Jig Man
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Steve here is a link to the whip finisher. There are more than one size. For bass jigs I use the largest one I could buy. http://www.midcurrent.com/articles/flies/talleur_whipme.aspx
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I always use a regular vice for bass jigs when I wire them. Here are some pics of wire tying jigs.
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It would help a lot to know what material you are using for skirts and how you are attaching them to the jig.
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Eat a cup of yogurt and put the pins in it. I have some with paint on them and they don't want to fish in my molds easily.
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The wire that allows one filament of FG30 is .035 my spinnerbait wire is .040. I cut a small piece of spinnerbait wire and used scotch tape to hold it where I wanted the weedguard. I clamped the mold down solid in a vice so that the wire would indent the mold. I did this for all 4 cavities. Now I can put 1/2" pieces of .035 wire in the slots and pour away. Thanks to fred. I don't know if pics will show up but I'll try.
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fred I do this all the time with my bigger jigs (base pins). I can't understand why it didn't occur to me in the first place. Thanks man.
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Yesterday I fished with a crappie guru. I took several hundred baits and a bunch of heads. I caught 3 fish on my stuff while he caught lots. I finally begged some heads and baits. We wound up with over 150 crappie. I have modified my mold to take the small hook #4 and weedguard (one fiber from an FG30. There is no way I can heat it up and powder paint it (he does). I have spent all morining using finger nail polish on the heads (3 coats). Any of you old boys got a solution. Don't even think about pouring and drilling that small of a hole.
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Got any Pics?
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I have done it. I don't like it and that is why I bought Bear's molds. Bojon is the dipping guru on here.
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I have had success putting duct tape over the weedguard area on both sides of the mold. I lay the wire on it and pour. I get no flash and the duct tape never even looks like it is going to melt. It's a 2 minute install and a 10 second uninstall.
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Like smalljaw suggested 90# braided stainless vinyl coated leader. I use it all the time for weedguard. I never use it doubled though. I get it from BPS in 30' lenghts for $4.99 each. The ship it in from one of their stores that has salt water stuff and I pick it up with no shipping fees. I just got 2 spools this week.
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I have two of Bear's molds they really are nice. I wish I had more.
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If you are still having trouble after following Cadman's advice, light a candle and hold the mold over it so it gets all smoky. I don't like to do that, but I have 2 molds that won't work well any other way.
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Some lead sources for me have been: metal recycling centers radioactive medicine containers from hospitals show stall floors from home remodlers
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I bought 2 of them and 2 injectors. They work great but I'll be years in coming out even with the total cost.
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Yes but why is that a concern?
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If you try to pull them apart you will get one bait made every 37 days. I cut my rubber to the length I want + 1/2 inch. I normally use 1 tab of the base color and 1/2 tabs of what ever else I want. I put them on the jighead and wire them in place. Then I pull them out and cut off 1/4" of each section.
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I've had one of those type molds for 30 years. I have had to replace the pins a few times. I just use SS wire that will fit in the holes.
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Yep I have the 3 stage pliers from Barlows. I can make anything I want with stainless or galvanized wire. I make jig screw locks and even tube screwlocks.
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Most everything else was covered. For me a good set of gate cutters is an absolute for good jig heads with minimal touch up before painting.
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I heat my injectors and molds on a $9.95 Wally World hot plate.
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I dip, turn upside down and tap out the paint. After curing I touch up with a 1/8" drill bit.
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As always cadman is the master.
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Yep they never fully mix and that gives one some really great combos sometimes without doing 3 or 4 color paints but sometimes it is just crappy.
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I have been using the HF cheap powder for several months. It works just fine. I stock basic colors and mix them to get what I want.