Bait Clicker for Catfish?

[thatchergreg]

This is a quick look at how I shape the bodies.
First I make a pilot hole with a sewing awl, the closer to center the better.



Then I slide the foam over a bamboo skewer chucked in a drill.


Running the drill in reverse so the foam and sanding belt are moving in opposite directions I start by sanding a taper on the front .


Then I sand the rear taper



And lastly I round off the middle section. Of course, all of this assumes that you obtained a foam kneeling pad and cut the plugs with some sort of hole saw, I use a .458 winchester magnum case with the mouth sharpened.


TubeDudes tutorial goes into much more detail, including foam selection, cutting, painting, and gluing the body onto the hooks so there isn't any need for me to repeat it.