Jim jarreau Posted June 1, 2022 Report Share Posted June 1, 2022 I’m looking at a 5” curly tail grub mold from Epic molds and was wondering if anyone has tried this lure and how much tail action it has at slow speeds. I would like to find a mold like the kalins 5” lunker grub because it has a very thin curl tail with a lot of action even on slow retrieves. So for in my search the epic 5” curly tail looks close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTC Posted June 2, 2022 Report Share Posted June 2, 2022 The epic baits mold has good action but has bad venting so be carful, if you get the air pockets like I did heat the mold up and then everything should be good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiderunner Posted June 24, 2022 Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 I make a lot of grubs and I find it’s not so much the mold but the plastic that adds the tail action. I use mostly MF soft sinking and I have found I get very little tail action. I am moving my grub making up to medium with a bit of hardener. The tails made with soft just seem to straighten out and and just drag through the water. I’ve had my grub molds - 4” single tail and 5” double for a few years now and can’t remember who made them One I believe is Delmart -long gone. And maybe lure craft for the single tail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Young Posted June 24, 2022 Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 I have a 5" single tale from Lurecraft & it shoots good & makes a grub with quite a bit of action too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsworms Posted June 24, 2022 Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 9 minutes ago, Tiderunner said: I make a lot of grubs and I find it’s not so much the mold but the plastic that adds the tail action. I use mostly MF soft sinking and I have found I get very little tail action. I am moving my grub making up to medium with a bit of hardener. The tails made with soft just seem to straighten out and and just drag through the water. I’ve had my grub molds - 4” single tail and 5” double for a few years now and can’t remember who made them One I believe is Delmart -long gone. And maybe lure craft for the single tail. Now THIS.......is pretty much dead on. Every word of it. Grubs were one of very few baits that I amped up the plastic. I used MF super soft back in the day. Don't know what "soft sinking" is? Here on the west coast, guys wanted stuff SOFT.........but my grubs would tear up too easily......and they let me know it. Once I went to medium, problem solved. If Epic molds looks like Kalin's, buy it. THEN mess around with the plastic until you get the action you need. Oh and nailed it with Lure Craft. Tons of awesome single tail grubs. And Del's stuff was unmatched. Peace :-) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkman Posted June 24, 2022 Report Share Posted June 24, 2022 Take a look at Angling AI they have great grubs, you won’t have a venting problem either, they make mold right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Young Posted June 25, 2022 Report Share Posted June 25, 2022 18 hours ago, Darkman said: Take a look at Angling AI they have great grubs, you won’t have a venting problem either, they make mold right. Yes they do. I traded a 4" heart throb hula grub mold for some crappie molds about a month ago only because i wasn't using it. It was like every other mold i have from Josh & it was outstanding. Ain't going wrong with angling ai for sure. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
