Basseducer Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 I must have "IT" bad. I got my stick kit from Del's last night and early this morning I was out pouring sticks. This mold pours very nicely. As I was pouring I spotted some tube minnows I had made earlier this week and I came up with these. I took the sticks, dipped the heads, added eyes and dipped again in clear. Since only the tip is dipped it gives the appearance of a head and does not affect the action at all. Now I have a bunch of molds on my Christmas wish list and copies are struned all over the place Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basseducer Posted December 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 Here are two more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delw Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 Thats a really cool idea, we use stiks for jerkbaits all the time but never thought about big eyes on them great idea. Delw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basseducer Posted December 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 Thanks Delw TJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobShaw-BasSport Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 Great idea! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhorlings Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 Sweet idea! I'll have to give that a try too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basseducer Posted December 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 I've just been sitting here thinking about how simple this is. Even if you don't pour your own sticks, you can buy them off the shelf and add eyes this way or to any bait for that matter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boskabouter Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 Great idea! I love eyes on softbaits. I have no experience in dipping so I was wondering how the dipped plastic holds on the original tube. Do they merge? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basseducer Posted December 7, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 I tried to peel the dipped part off of one of the test baits and it was very hard to do. It eventually tore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted December 7, 2007 Report Share Posted December 7, 2007 I've been dipping sticks for my own use for a while now; but I didn't think to put eyes on them. My fishing partner and we call them "condom" sticks; lol. I'll be putting eyes on them next season. Thanks. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longhorn Posted December 8, 2007 Report Share Posted December 8, 2007 Great idea! I was looking at an old Bill Dance this week and he said that bass focus on the eye when they kill/feed. Don't know if it's true but the eyes look good. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
