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Matt, I'm inspired by you!  At a mininum, i'll be focusing on making a bunch more jigs for next year at home instead of buying them!  Thanks for sharing, and keep it up! 

Hi Al!  Look forward to seeing what you come up with.  We will have to try them at Shelter Cove!  I have had good luck forming lead molds from Bondo.  You can't production pour, but it works great for a few at a time.  I am doing some 6oz butterfly jigs with a mold I made.  Not store perfect, but they look pretty good and cost pennies on the dollar.  I got some stainless wire to make my own harness inserts now as well.  That should save even more money.

I went to order some new plastic today and found a nice squid mold.



It is only 10.00 for a nice RTV mold. It makes a 5 3/4" long squid and looks just like my little clay squid.  Funny how similar lures end up looking to one another.  I guess there are only a few ways to make a creature lure.  This looks a lot like the p line squid.  I bet if I cut off the arms and plastic welded a tube skirt on the bottom, it would be a dead ringer!  I am going to research it a little more, but it looks like i may buy one and try it out.

Matt