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Soft Plastic Bait Making => Soft Plastic and Plastic Baits - How To??? => Topic started by: ctom on 07/06/14 11:00 UTC

Title: If Detroit can do it....
Post by: ctom on 07/06/14 11:00 UTC: WE can DO-IT better.....that's what I say.

Here's a wonderful marriage between the 3" Glider and the Ring-It.. Its got that flap-like paddle tail like the Wyandotte worm. Roughly the same length with this being 3 3/4" but plenty of room to adjust, but benefits from the ringed body and has a whole world of color options that Detroit hasn't even thought about yet.

(http://i941.photobucket.com/albums/ad259/cttackle/b1cba625-cd30-44cc-b072-3794c140b750.jpg) (http://s941.photobucket.com/user/cttackle/media/b1cba625-cd30-44cc-b072-3794c140b750.jpg.html)
Title: Re: If Detroit can do it....
Post by: andrewlamberson on 07/06/14 11:37 UTC: Yikes! That's nice!
Title: Re: If Detroit can do it....
Post by: ctom on 07/06/14 11:44 UTC: :D
Title: Re: If Detroit can do it....
Post by: DF on 07/06/14 11:49 UTC: Quote from: andrewlamberson on 07/06/14 11:37 UTC
Yikes! That's nice!
X2
Title: Re: If Detroit can do it....
Post by: Muskygary on 07/06/14 12:51 UTC: Very nice! Give me that in all black and it would be good for any fish species!
Title: Re: If Detroit can do it....
Post by: WALLEYE WACKER on 07/06/14 14:24 UTC: Tom there is no end to the possibilities. If you can dream it you can make it. The combo's are endless. Another great bait from the master. 8)
Title: Re: If Detroit can do it....
Post by: efishnc on 07/06/14 15:43 UTC: Quote from: Muskygary on 07/06/14 12:51 UTC
Very nice! Give me that in all black and it would be good for any fish species!
I use a section of the tail (in various lengths) of the wack'm worm for my version... and black is my #1 color when using this.
Title: Re: If Detroit can do it....
Post by: ctom on 07/06/14 19:30 UTC: I did a couple more colors for the bucket. One was a fire tiger that has a center color and paddle in chartreuse.

I can see a bait like this being a dandy cold water walleye plastic but in order to be efficient a mold would have to be made along with a possible tail mold if one isn't made for the 3" glider....I haven't checked that yet. The hand welds work so-so. An injection weld would most certainly be preferable and would be much more durable. I really like the ringed body concept. If a mold like this was made I'd have one for sure.
Title: Re: If Detroit can do it....
Post by: Muskygary on 07/06/14 19:48 UTC: I agree; I like the ring body. There is a tail mold for the 3 inch glider, which would save some time, but a new mold would save a lot of time.
Title: Re: If Detroit can do it....
Post by: TommySkarlis on 07/07/14 09:21 UTC: I'm thinking MONSTER crappie on that thing as well!!!! :o
Title: Re: If Detroit can do it....
Post by: ctom on 07/07/14 09:47 UTC: I can see those big black river crappies tackling this. Find a big old snarl of vertical wood and go dippin and hunting.
Title: Re: If Detroit can do it....
Post by: hawgthumper on 07/07/14 18:50 UTC: Tom that's sweet!
Title: Re: If Detroit can do it....
Post by: hawgthumper on 07/07/14 18:51 UTC: Tom that's sweet!
Title: Re: If Detroit can do it....
Post by: ctom on 07/07/14 18:52 UTC: Thanks everyone.
Title: Re: If Detroit can do it....
Post by: bassbuster on 07/08/14 21:46 UTC: rootbeer tom rootbeer is the color most looked for....I like that big paddle tail....it would work good ...but its not about Detroit..its just a bait that every tackle shop on the river cant get enough of..come a week after ice out...add some big black fleck to......its that hot of a bait on the river.and it just started to get out last year..
Title: Re: If Detroit can do it....
Post by: abelr on 07/20/14 14:51 UTC: Please tell a NEWB. how you fused the tail and the ring worm together to look that nice? Thanks in advance
Title: Re: If Detroit can do it....
Post by: ctom on 07/20/14 16:56 UTC: Study where the cuts need to be and use a SHARP instrument. I use single edged razor blades....I buy boxes of ten, 10 at a time. If they show any signs of burring or dulling they hit the circle file. Sometimes rolling the blade along with downward pressure yields the cleanest cuts. I hold the two cut ends together and practice putting the two together exactly where I need them and then use a pencil torch with a longish flame, holding each half along side the flame shaft "just" until the plastic shows signs of sagging and then stick them together. I had to do several to get the ones in the picture. If they don't align just right, pull them apart while they are still hot and have at it again, trimming if necessary. Basically its a matter of practice, practice, practice.
Title: Re: If Detroit can do it....
Post by: efishnc on 07/21/14 21:45 UTC: Basically as tom said...

For me, I may just twist and pull the bait apart depending on if it has obvious segments, otherwise I use scissors to get the parts I want. Then, the real key is to get a "liquid gloss" on the parts you are melting, without having the plastic start to run. Once together, I don't pull my baits apart, even if they are not perfectly aligned; instead I let them cool and then take a micro torch to smooth out the imperfections afterward.
Title: Re: If Detroit can do it....
Post by: Lines on 05/15/22 05:14 UTC: Does Cialis make fusing tails easier?? ??? ::)
Title: Re: If Detroit can do it....
Post by: senkosam on 05/28/22 01:15 UTC: Quote from: Lines on 05/15/22 05:14 UTC
Does Cialis make fusing tails easier?? ??? ::)

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Title: Re: If Detroit can do it....
Post by: Lines on 05/28/22 10:44 UTC: LOL. The scammer post was removed making me look like the nut!
Title: Re: If Detroit can do it....
Post by: ctom on 05/28/22 10:56 UTC: That's ok. We understand. What's the lttle jingle say? "Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don't". We've all been there. lol
Title: Re: If Detroit can do it....
Post by: Lines on 05/28/22 20:29 UTC: The nut doesn't fall far from the tree. :P
Or as BKJ says, "the nut behind the bolt"...........I think ???
This thread has apparently gone astray. ;D
Title: Re: If Detroit can do it....
Post by: senkosam on 05/30/22 03:28 UTC: What I use instead of a butane torch: candle flame and battery-powered soldering iron.
The flame slightly melts one end and then the other for fusing the parts together. The iron is always a necessary last step to smoothing the seam all the way around to strengthen it. Hybrids are my most favorite and productive lures to catch fish on:
(https://i.imgur.com/3YfwwFv.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/OpMuWx9.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/oS6XV2p.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/PvYCxNH.jpg?1) (https://i.imgur.com/arAIxum.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/nHp4jJj.jpg?1) (https://i.imgur.com/c4CO2So.jpg)

I have a mold for the paddle tail in ctom's original post and his hybrid shape has given me a few ideas.
Thanks ctom.
Title: Re: If Detroit can do it....
Post by: Lines on 05/30/22 18:34 UTC: senkosam, you use a soldering iron on plastics. I am wondering if a soldering iron would work well for smoothing out the burrs on lead head jigs after cutting the sprue off? Any experience with that?