December 16, 2024

Mouse Tail Trout Lure

STL’s for this lure are available for purchase from Cults3d.com

This is a 2.5″ Mouse Tail Trout Lure I did for someone by request.  I normally don’t do request but I’ve never heard of one of these and figured it would be worth trying as I’ve been doing a bit of trout fishing myself lately.  (In 2024 trout was the only thing I was able to fish for as life kept me too busy to even take my boat out. I think this is the only bait I made in 2024 also.)

It’s a small 4 cavity mold with each half being only 3 x 3.5″ as it was designed to fit a resin printer build plate.

I will be able to print both halves on my FDM printer at the same time though.

I haven’t printed the actual mold yet but the test print looks good. These things are pretty small, they might make a good pan fish bait too.

I also made a separate 12 cavity  head mold for doing two color baits. This mold is only 3.5 x 1.75″.

I made a little nub on the end of the head for the bait body to join to better.

Once the heads are injected they can be inserted into the main mold…

The body of the bait can then be injected.

In theory… the body should form around the head nub making for a better bond.  (the head mold has yet to be tested.)

Here is the first test mold (resin printed) and the first injection. (Thanks to Tylor for the pictures.)

One of the first baits.  The venting might need to be a little smaller and the denting is just because it was the first injection.

Here is my version (bottom) compared to a store bought.

They seemed to work just fine from the looks of it. I can’t wait to try these things out for myself.

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