home made soft plastics : lures & flies

pisstenbroke · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:27 pm Post subject: home made soft plastics

A work place injury has had me at home for the past 6 mths, so to keep myself busy i started to make my own soft plastics. On the weekend i finally got out on the water & went to meckitts for the low tide. I have 5 different patterns/colors but only needed one. First cast a very healthy 63cm barra,so they do work. The color was opaque with a glow in the dark green line across the back in the minnow shape. I'm looking forward to trying out the snapper grubs i have made over the easter weekend. :catch:

ken_dog · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 3:30 pm Post subject: Re: home made soft plastics

photos mate..........??

Lumborghini · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:06 pm Post subject: Re: home made soft plastics

Yeah mate need photos, you could be onto something......maybee even sell a few.. but no-one will believe you without Photos....

pisstenbroke · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:17 pm Post subject: Re: home made soft plastics

I have pics of what i have made here, I am open to any surrgestions you might have on colors.

erudebill · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 4:56 pm Post subject: Re: home made soft plastics

Hey Don I can't believe it took you 6 months to make 13 soft plastics. :lol:

MattyA · Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2011 8:32 pm Post subject: Re: home made soft plastics

Mate how do you do that? I love fishing with the softies (but am really a hack that gets lucky on occasion!)

How much gear do you need to give it a go? I have built my own fishing rod and catching a fish on that is good, but I reckon on a home made softie would be sweet as!

Cheers

Matt

pisstenbroke · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 3:13 pm Post subject: Re: home made soft plastics

Hey matty i found a place in ACT that sell the plastic in a liquid, he sells the moulds as well, you just need to heat the plastic to 340 deg add what color you want & pour it in the mould. The reason i do it is i had never caught a fish on any type of lure, been trying for 30 plus years. This seemed like a good way for me to keep trying.

barra&hogs · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 3:54 pm Post subject: Re: home made soft plastics

Remember the orange and black tiger clours that stopped being shipped up to Darwin. Make that colour they where the best softies ever

Bullet · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 7:12 pm Post subject: Re: home made soft plastics

Good work P'n'B, look forward to see how they go.

Emil · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2011 11:47 pm Post subject: Re: home made soft plastics

I have a mate who is also on FFF who has been doing this for a while.
Does it in the microwave, best thing is, when they get tacky, you just nuke them again in a mould and make a new one! :clap:

Sounds like the way to go, and cheap too once you get set up.
:cheers:

DOUG · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 2:23 pm Post subject: Re: home made soft plastics

pisstenbroke wrote:

Hey matty i found a place in ACT that sell the plastic in a liquid, he sells the moulds as well, you just need to heat the plastic to 340 deg add what color you want & pour it in the mould. The reason i do it is i had never caught a fish on any type of lure, been trying for 30 plus years. This seemed like a good way for me to keep trying.

you got the contact details for old mate or does he hav a website??

shaggs · Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2011 8:01 pm Post subject: Re: home made soft plastics

DOUG wrote:

pisstenbroke wrote:

Hey matty i found a place in ACT that sell the plastic in a liquid, he sells the moulds as well, you just need to heat the plastic to 340 deg add what color you want & pour it in the mould. The reason i do it is i had never caught a fish on any type of lure, been trying for 30 plus years. This seemed like a good way for me to keep trying.

you got the contact details for old mate or does he hav a website??

Yeah I would be interested in giving it a go
You've done well mate

Ernie · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 9:02 am Post subject: Re: home made soft plastics

Heres a couple of mobs yhat do em

http://www.u-make-emsoftplastics.com.au ... hp?cPath=3

http://www.lurecraft.com/content/

Was lookin at having a go myself

:cheers:

pisstenbroke · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2011 8:55 pm Post subject: Re: home made soft plastics

I use U-MAKE-EM SOFT PLASTICS. But i have found that spotlight at the jape center has a small range of glitter that works ok. Have been looking to see where i can get the plastic liquid in larger amouts.

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