Redesigning soft plastics

For those interested in lure modifying or lure crafting, check out the galleries. I've uploaded some recent creations and the blog pages below will show those that I did last year. One nice thing about soft plastics is that with a candle flame and a soldering iron, you can improve upon a manufacturer's design.

For example, Bass Pro's Squirmin Shad has a boot tail that is at less of an angle to the main axis of the bait. Mr Twister Sassy Shad is more perpendicular and allows for more vibration at slow speeds and with slight rod twitches, and even that angle is inadequate. Also, the club tail is too thick and the body too wide for both baits, which are two main reasons Slider Grubs are so fantastic. Mr Twister also gave each size a boot tail that is too large for the body and this is remedied by exchanging the boot from the next smaller lure.

*The Slider action-tail resembles the head of a nail or tack and is attached by a thing band of plastic. The Slider vibratail is far superior to Mr Twister's and pannies go nuts for the 1.5" size.

I've taken a Lunker City Fin S Fish and attached a club tail to it and was delighted that the bait had the most natural minnow shimmie I've ever seen. My new snake design caught a bass in 2' of stick-ups Dec. 2 and will be phenomenal in spring.

I hate to see plastics take up space for years, like any lure I've paid good money for, and would rather give them new life than chuck them as duds.

Besides, I subscribe to the theory that a bass that has never seen a bait, is more apt to strike it.

Here are blog pages that have kept me busy in winter when ice fishing was slow and the weather, brutal:

http://www.zipperworm.blogspot.com/

http://morecabinfevercreations.blogspot.com/

http://senkosamsothercreations.blogspot.com/

http://2005effectivehybrids.blogspot.com/

http://senkosam.blogspot.com/

Beats sitiing around watching the boob tube!