Crayfish soft plastic lures are as cheap as chips these days so why make your own? Don’t ask stupid questions, because it’s fun and I wanted to see if I could. I used some basic craft store materials like Sculpey, an inexpensive oven bake modelling clay and some sculpting tools I borrowed from my son. It was not as easy as I thought, but luckily editing a couple of hours down to a few seconds makes me far more competent. I wanted some basics from the bait like sticky up claws, something crayfish do when looking for fight and tail that would bend on a jerky retrieve and also get the stance right, For the claws I embedded craft foam to give them buoyancy in the hot soft plastic liquid and the sections of the tail had some flexibility to curl up, this could of been a bit more flexible as i not sure it curled enough for my liking, To get the stance right, having the body titling up towards the head I used a penny jig head something i have used before with store bought crayfish, The jig head was home made out of penny and there is video on making it
Rtv mould making silicone, i bought this cheap from amazon it has a shore rating a30 Amazon link https://amzn.to/3nznpNH
Lure making Plastisol(soft plastic), this can be bought from some larger tackle shops or online, i chose to remelt some shop bought lure i was no using in a microwave oven
