Jigsisme Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 When begining to pour, for example jig chunks, where do you begin? Do you start at the tips or the "meat" of the chunk? Or worms, the body or the tail first? What about creatures? Body or appendages first? Just trying to get all the info before I start. Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe S. Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 I have had the best success starting with the meatier ends and once full it will start to flow into any appendiges, etc. If you start on the shallow ends it will flatten out traveling to fill the meatier parts. Just my experiences others may do it differently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azbass Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 Like Joe S says, if you start on the thicker part of the mold, and progress into the thin appendages it will allow the plastic to flow back to where you started and will result in thinner pours out there at the ends of those appendages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basskat Posted December 10, 2004 Report Share Posted December 10, 2004 You can ask twenty people this question and get twenty different answers. I start with the thin end. Reason being is I want this end the thinnest I can pour it. The hotter the plastic, the thinner I can pour. As you pour the plastic cools. By starting on the thin end I don't have to worry about guaging when I need to stop the plastic coming out of the pan to stop at the end without a puddle or stopping just short. On lizards or craws I start with the legs, then the tail and finish with the body. Thats the way I've got used to pouring and it works for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senkosam Posted December 11, 2004 Report Share Posted December 11, 2004 Agree with basskat, especially for Kalin type grub tails. The important thing to remember is to build the tail's attachment to the body so it's not fragile. A large wide tail needs support and causes a nice rock & roll of the entire grub - the most total-action of any soft plastic. The lure actually wags back and forth like a fat, sick minnow that ate too much! I pour from the tip of the tail (with very thin hot plastic) and tilt the mold to constantly direct the flow toward the body. I then concentrate on building the body (in a one part mold) to reduce the flat side. This is a copy of a 5" Berkley Power Grub and was used like a spinnerbait to catch bass and pickerel, as well as an occasional nutty crappie. Tail thickness is always option. The thicker and wider the tail, the more total action; the thinner and narrower, the less affect on the body. Sam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
