Crayfish soft plastic lures are as cheap as chips these days so why make your own? Don’t ask stupid questions, because it’s fun and I wanted to see if I could. I used some basic craft store materials like Sculpey, an inexpensive oven bake modelling clay and some sculpting tools I borrowed from my son. It was not as easy as I thought, but luckily editing a couple of hours down to a few seconds makes me far more competent. I wanted some basics from the bait like sticky up claws, something crayfish do when looking for fight and tail that would bend on a jerky retrieve and also get the stance right, For the claws I embedded craft foam to give them buoyancy in the hot soft plastic liquid and the sections of the tail had some flexibility to curl up, this could of been a bit more flexible as i not sure it curled enough for my liking, To get the stance right, having the body titling up towards the head I used a penny jig head something i have used before with store bought crayfish, The jig head was home made out of penny and there is video on making it
Tools and materials
Sculpey oven bake modelling clay, amazon link https://amzn.to/42b7JiN
Rtv mould making silicone, i bought this cheap from amazon it has a shore rating a30 Amazon link https://amzn.to/3nznpNH
Lure making Plastisol(soft plastic), this can be bought from some larger tackle shops or online, i chose to remelt some shop bought lure i was no using in a microwave oven
2mm craft foam and pins for some buoyancy in the claws Amazon link https://amzn.to/3M2g3eZ
Black maker to colour the eyes
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Megabass just released a craw bait with hollow pinchers like this. The hollow claws are the key. Keeps them raised up like it is being defensive to predators. Great job man, you’re really good at your craft.
Dude your final product is crazy love the effort in the vids just as much as the lure man your on it
Hello, I enjoyed the video
What should I search for white liquid and red liquid?
What material did you use to
Make the final mold? I’ve always wondered if the hot plastisol would melt anything not metal or stone
I used to use creepy crawlers for bait.
Soak em in salmon egg juice and they work amazing.
What’s the benefits of doing this over injection molds. Or are injection just better. If I had to guess this is easier to get in to or cheaper.
