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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: ctom on 01/10/14 12:38 UTC
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I'm guessing that today would have to suck to be one of you. Your time is limited, trust me......
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Meet your un-doer.
This is the new paddletail. This is a dandy mold. Mine arrived about 40 minutes ago and was 23 degrees when I got the wrapper off. Since I was messing with all of the colors you see in these guys, I sat right back down and tried a couple two colors in that ice cold mold. Shot beautifully! I wasn't too careful removing the chartreuse tails so don't jump on that.
The mold is very well vented and for shooting I am going out on a limb here and say that this is maybe the easiest mold I have ever shot. I did 8 molds of chartreuse just so I could play with two colors. Ice cold I had no issues in those 8 shots. I trimmed half of the shots with the baits in the mold and the other half by pulling the bait entirely and cutting on my board and then re-inserting the tails as needed. It is actually easier to do out of the mold. The only point that needs mention about putting the tails back into the mold is to use a qtip or a small pointed hobby paintbrush dipped in worm oil and use it to lube the tail button slots a bit and then watch to be certain that the other side of the button goes into its respective slot as you close the mold. If one balks, its easy to use a toothpick. skewer or the paintbrush handle to tease the edge into the slot while the mold is partially closed. This isn't a distraction at all and basically every mold I own with a wedge or button paddletail needs to be coaxed at some point. Its a no-sweat thing.
As mentioned, the mold shoots very smoothly. Just a small top-off and let cool. With the mold heated up after six shots, I waited only one minute to pull the baits and did not have any denting issues. In this particular mold some shoot-thru was apparent at the vents and a couple small tits of plastic were present when the baits came out of the mold. A purple one can be seen in the picture just under the top orange bait. Most of the shots had none of these and when the plastic got re-heated and the mold quite hot is when I noticed the couple I found. I used two clamps and did not have any flask occur even when I tried to get flash to happen.
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nice - thanks for the review!
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I think you are 100% correct that the Walleye need to be scared...very scared. And I'm pretty confident the smallmouth are going to feel the sting from this bait also!
I hope mine comes soon...I wanna play!
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Well....when you fellas are done throwing the gauntlet at these walleye, do not be afraid to let us know the various ways you were fishing/rigging it and with what success.
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NICE!!!!!!!!!!
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Well....when you fellas are done throwing the gauntlet at these walleye, do not be afraid to let us know the various ways you were fishing/rigging it and with what success.
I'll be about 95% jigging and will fall to the drop shot vertically if the jigs fail me. The Do-It Teardrop w/keeper wire is a perfect fit for the Mississippi River. Normal flow in water to 15-18 feet, about 3/16 to 5/16 ounce. Heavier flow I'll run down to 1/2 ounce as needed.
I think Andrew is right on the smallies. I see a lot of them stacked on rip-rap when I'm walleye/crappie fishing and bouncing a weedless head. With one of these paddies attached to it will certain spell problems for Mr. Bronze.
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Great looking baits CTOM . The tear drop jig has become one of my favorite jigs. It's ability to hold soft plastics for several fish with out damaging the plastic and there is really no need for glue. Mike 8)
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How soon do you need to shoot the body onto the tail so the plastic fuses together?
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I wouldn't shoot tail colors one week and wait three to finish the baits but a day or two isn't going to matter. If I leave the tails cut off for a couple days before using them I give them a quick bath in rubbing alcohol or denatured alcohol to get rid of any of the natural oils that the plastic can exude with time.
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Those look AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! I bet that would be a great trailer on my finesse swim jigs like my 1/8oz and 3/16oz, very nice indeed, well done sir, well done!!!!
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Ctom - not only are you killing the walleyes - you're killing me!!!!!
Sick - completely sick!!! :o
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Where do I find this mold in the store?
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You need to phone in and request it. 1-319-984-6055, ask for Jerry. He'll get you fixed up.
I'm having a riot with it. I can see now that I need to add floatation to the boat if I keep up at the current rate.
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Thanks, will do soon. Still recovering from an over exuberant Christmas. Lol