I remember the Creepy Crawlers where you'd melt rubber/plastic compound and cast your own "creatures". Can't imagine parents stday turning a half dozen 7 and 8 year olds loose with moltent plastic.....but somehow we all survived.
While the creations were sort of OK.....we soon discovered that if you put a hook and small weight in the Crawles.....bass and bream couldn't resist. Mny a plastic worm, bug and crawfish were sacrificaed for a fish dinner.
I remember the first time I saw a commercial plastic worm (a Creme worm with the dual hook rig inside) I thought...."They stole our idea".....not knowing the Creme company had been making those baits for years. I still thought our baits worked better rigged on a small jig head. Tickles me when I see Bass pros winning tournaments today with the "amazing" Craw-worms and a jig......and I tink, "We were doing that in the mid-60's.
