gift cards and fuel within 10min of theft. Worse yet, the entire contents of the wife's purse ($250 cash, driver's license, work keys, spare car key/house keys, ect) and the high dollar purse itself gone. Crying wife, crying kids, and a vacation cut short. I can't tell you how many trash cans and dumpsters I dug through, the amount of pawn shops I called in a 50 mile radius, and walked about 15 miles of a mountain road to no avail. Few months later the dope head dirtbags were caught by sheer luck. After hitting another car a guy mountain biking with a GoPro caught them on film. Being this occurred in a national forest area they got to take a ride to federal prison. About 8 months later a vagrant picking up aluminum cans found the purse over an embankment and turned it in to a visitors center with contents intact minus the cash, cards, and drivers license. We sent him a thank you card with a reward included for being a decent human being. I know it doesn't prevent ID theft real time but get on credit karma and check it monthly to ensure no new accounts are being opened in your name. Did you ask your bank if they offer free short term credit monitoring? I would also suggest calling the police. What could it hurt. Depending on how your local law enforcement is, maybe start there and they may be nice enough to call on your behalf and at least get you a foot in the door to that office. Best wishes.

Throw me there in the mix with you all. I'm out of raw plastic, ran through most of my pre-made colors I had saved back pouring a shrimp mold I came into recently, got in trouble for buying that new mold since she could have gotten it for me for Christmas, upper management put out the cease and desist memo to not be buying any more supplies so family members can get me stuff for Christmas, overnight temps here in WV have been at or below freezing so fishing is put off for now (hoping/wishing for hard water), firearms deer season just opened this week and I fell victim to the stomach flu the first day. I don't ever recall missing the first day. Okay, I'm done whining now.

Made a few. Got some cheap neoprene koozies at a function. I was able to stretch them around my Pyrex cups. Improved heat retention some but they're pretty thin. My main objective was to keep from banging the cups around. If the cup should fail and explode it should contain the shrapnel and molten plastic.

I too have looked at many pictures listed on Google and Bing searches. I'm just trying to figure out a color recipe to get a close color. The real thing has a kind of dull brownish/black color. Not sure if highlights or pearl powder would create the effect I'm looking for since I don't have any. I've tried several combinations but nothing has turned out as acceptable to date.

Thanks. I will try that out.

Been searching on here, several other boards, and Google but I can't seem to find anything concerning a recipe. I see there are several natural colors that they exhibit but I'm leaning toward what I mainly see on the New River in WV. A darker/dull brown or a dull off black if that makes sense. I have tried LC motor oil, LC/x2 green pumpkin, LC/x2 watermelon, and shades of black but just not hitting the mark. Thinking I might have to look at using some hi lites. Any thoughts?

Got a pack off Amazon for a few bucks. Had been using them on fly boxes I was making.

Thanks cadman. Been lurking around for a while taking in as much knowledge as possible. Thought this idea may be of some use.

got a swing jig mold for Christmas and poured several so far. I was having trouble trying to figure out how i was going to get them painted so I got to experimenting with different methods. I wanted to share what I found that works consistently. I used my smooth jaws hemostats to grip the top portion of the jig eye. I then place a small barrel shaped super strong magnet on the handle and stretch out the hook and stick it on the magnet. Heat, dip in fluid bed, release the hemostat form the eye over the heat source and the eye is taken care of. I occasionally get minor paint near the hook but that is very little and can be scraped off the wire once cool. Hope this helps someone out. ​