Spinnerbait Question

[JIGSTICK]

Have you guys had issues with the wire or hook moving on a head after being poured? The hook isn't too much of a problem but the wire is moving enough to knock the spinnerbait out of tune.

[Jig Man]

Have you guys had issues with the wire or hook moving on a head after being poured? The hook isn't too much of a problem but the wire is moving enough to knock the spinnerbait out of tune.

I used to have that with very soft lead and big Colorado blades. Now I use harder lead, smaller blades, even willows and have no problems.

[smalljaw]

Try not to remove the the head from the mold after it's poured, when the lead is still hot it is very easy to enlarge the area around the wire and the hook which will make it come loose. I like to remove the bait by grabbing the sprue with a pair of needle nose pliers but sometimes it breaks off so I'll take a small thin nail file and gently pry up on the hook but do it as close to the collar of the bait as possible, another thing you may want to do is wait 30 seconds or so for the bait to cool a bit before removing it.

[mark poulson]

You could always put a small kink in the wire at the head location.

[JIGSTICK]

I'm using medical grade lead so it may be on the soft side??? I'm in the process of seeing if building up a small amount of D2T around where the wire enters the nose and see if it will fix the issue. I'm using it as a finish coat anyways.

[smalljaw]

Jigstick, alot of times you can fix the problem by using powder paint, the heating of the bait and then applying the paint and curing it often will correct a jig or spinnerbait that is on the loose side.

[JSC]

Add a few wheel weights to harden your lead & then as "Smalljaw" said

JSC

[toadfrog]

Crimpimg the hook on the wire works pretty good.

[Munkin]

Crimpimg the hook on the wire works pretty good.

The only time I had this problem is when I removed the bait by the hook before it cooled.

Allen