Hard & Soft Plastisol in One Bait

[JacobB006]

Hi. This may be a dumb question, but could anyone give me any insight on if it would be possible to use both hard and soft plastisol in one bait? I was looking to pour a fluke with a hard hose and a soft body to make nose hooking more durable. I know it might be easily done in an open pour mold, but can it be done in an injection mold? Has anyone done this? Thanks

[Jig Man]

I’m sure it can be done.  If you have a multi cavity mold it may be difficult.  You might practice by using two different colors so you can get a quick idea of how it works.  I just use medium plastisol and haven’t had any problems with nose hooking.

[Siebert Outdoors]

I did it years ago in an open pour.  I used a super soft belly and a medium top.  It poured fine and held together but it stiffened up the baits.  Manns made a bait years ago called the hard nose which was exactly what you are trying to do. 

I went as far as a senko formula belly and regular top for weight.  It worked good too.

[looking45]

Why not make the entire bait hard? A fluke really doesn’t have much action other than gliding. I don’t think it’s going to make any difference. Salt water flukes are hard and they catch fish. YMMV

[PaulVE64]

I have some Mann's Rhino hard head frogs. Hard noses and soft bodies

 

[Munkin]

You can try pouring the bait and then dip the head in harder plastic? 

 

Allen

[Bankc]

Yeah, people mix colors all of the time.  Mixing hardness would be the same principle.  You can either use injection molds or open pour, you just have to have a plan for how much to pour of each.