RE: How many folks make their own lures?
Simple enough. There are tons of commercially available molds. Barlows in Plano, TX has a bunch of molds. Jann's/Netcraft has a bunch too. Both companies furnis the liquid vinyl to pour them.
If you want to pop a mold off of an existing product, that isn't hard either but darn sure unethical if you plan to sell them. Open top molds can be made with RTV silicone or even Plaster of Paris. I've used polyester Resin a few times too. Polyuerethane makes really good molds and is super simple to work with.
I don't have any liquid vinyl right now but I could melt down some old worms if you really want to see how to do it. Honestly, though it probably cheaper to buy existing products than it is to make a mold to copy one and then buy the vinyl. Making something new and uniquemight be worth the effort.
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