How to Make Your Own Jig Mold

Creating a mold allows you to make your own fishing lure rigs.

A jig fishing lure is designed to flutter about as it is pulled through the water. This fluttering by the lure creates the illusion of wounded prey to the fish which spots the lure, enticing it to attack the lure, allowing you to catch it. Purchasing multiple lures can be expensive; however, you can create your own jig mold for a favorite lure, which will allow you to replicate the lure without purchasing an entirely new lure in the event that the lure is lost or damaged.

Things You'll Need

• Box
• Petroleum jelly
• Mixing bowl
• Water
• Plaster of Paris
• Lure
• Wire cutters
• Metal file
• 2 brads
• Crafting knife

Instructions

1. Line the interior of the box with petroleum jelly. This jelly will prevent the mold from sticking to the box when it has dried.

2. Mix the plaster of Paris and water in a mixing bowl and fill half of the box with plaster of Paris.

3. Cut the hook off of the lure being molded, and file the stub down so that it is flush with the tip of the lure. Remove any feathers or other linings attached to the lure, so that only the body of the lure remains.

4. Press the lure into the plaster of Paris so that half of the lure is covered.

5. Insert the brads into the plaster of Paris in opposing corners, with the large end of the brad submerged, and the tip of the brad extending out of the top of the plaster. These brads will later be used to align the halves of your mold.

6. Allow the plaster to dry and apply a thin layer of petroleum jelly to the surface of the plaster, the exposed half of the lure and the exposed edges of the box.

7. Mix plaster of Paris and fill the box, then allow the plaster to dry.

8. Remove the mold from the box after it has dried and separate the two halves to remove the lure.

9. Carefully carve a thin slot with the crafting knife, running from the tip of the molded chamber to the edge of the mold. This slot will be used to insert a hook when molding a lure.

10. Carve a funnel shape into the rear end of the lure's imprint to create an area to pour the material you will be molding into a lure.

References

• Make Your Own Fishing Molds: Jig Mold

Resources

• Read this Article in Spanish