I fooled around with my first attempt and 1 looked pretty good and kinda goofed on the other 1, I was not sure how to hold the rod , at first I had it facing head down and seemed to get more better looking shape, then heads up and got deformed looking droops in the body and odd looking tip, I did notice the thick and thin plastic you mention I had it really thin and seemed like forever to get the bait to take on any bulk and there was a time I guess when it cooled a little the plastic was thicker like you mentioned, of course inexperience got me and I burned the plastic it went from pepper white to tan pepper in no time, I need to try the microwave next time around so I dont burn the plastic. Here is a picture my first dip smoke and white, the other milky white with black flakes, they are almost 7/8" wide the other one about 3/4" wide
Sorry tried to post pics but wont go thru
Microwave heating is the best way to maintain a hot plastic instead of a hot plate ?
Earthworm 77 thanks for the picture that bait looks very good and your helpful tips, also when you dip for larger tubes do you use a larger rod 3/8" rod so that the plastic walls are not too thick and get away from having to use too much plastic for one bait instead of a 1/4" rod which would take more time and plastic to get a bigger bait ? and last Q. for your larger tubes how many dips for the tail before you dip just for the body thickness I guess 2-3 whole dips then dip midway for body thickness ?