longhorn Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted October 21, 2007 Report Share Posted October 21, 2007 Nothing wrong with what you've done. It looks good. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB GONE Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 Seems the angle of the Silly rabbit baits doesn't give it enough resistance to the water. If you slow down, they just push water. If the tails were at a 90 degree angle, they might work better. The basstrix are supposed to wiggle back and forth and resemble the swimming action of a bait fish. They really do catch fish when other baits do not. I like the looks of your bait. aslightly wider tail and you are in business and saving $10-$20/bait!!!! Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubeman Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 You guys are bang on about the tail thickness/angle. My first ones were also too thin in the tail and it folded back on the retrieve as well. Another thing that might improve the side to side action is the plastic formula. I'm going to try the first dip with super soft and the rest with tube, thus making the tail shaft softer, but the paddle tail harder. Also the amount of weight will have a bearing on how fast you will need to retrieve it to get it swimming. Not enough and it will swim on its side So the mathermatical formula would be plastisol durometer divided by number of dipped layers is directly perportional to the hook weight times the retrieve speed coeffeicent ...man this is more fun than a barrel of monkeys (only old guys probably know that saying lol) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GB GONE Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 ...man this is more fun than a barrel of monkeys (only old guys probably know that saying lol) Who you calling old man??!!! I still play with those monkeys with my kids sometimes!! You are correct on the plastic hardness as well. some of the silly rabbits were very tough and hard. Those didn't swim at all. I took the eyes off and boiled one and it swam better as it got softer but the tail angle still requires a quick retrieve. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattlures Posted October 22, 2007 Report Share Posted October 22, 2007 try a 1/8 or 1/4 and swim it justa tad faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iceman35 Posted October 23, 2007 Report Share Posted October 23, 2007 You guiys might want to try what 3:16 lures does with there mission fish swimbaits... instead of a one piece deal, they glue the paddle tail on separate... this is on there sunfish lure, which is awesome... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dsmblack Posted October 24, 2007 Report Share Posted October 24, 2007 What plastic are you guys using to make the paddletails? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
