Soft or Tube/Craw Plasitol?

[Painter1]

I have both in the shop now and wondering if there is a benefit to using both in different sections of a lure. Such as paddle tails, worms etc. 

[NickQ]

I personally think that would be a pain. Obviously you refer to open pours but I don't think it would really help you. The only thing that comes to my mind is to have the tail softer so will swim better while the body to be firmer. I think a mold made properly will allow the bait tail to swim no matter what plastic you'll use. Now if you fish for Pike or Muskie the hardness doesn't matter as they will get destroyed sooner than later. 

[Painter1]

I will have to do some samples and see if there is a difference in how they swim? 

[Hand Crafted Angling]

On 8/16/2023 at 2:54 AM, Painter1 said:

I will have to do some samples and see if there is a difference in how they swim? 

The softer the plastic is the more action the tail will have at the cost of durability

[mjs]

I think harder plastic sometimes gives more thump, softer more slither. Not sure if softer always means more action. Different action sure. Course there are a lot of shapes and sizes and variables, like speed... Anyways, I can think of some baits like a bulldawg where the body could be harder than the tail for sure. 

[Les Young]

I use an angling ai tube mold & i mix hard & soft plastic 50/50 to get the durability i want but i only texas rig them too. They have good action & last a while this way.