Jig Man
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I am working on a bait that has stainless wires coming out both sides and down the bottom. I need to join the in a T that doesn't take up much room. They won't hold in the lead unless I do some creative bending and that takes up a lot of room. I tried soldering and that did not work. If I epoxy the junction will it hold when I pour hot lead into the mold or will I be back to wires sliding out of the mold? Any other ideas?
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Thanks for the complements guys. Cadman they are primarily used for white bass but they will catch anything that swims. smalljaw more is less is some times right. I was fishing with a friend who is too lazy to retie a jig. We were catching large female white bass and they were really working the jigs over. I "wore out" a couple and retied. He kept on fishing. I finally went to the front of the boat and took his jig. I counted the hairs. He only had 7 left on the jig but was still catching fish.
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Collarless is easier to tie for me. I just wrap several times then cut off some hair and give it a couple of wraps then add some more hair and wrap until I get as much as I want spread around the hook then wrap it good, add the chenille and wrap it down use a little clear nail polish to hold the knots and done.
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Mine came from Del. It does a great job. It is open pour.
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You just happened to get assistance from 2 of the foremost jig guys going. Cadman and smalljaw are among, if not the best.
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Sounds like too much colorant to me. I'd do another batch and only add a few drops at a time to see how it looks.
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I believe you can find different sizes of blades at Barlow's. I think they call them shakey blades or something like that.
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I'd like to see some pics of that when you get it.
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The one I like best is the Trokar swim jig. You can use old spinnerbaits if you don't have a mold.
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I like powder paint on lead. If I want glitter I just buy clear nail polish that has glitter in it. Also there is not need to seal up the paint if you powder coat then bake the lead. But if you are talking about bucktail baits you will have to paint and bake before you put the bucktail on.
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The word dye may be causing your problem. Colorant is the term that will probably get you better results. Go to Lurecraft or Jann's netcraft and you can see many choices. Look at the plastic cook book here on this site and it will give you a lot of good recipes. Being new you might learn a few things from Don'ts for Newbies also on this site.
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And here I was wanting to see what kind of critters you were taking the eyes from.
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That is invisible green and invisible orange as far as I can see. A pic would make it a lot easier.
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I use a coat hanger made into an L with the bottom being doubled and about a 1" gap. It has been working for about 20 years.
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I get gallon jugs with wide mouths.
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2. You may be injectint too fast. 4. Mix slowly and bubbles will be reduced. 5. I heat my molds and injectors on a hot plate with a piece of metal on top of it.
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I mix it up then use a smaller container to dip it out and pour through a funnel to a gallon jug.
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X2 I love my RCBS. My old Lee is on a shelf some where. It is only used for specialty pours.
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That is the style that I got from Bear. I really like how easy they work.
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I have done it both ways. Cutting is for the birds. I like to shoot them with the skirts made. I started out with 2 single cavity molds but that was not enough so I bought 2 more. 4 is barely enough and I am only making for myself. A multi cavity mold or 2 would be nice.
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Yes it does.
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How to close r-bend spinnerbait wires?
Jig Man replied to danderson145@cox.net's topic in Wire Baits
Braid like stated on the other forum. -
I use Bondo fiberglass resin. Mix it up/brush it on/let it dry/done.
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I thought it might be something like that. I am working on a "triple" spin mold and am checking out all of the new ideas that I see.
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Look good to me. How did you form the round head?
