Les Young

Man you all have sure had it awful with the unbelievably bad drought & now the torrential rains lately. Stay safe Mark.

Maybe a move to Mexico may stop the raining you're wanting & definitely needing Mark.

Good deal. Every experience i've had dealing with them was excellent. They'll go above & beyond to make their customers happy.

You could try some aircraft stripper to try to clean it. I did this after painting some do-it essential series molds after the paint didn't cure good. There literally was paint & aluminum laying on the ground where i rinsed them off. They molds came out shinier than when i bought them new so it will probably work good.

I was told that zooms junebug was a mixture of red & blue only. Lureworks florida grape would be close i'd say but you can definitely make a good one with the black grape you have too. Zoom also has quite a bit of salt in them too which washes the color & keeps it from being transparent.

Add a little more colorant to make it darker because the thin parts will be a lot lighter if they're thin enough because of light passing through.. Sorry just saw this & i'm in the house for the night & my recipe book is in the garage where i make my baits.

Yes they usually get back with you in just a little while. I've called them & they called me back pretty quick. Must be something going on for them to not call back pretty quick.

It's a great mold for sure but i personally like the basstackle bt flipping hog in better. The flappers fold up a little on the angling ai hog & i just don't care for it personally, but that's just a pet peeve i have just like. I also like the old delmart 4" shz mold which lurecraft now sales that's a super hog mold better than any mold on the market because i like the flappers & tails pretty robust & attached together because i never separate mine because i like the glide style fall myself. I want my beaver molds the same way. Just personal preference & not a knock on angling ai whatsoever because i've had several of their molds & they were all great but i'm a stickler when it comes to tails on these two molds. All the other angling ai molds i've had have suited me 100%.

As far as molds go i like basstackle, angling ai, fatguys fishing & i have several molds form do-it molds in both cnc & essential serires molds & like them all. I have a few artificial stone jig trailer molds from bugmolds.net out of the ukraine & they're good for whay they are too. Jacobs mold & machine make some very good crappie lure molds along with fatguys fishing too. Pretty much every mold maker has something that a person will like in different molds so shop around & buy only what you know you'll fish all the time & you won't get nearly as overwelmed by the cost of it because it's not a cheap hobby at all. My first molds were a baby brush hog & a super hog style molds & i've made several hundred lures with each. Now i have a bunch of molds but know i fish them all so i'm good with that.

Bait plastics medium would be a very good choice. It can be reheated several times which can sure save on plastic when you're learning.

Nice. Post pics of the finished product.

Good luck & wish you well but it may be hard to sale everything all together unless you have some molds for some unique lures. If you do then you may be able to sell one lick to a bigger lure maker.

Josh after Leonard told me that i backed the heat cycle off a few seconds & have never had it happen again.

I used lureworks violet 193 when i first started & thought something was wrong because my junebug came out a bright red color. I called Leonard ay baitjunkys because i was using the calhouns plastisol that he sold & thought something was wrong with the plastisol. lol He said it was the violet in it & that i was getting it to hot & to call him back the next day because it would be junebug then & it was.

Yep. I use baitplastics medium formula for everything & if needed to be firmer i add some of their hard to it. As far as other good colorants lureworks junebug colorants are very nice ones too.

I haven't used them but i add hard plastic to medium all the time when making tubes. If what's you're using is way to soft i'd get a gallon of hard & try a 50/50 mix. If not firm enough add more hard until satisfied. I pour in mainly 4 ounce batches & if i want firmer it's very easy to do.

I've tried several different junebug colorants & then ended up doing as Al said & started using lurecraft black grape. It makes a nice junebug color. Make regular junebug with kelly green glitter & add a little red until you're happy. You can also look up top in the stickys & find some recipes. I don't have my recipe book near me or i'd tell you mine but it's a easy color to make. A good example would be 4 ounces plastic, 18 or so drops colorant & see if it looks dark enough, 1/4 tea spoon .040 kelly green glittler & 1/8 tea spoon red glitter.

Simply put the jignspin is nothing more than a jig with a jig spinner attached. I've done that a lot of times in summer on bright moonlit nights for smallmouth. They'll thump it

Yep it could become addictive. I've been playing with it for a while now.

Thanks guys.

Is there anything close to it? Thanks

Yep happens quite a bit.

Nice job.

I'm using baitplastics but like spikeits lureworks brand too. I inject & hand pour some too both with medium. Works great for my use.

This sure ain't the only site that gets spam pretty regularly. Do-its forum does too & i try report every spam post i see.