Making a soft plastic fishing lure, The whip tail grub and injection mould

I think I am going round in circles but there is never anything wrong with making whip tail or curly tail grubs, let us be honest anything with teeth or a set of gums and fins is either going to want to bite them or give them a nasty suck. Fishing lure fashions come and go but these simple baits have stood the test of time so it was great to try out some of my new mould making techniques and make a step up from the humble worm.

Hand pouring whip tail grubs is always a bit of a compromise as I can never get the tail to standard thickness but with an injection mould this is no problem. Also that combination of polyurethane resin and aluminium means the lures cool quickly so the mould can be set up again for the next round.

Materials

Polymer clay; there are two main brands of this Fimo and sculpey both easy to get hold of from art shops or online.

the resin I used was Easyflo 60 from ebay it can be bought small amounts normally

aluminium powder was again bought from eBay but is standard filler for lots of resins

Some companies like Makelure.com produce ready mixed resins with Aluminium powder, like VAC 50

Soft plastic liquid can be bought from a number suppliers
Europe https://www.brightbaits.com
UK http://lurefactors.co.uk/ https://lure-solutions.co.uk
USA Lureparts.com https://Makelure.com Bearsbaits.com jannsnetcraft.com
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