Hi Larry,
I know there is a lot of threads about Mr. Whiggley, and I've searched them but not really found the answers I'm looking for, so here goes...
I'm making my own Mr. Whiggley-type bait, but I would like to make it in a 1-piece open top mold. I've made a few 2-piece mold for paddletail swimbaits, which have been quite successfull.
But I would like to try a 1-piece mold for this project, as I believe it will be a lot simpler. For the master to work in a open top mold, it will have to have a slightly downward tilted tail section in order to give the master a flat back to glue down for the mold making. What do you think, how important is a perfectly vertically symmetrical tail for the swimming action?
Another thing I was wondering about is the dimensions of the bait. My bait will be approx. 9"- 9 1/2" long. How thick/thin do you think the head and tail need to be in order to produce the lovely swimming pattern that Mr. Whiggly has?
Please let me know if you have any ideas or feedback regarding this. I'll try to upload a picture of my master sketch in the Lure Photos-section for reference.
Brgds
/Emil
p.s really looking forward to the release of the production Whiggleys. Been wanting to try them out since I heard about them d.s