Skinny dipped tails

[DF]

  These are tails from a 6" skinny carrot dipped a few times to get rid of the blunt end. The blue is X2 midnight blue, if you don't have this color in your collection you need it.

[ctom]

Did you water dip these after the plastic dunk? Its easier to get smoother finished ends using a water dip then a quick roll on a paper towel. Blunt ends are tough to get round though. Great tip on using the tinted dip to add color.

And on that midnight blue X2....I agree 100%. Another is Florida Grape in X2. Lots of doors open with these two colors.

Cool idea on cutting the baits for a smaller profile.

[DF]

 Thanks,  Still need some work on my dipping, did the water dip but no roll, I'll give that a try.

[ctom]

When I cover dip cut ends I very carefully dip just enough of the cut to get a slight bulge of plastic to stick. Then a quick dip to set it and a roll on paper towel to get rid of the water. I'l do that maybe twice if needed to smooth out the cut edge, add the eyes and cover dip. I see on your baits where you are doing a staggered dip. Good job, nice work.

[BareKnuckleJigs]

Killer idea, DF.  There are many things You can do with many molds...just think outside the box, as You've done here.

I am well on my way with handpouring, and handpouring a few molds that aren't intended to be handpoured.  I bought a Stainless Steel Drizzle Spoon off of Amazon.com and that has greatly aided in my success (success grows confidence!) of handpouring.  I have a few aluminum injection molds that I open and pour the halves by hand, and that handpoured bait is the entire bait.  OP molds are also a lot easier now.

If You're interested, here's the spoon... http://www.amazon.com/RSVP-DRIZL-Stainless-Steel-Drizzle-Spoon/dp/B002AB0N4U/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392312131&sr=8-1&keywords=drizzle+spoon

Awesome Job on those Baits!

[ctom]

I like the color-over-clear concept. I've done it a few times for some personal baits. The blue in DF's baits is a noteworthy blue....very nicely done.

Gary is dead on with the idea that hand pouring opens a lot of doors even when using injection molds. I know Andrew does the carrots with a plate to make leech-like baits and Mo has gone way out in space with his custom conversion. Now DK has helped show how shortening a bait and doing some fancy work can broaden a mold's use even more. DK's work here is as far outside of the box as Mo's creation.

[pjmcla]

Another neat Idea.  Nice bait. 

[MO QWACK]

Awesome! Those are the first step to a heck of a fish fry mmm fried crappie, corn bread, spicy sweet pickles, skillet fried tatters and a cold wheat beer mmmmmm

[efishnc]

An easy way to take care of the blunt ends is to apply a little heat to them... a torch, heat gun or whatever method is not as important as just getting the plastic to turn "wet" on the end and then let hang down to re-solidify... once you get a handle on this method, the drip will gather at the end and be near perfect every time.