This is addictive!

[BucketMouth]

After reading this forum for a few weeks I decided to try pouring for myself. The only problem I have found so far is now I do not have time to actually fish because I can't stop pouring. I started last week and now have enough frogs in every color imaginable to last me a year. I would like to try a two piece senko type mold. Any suggestions on which one to use? Which one is the easiest to pour? Thanks.

[BBC]

BM,

I'd just get whatever you like to use. I have a 4" and 5" mold from Del. Both are very easy to pour. The 4" is a little tricky when pouring laminates but with a little practice it's not that hard. Del's stik kit is a very good way to start b/c you get the softener and salt with it (as well as a few other things).

Two piece molds are very easy to pour. Some of the one piece molds are tricky until you get some practice with them.

Eric

[redg8r]

The site should come with a disclaimer, as your situation is normal

[BassnRandy]

Wait; It gets worse. Everytime you get a new mold. Everytime you decide to build a new mold for that brand new bait you just dreamed up.

[BucketMouth]

Does Dell's stick kit come with the 5" worm? If so that sounds like the way to go. So far I have only used remelted plastic for my pours. I have boxes of different lures of every color from a local muanufacturer. Mostly worms and prototype baits that wouldnt sell. All I have invested so far is a $15 mold from LC and poured $100 worth of frogs if I had to go out and buy them. I try to fish at least 3 or 4 days a week and plastics can get expensive for a "poor boy". Now if I could only figure out a way to mold my own duck decoys I would be set for all season.

[redg8r]

Duck Decoys are do-able, of couse many carve them, but another method is vacumm forming. I have a small shop-made forming machine I use to make bait stencils.

[bassn1]

I made decoys out of expandable foam years ago in school. Same process as making a foam crank bait. I wonder how many gallons of bondo or RTV it would take to make that mold?......................

[TTDuckman]

Aluminum duck decoy molds are still produced today. The decoys can be molded in one of 2 ways. Two part urethane can be poured into the mold. You can also use fosta foam beads and boil the molds with both virgin and preexpanded beads. By the time you buy the molds and take the time to make the decoys, you will likely find it more worthwhile to purchase Herters foam decoy bodies from Cabelas and paint them the way you would like. POP molds will not work as the material must expand significantly. Each decoy will take about 45 minutes after preping for the making of the decoy. I once spent an 8 hour work day making decoys using 3 molds and 3 head molds. By the end of the day, I only had made about 24-30 decoys and worked like a dog to do it using the boiling method. The 2 part urethane method will be somewhat less messy, but in either case, multiple molds are generally required to get any quantity made.

Tim

[charkins]

Fishing isn't the only thing that is addictive!!! Makin baits is great fun and keeps you of the street and out of trouble . Hope you enjoy the addiction. There is no cure short of death:lol:.

[Senkosam]

Dell's 5" and Bob's 4" are almost exact duplicates of the Senko.

Bob's 4 and 5" tapered sticks 9T-stick mold) are great and better for jerk worming!

[BucketMouth]

Would the tapered sticks be shaped more like a Tiki Worm. I think they have more taper than a Senko. I use a lot of the Tiki's when the bass move up into the grass. I would not have a clue how to match their color combinations though.

[Senkosam]

Check it out on Del's site. The tail is pointed.