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Oh I also started holding the tips flat down on the mold and sliding into the next sprue hole instead of hovering over as I line up and insert. This allows both sides to start flowing evenly. It cuts down on drips going in before you push, which can cause some of what you have going on.

Those aren't all that bad really. What I've found to cause that is temperatures being more than a few degrees off. If one side is more than 10 degrees or so hotter it will travel faster. Also try pushing down slower on long bodies. You won't get 100% perfect laminates all the time using a dual injector but you can get close with some tweaking and practice. Some colors blend better at the seam than others too. Transparent colors do well. Opaque colors are more difficult so don't get discouraged.

Using a custom paddle tail style minnow. Not having any trouble with thin areas or tails. Just the hook tearing through the body too easily. I've been through a lot of different plastic over the last couple years, would love for this to be the one. At least the research and development is the fun part of this gig. The fishing has been nothing short of spectacular this spring.

MF has Easy Stretch Medium up on their site now. I have some coming and will post my results. They said it's more durable but they're basing that off of limited user feedback. I'll certainly give it an honest review for saltwater and get back here as soon as I can for those who are interested.

I used their contact form on the site a couple times and Rupert responded each time pretty quick. Maybe they'll see this thread too. Hope you hear back from them soon.

Are you sure you have the right place? I just purchased a SS and stack of molds from them 2 weeks ago. Only took a week to get them, one was a custom tail mold. You might be thinking of BTS. He's been down for months, Bears just closed shop. But UltraMolds is running normal from what I can tell.

Wow ok. I get the feeling no mater what I say about this issue, you'll chime in with more smart comments and more clues to your lack of knowledge concerning our fishery here. Meanwhile, I still have a real issue to work on. Thanks for playing.

This one took a beating before being cut but I have some at home that were nearly cut in half with no teeth marks because they were only hit once or twice. Hopefully once I get in touch with MF I'll get some samples of the stretch and the bounce formula. Will test them and post my results. I'll have to stay away from anglingarcher's spots though. Those are some girly fish over there.

Fall and winter they're much less aggressive. I'm sure you understand this, and that spring and summer is much different. We also had a weak winter which is why they're already on the beaches in numbers and hitting hard. A 16" speck feels like a 2 or 3 pounder at first. Sometimes they'll hit it for a kill shot, then let it fall before they hit it again, so your lure gets smacked twice at times. Some hit it as soon as it hits the water. They were as aggressive as they get. We had sharks biting some in half on the way in. It was that kind of day. Usually we're we'll into June when that happens. But it happens every year regardless. Perfect conditions to test what these plastisols can or can't do. So far they can't.

Thanks for the info. Left a msg with MF but no call back yet. My biggest problem is that it only takes one speck to hit it just right and the lure gets cut by the hook. Some lures got me close to 8 or 10, others just one. Average was too low imho. They stay on the jig collars just fine. No problem with losing tails. But once they're cut bad enough it's done. I went through about 30 lures Saturday to catch 100. On that trip I used MF saltwater, Calhoun hard, and LW hard. All performed about the same. LW feels better, tougher to the touch but cuts just as easily. I'll post pics of the lures when I get home. Maybe it's just my custom minnow brings out the inner shark in those specks. It could happen.

So it's not plastisol? They don't have this on their website. Do you mean "easy BOUNCE"? 10 to 20 specks per lure is very hard to believe. Planning to call MF today.

I went last Saturday morning with wife and kids and caught 98 specks on my custom minnow. (wife caught 2 on shrimp). Had our limit by 10:00am. All poured in hard. They swim great in hard plastic. Tail action is designed to do so. Averaged about 3 fish per lure. That's not good enough here. I can get closer to 10 on a H&H soft plastic. That's what it boils down to here. It's the first thing I get asked when talking to potential customers. "How many fish per lure?" A "fish-per-lure" works for bass, all day. Might work inshore around Texas or Florida too, but here that doesn't fly. I need something better.

You can have all the viscosity and attributes you want, but if it's crap on a hook when it hits the water, none of that matters. I can adjust to any plastic. Use any plastic for any application, tweak this and that and you can work with just about anything available. What I need is a plastic that can withstand what it was intended to do, catch fish without constantly replacing and re hooking to keep fishing. There is not one single plastic available to us to my knowledge that can stand up to speckled trout and redfish in the Louisiana marsh. I've tried everything but polysol. Can't imagine it b in any more durable. Plenty of big manufacturers are producing better plastics. Too many products designed to make pretty baits for the shelf. Not enough thought put into what happens after all the money changes hands.

Lol try Academy or Walmart. Trolls on every forum these days.

Vacuum pack em like a bag of fillets would be best I suppose. And keep out of extreme elements. I have culprit worms I bought a lifetime ago and still perfect. 20 years in a closet and like new.

ditto

When I googled for clamshell pkg I founds dozens of companies that has these like Visipak to name one. Most had stock and custom available. Cheap only in bulk though.

Anyone hear back from them yet?

My top color is basically exactly what mclovn175 said but my bottom is this... 1/8 tsp LW pearl white 127 1/8 tsp LW pearl silver 170 1/4 tsp .15 silver glitter. The fish seem to like it! Edit: that's for 6oz plastic.

Yep

Glad to know they feel he'll make a full recovery. I know what it's like to overwork myself and end up in the hospital over it. Sometimes it catches up with you.

Sold!

Too much release spray will do that. Are you using anything like a umr spray or worm oil to lube the mold?

Yes still have them

This shrimp catches fish. If I were only looking for something to make for myself this would be great. The only reason I'm not going to keep them is BT won't make slide bars in them or any kind changes for me. I just wanted to point out that I'm not trying to unload a bad product. They're just not what I need for production purposes.