After a lot of tweaking and playing around for the last few weeks I got something that I kind of like now.
It is one of my plastic pours and it is fairly complicated to make. The wood plug looks good but the mold has a few minor flaws I have to work on. (I think I need a vacuum pump and big chamber to get it perfect ) I will have to make a new mold before I go into "production" but I was able to produce a couple to test out. This is the first plastic squid I made right out of the mold. It weights 3.2 oz fully rigged, floats, body is about 7.5" long with 1.25 in dia and has a reverse rubber skirt as the tentacles and two hackles as the long tentacles.
It is a hybrid darter style in that it darts somewhat like a darter and has a somewhat flattened side. It casts quite well as it is fairly streamlined and the fins provide some stability in flight. It swims about 1-2' below the surface with a mod to slow retrieve and surfaces when stopped. I hope to have a bunch few made for the spring squid run here.
Sorry for the poor quality of the movie, it is difficult to cast/film and reel at the same time.
What do you guys think?