Jig Man
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I have some of their molds. They are superb. Worth the wait.
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So I cleaned the hooks with acetone, sanded the area to be covered with lead, heated the hooks, and used a semi hard lead mixture. It worked like a charm. The hooks are tight. Now if I can figure out how to fish it I'll be in tall cotton. Thanks for the ideas guys.
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I have some old printers lead around. I might give it a try. Got to find something that works as 5 of us will be using these things.
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Nope I haven't. Had not even considered it. I will put that in my list of things to try next time I am in the shop. What would you recommend as the flux. Thanks.
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I have made a mold from RTV silicone to make this bait. I have tried a few different hooks. They all move around in the lead. I have tried using floral wire and passing it through the hook eye and winding it around the hook shank. A bit of help but still too much wobble. A wide gap worm hook moves less but still is loose. If I took the time to epoxy the wires to the hook, would the epoxy hold up to the hot lead and keep the hook from moving around. Got any other ideas please toss them out.
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No I haven't but I know a guy who has some very good harnesses from the old Battlefield Wire Co.
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I think it was the container. Once I broke it off the silicone dried in a couple of hours. It had only cured a little ways before I cut the side out of the medicine bottle that my wife gave me to use.
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I am wanting to make a mold to cast pour for a bait similar to the Hog Farmer T Spin Hybrid. I have been curing a high temp silicone mold for several days and it just won't set up. Maybe I used the wrong container or used the wrong high temp silicone. What other materials can I use to build a mold and cast a couple of dozen heads?
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It is premixed in the tube.
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Nothing. It is high temp red rtv silicone.
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I have been curing it for 2 days inside near the wood stove and it still isn't cured. I don't know what the pic is sideways. I tried to rotate it but couldn't.
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I don't get any paint in the eye to start with. I hold the bait with needle nosed pliers covering the jig eye. I also only heat the head enough for the paint to cover the head with a dull very light coat so there are no drips.
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I use 10 ga house romex with the insulation removed.
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I use it for light color remelts but don't for darker colors. When I remelt I do it in short 20-30 second bursts on the microwave. Stabilizer has a color to it so I only use a few drops when I use it.
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For hair jigs I prefer a round head with no collar. It is easier to tie directly to the hook and makes a much nicer looking jig.
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You might want to take a look at Sevelon coated cable. I use it a lot for tube heads.
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Barlow's Tackle will have most of the stuff that you will need. Look up smalljaw on YouTube. He has some very good videos on jig tying using various materials.
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The knife blade idea works. We used to have one. We put blades together then put the apparatus in a vice, laid the bait on it and rolled a wooden dowel over it to make the cuts.
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Drill out he hook eye socket to fit your hook then fill it in with RTV silicone so you won't have flash.
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I have a bottle of softener and haven't used it in years. One thing you do need is heat stabilizer.
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Have you looked at the Trokar swim jig mold?
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You will get your thinnest coat by having the jig head as cool as possible and the paint stick to it. I use a heat gun and heat the heads until the paint will barely stick to them. They will have a very dull finish to them but once you bake them they will be shiny and hard. Put on this way I do not get lumps or runs when I bake.
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What I use is brown paper sacks, coffee filters, and vacuum cleaner filters.
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I have the hammered spoon mold. I always carry them. I cast them for surfacing fish. Jig them for suspended or bottom fish and also yo yo them.
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You have a PM.
