Making your own Hand Poured Baits

[bass1cpr]

     Bman what mold are you using? Laminates are tough to pour. Takes practice. I pour very few baits without colorant in them. I did have one experiment that I had used only flake in and that was a mixture of flakes from the bottom of the bin that all the bags are kept in. It had a lot of dark flakes in it and came out very unique. I generally stay with solid colors with flake and some Highlight colorant. Most of the laminates I do are in centepiedes. You have to pour the second color very quickly so they bond together, if you take to long they will not bond together very well. Senko Sam likes to pour a lot of colors with glitter only and he'll probably see this and post on it. I know he likes to his pour sticks in laminates with a two part aluminum mold also. All of mine are one sided hand pour molds.

[SenkoSam]

 
If the second layer of plastic is hot enough, bonding hasn't been a problem for me, but it has to be 300 or better. One part molds are easy; two part molds have to be tilted and the plastic like water (very hot) to flow over the first layer. for example:
The black pattern was done with Spike It Chunk Paint. Florescent orange and chartruese flakes are in clear plastic layers. Bluegill is a clear plastic color scheme.
 
Glitter in clear plastic will provide color that is reflected and a grainy transparentcy when seen from below. Depending on water stain color and density, light availability and depth, plastic colors react differently, but it seems glitter holds it's colored flash longer.

Sounds like a nice color scheme.


This article explains color underwater best:
http://www.tacklemaking.com/tacklemakers/default.php?content=knowledge/sb_color&title=Colors%20in%20Soft%20Plastic%20Fishing%20Lures

[Bman]

Thanks for the tips.!!!!!!!




Bman

[calincalif50]

That's an awesome stick there Sam.  Looks like it would work well in stained water

[SenkoSam]

It seems picks have liked it better than bass, but bass have struck it in stained water,  just like they have firetiger Thunder Sticks. A soft stick that isn't as super soft as a Senko, will dart back and forth like a hard jerk stick and wag in place with the slightest twitch.

[calincalif50]

Cool, I'm going to have to try this hand pour thing and see what happens