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I dont hear much about this being done anymore these days, but you can get more of a rise out of the tail of your plastic worms by carefully using a hyperdermic needle to inject an airbubble into it.
The trick is to slide the needle in almost parallel to the surface of the tail. As you depress the needles plunger, slowly draw the needle back out of the plastic. The result, if done properly, will be an elongated air bubble. As the needle withdraws the plastic will close up and keep the air trapped in. If its not sealing up for you, then just before you withdraw the needle, drop a minuscle drop of superglue at the entry point of the needle then draw the needle the rest of the way out. Draw the needle out quickly once you drop the glue on, so as to not glue the needle to the worm.
If you cant get a hyperdermic needle, you can more than likely stop in at your local hobby shop and get a very similiar device that model builders use to apply glue in very small amounts. It looks just like a needle except the tip part is a slight bit thicker (not much though), is not pointed and is made out of aluminum. Despite the fact that they are not pointed, they are still small enough to easily penetrate the plastic without damaging or leaving a large hole.
End result is that now when your worm is underwater, the airbubble will keep the tail of the worm suspended higher than normal. This works excellent on paddle tail worms and smaller worms. If the worm is too big there may be too much weight for the airbubble to make any difference.
Tattered Thumbs n Bigguns, Jared
The trick is to slide the needle in almost parallel to the surface of the tail. As you depress the needles plunger, slowly draw the needle back out of the plastic. The result, if done properly, will be an elongated air bubble. As the needle withdraws the plastic will close up and keep the air trapped in. If its not sealing up for you, then just before you withdraw the needle, drop a minuscle drop of superglue at the entry point of the needle then draw the needle the rest of the way out. Draw the needle out quickly once you drop the glue on, so as to not glue the needle to the worm.
If you cant get a hyperdermic needle, you can more than likely stop in at your local hobby shop and get a very similiar device that model builders use to apply glue in very small amounts. It looks just like a needle except the tip part is a slight bit thicker (not much though), is not pointed and is made out of aluminum. Despite the fact that they are not pointed, they are still small enough to easily penetrate the plastic without damaging or leaving a large hole.
End result is that now when your worm is underwater, the airbubble will keep the tail of the worm suspended higher than normal. This works excellent on paddle tail worms and smaller worms. If the worm is too big there may be too much weight for the airbubble to make any difference.
Tattered Thumbs n Bigguns, Jared
