Ideas for using old/ used plastics???

[jomatty]

read senkosams tutorial on making pop molds.  then you can simply melt all the old plastics down and make new lures with them.

understand however that this is fun and before long you will probally buy aluminum molds and plastisol and softner and a million colors.  at least thats what happened to me when i tried what i suggested and i know it has happened to a number of others.  this was fine by me as i enjoy it but if you are out just to save money all this stuff takes some time to pay for.

[SENKOSAM]

this was fine by me as i enjoy it but if you are out just to save money all this stuff takes some time to pay for.

So true!

The best rewards for working with soft plastic(s):

customizing baits that you already own

always being able to pour a selection of baits without having to spend the gas, shipping or tax to buy them

not having to worry if certain lures are in stock or that the QC sucked and half the bag is defective

being able to come up with unique colors or combos

weight the plastic to your specs with salt or make them softer

As far as selling is concerned, unless you advertise on-line and build a large clientele, forget about making money for the first 4 years. You have to have the time to make thousands of baits on demand in one year and when it becomes like a second job, not fun. Plus, a few customers can be a royal pain! I make them for a select few and usually not in summer.

[Matt Fly]

I like to save my 10 plus plastics.     I cut the tails from torn up worms and later use them as senko style baits or 7 inch worms for french fry type baits for C-rigs.

Also, with the 10 inch plus bodies, I use an older soldiering iron to fuse the body and another 10 inch together to give me 16 inch plus worms.   If you repair electronics, it will ruin a good soldier pencil tip, very hard to keep clean after you fuse some together.

Hookem

Matt

[SDoolittle]

I discovered this during a tournament when I ran out of a particular color of drop shot worms. The only other thing I had in the same color was a bag of trick worms, so I broke one in half and my catch actually improved. Now when a trick worm starts to fall apart from texas rigging, I break off the back half and save it for drop shotting.

[cpvenom]

You can also take the bodies from the same type of worm and make one extra long one. I have a 10 inch powerworm that I made after fusing old powerworms. Now I dont have to buy 10" powerworms.