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Pour a set of weights from the mold and weigh them. Easy way to find out and then you know for sure what they weigh. Arne.

Mark typically with Do-it molds if you grab the finished poured baits by the molded attached sprue with pliers and move the bait back and forth by the hook the bait will separate and break off very cleanly from the sprue at it's thinnest point . A couple of swipes with a file is all it takes to smooth the head where the sprue was attached .

now that im looking at the photos he sent me he was definitely trying to hide it by how he had bright light on it, because it dosnt show with light on it but you can see little bits of it in the pics so hopefully hes not gonna be hard about it, luckily i used paypal goods and services

Not true, fish have vision similar to humans.

BTW bought a pair and they work great. Arne.

Harbor freight has them. Think they were $4 last fall. Arne.

Pouring update: I cleaned out the pot, removed the spout closure bar, and cleaned out the spout. There was a ton of crud in it, and in the bottom of the pot. I sanded the inside of the pot with 400grit wet and dry, and then sprayed WD 40 into the pot, and on the closure bar. Then I sprayed isopropyl alcohol into the pot, and wiped the closure bar with alcohol. I blew out the alcohol with my compressor, and heat dried everything with my hair dryer. I sprayed Drop Out into the pot and spout. I sprayed Drop Out on the closure bar, too. I let everything dry for several days, and then reassembled. In between steps on the pot, I fluxed 9lbs of lead with paraffin and burned it off with a lit paper towel. I skimmed all the crap (dross/) off the lead, and poured it into 1/2lb and 1lb ingots. Today, I heated the pot on 7, and melted 5lbs of lead ingots. I put my mold on top of the pot while it heated. While the lead was melting, I put a teflon bowl under the spout to catch any drips. There were none. Once the lead was melted, I lifted the spout closure rod to see how it poured. Holy crap! The lead flowed in a beautiful steady stream into the teflon bowl, and shut off, with no drips, when I released the handle. I did one pour with no hooks, and everything filled completely, so I loaded my hooks and weed guard pins. I put the mold in my metal working vice, and gave it a good squeeze, to make sure it closed completely with the hooks in place, and then I poured my first batch. They came out perfect! I wound up pouring 10 each of 1/4oz, 3/8oz, and 1/2oz weedless arkie jigs. Thank you all so much for all your help!

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Catch Rate. Fishermen or Fish. Depends on what’s biting.