okiefish Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Hi yall, I've lurked around this site a long time but this is my first post. Ive been fishing all my life and in the last couple years started pouring my own basic molds. i'm just curious why we pour? With such a vast market in the bait shops, sizes, colors, shapes, prices, etc, what drives you to pour your own? Fish On, Okie Fish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsailor618 Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Creativity, experimentation, catching fish on something I made, another hobby to occupy my free time! I originally tried to tell myself it was to save money but I know longer suffer from that delusion - this is true for all of my hobbies; Homebrewing (beer, wine, mead, cider and soda), Reloading, Lurebuilding/Flytying Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurizio Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Absolutely catching fish on something I made!! (That's the reason why i don't like copying existing baits.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
repair Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 I make my own also. Like subsailor said its not like your saving money because of the stuff you buy to make them.but rather catching a fish on something you made is part of the fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texasbass1 Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 I started because I couldn't find what I was looking for color wise. After that it is just became an addiction. I still buy factory plastics but catch most of my fish on hand pours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 I started because the soft plastic tails for my swimbaits were too expensive to buy, and the colors were limited. I like being able to pour the colors I want, with the salt content and softness I want, instead of having to use what everyone else is using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driftwood Posted September 11, 2012 Report Share Posted September 11, 2012 Custom colors the big boys don't have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okiefish Posted September 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 Thank you for the responses, they all line up with the same reasons I give my wife for why I pour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveh Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 Because i can, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted September 12, 2012 Report Share Posted September 12, 2012 I started doing this in 1989 because I couldn't get what i wanted locally to fish with. Very quickly I started designing my own baits and still do it to this day. I don't like to copy baits. I make my own molds; although I do have some aluminum stick molds. I love to come up with new colors; especially colors that change. I enjoy the "art form" of handpouring. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kajan Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 Very simular to what Nova said. In 1987 I was having trouble with sporting good store storing enough of the Mann's 4" stingray grubs. I would buy them in 100 packs. SO forced me to do something, so I made some crude molds, poured me some lures in couple of the most used colours to keep up with fishin demands. Really enjoyed makin my own designs, even though I had taken a decade off from pourin. But all the soft plastics I use are lures I have designed my self, molded and poured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carolinamike Posted September 13, 2012 Report Share Posted September 13, 2012 I make baits strictly for the love of it, yes there is some profit involved sometimes but the thrill of it overides the profit. Keep in mind that I primarily produce for other companies so when a product appears in one of the big fishing magazines or if someone wins a tournament using a product I produce I never get the credit, its always the companies I produce for that gets the recognition. With that being said, just the thought that I can go out in my shop and make something that any bass fisherman with minimum skills can catch a fish on still blows me away and i've been doing this for 15 years. I had a friend recently to win the co-angler's division of an flw tournament in NY, he is sponsered by a company that I produce baits for and he caught it on a color that I produce special for this company. The fisherman won the boat and my customer's bait won the recognition but in my mind, I won the tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okiefish Posted September 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Do any of you guys sell your baits? I have yet to sell but also haven't marketed either. Do you make any serious cash at it or just enough to support the habit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subsailor618 Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 I don't sell. Mine are for my Family, Friends and myself. I am bothered by the thought of "going professional" and losing interest in the hobby. I tried tying flies "pro" a long time ago and found that I hated it, meeting quotas, tying what is requested and losing most of the experimentation aspect - basically; I think I lost the fun factor and don't want to do it again. I do tie my own flies again now but I won't do it for selling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basskat Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 I don't sell. Mine are for my Family, Friends and myself. I am bothered by the thought of "going professional" and losing interest in the hobby. I tried tying flies "pro" a long time ago and found that I hated it, meeting quotas, tying what is requested and losing most of the experimentation aspect - basically; I think I lost the fun factor and don't want to do it again. I do tie my own flies again now but I won't do it for selling. I'm the same with soft plastics. When it becomes a second job it's not fun anymore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnybassman Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 I have not quite figured that answer out in my own head yet. lol Much like my little maple syrup operation, it's an addiction and I just keep doing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
