cadman Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 Hi Guys, I'm looking to see if the Gami 5941 flat eye 60° degree hook will fit any of these molds. The cavities I'm looking to use are 1/4, 3/8 and 3/4 oz. I want it to fit without mold modification if possible. I don't have this hook so I can't check the fit. The hooks come in 2/0,3/0 4/0 and 5/0. The molds I'm looking to use are weedless round (RWR-3-AYS,AYM and AYL), weedless football (FBB-4H-AFM and FBB-3M-AFM) and Arky (ARK-3-AY and AFC). Thanks for any help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted January 29, 2012 Report Share Posted January 29, 2012 I have the round head and the football mold but not the Arky mold so that one I can't help you with but the other two, they are a no go without modification. I got one single one as a sample awhile back from Barlows, they told me it wouldn't fit but I wanted to try so they sent me a single 3/0 hook and as they told me, it was too heavy wire. Just so you know, I compared it to a Mustad 32796 and the Gammy 5941 was a hair thicker, I can't remember the numbers but I took them to work and measured the thickness with a micrometer. I was trying at the time to make a finesse flipping jig but I liked using the mold for other things so I didn't modify it. Sorry I can't help with the Arky mold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted January 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 Thanks for the info, Smalljaw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted January 30, 2012 Report Share Posted January 30, 2012 I have the round head and the football mold but not the Arky mold so that one I can't help you with but the other two, they are a no go without modification. I got one single one as a sample awhile back from Barlows, they told me it wouldn't fit but I wanted to try so they sent me a single 3/0 hook and as they told me, it was too heavy wire. Just so you know, I compared it to a Mustad 32796 and the Gammy 5941 was a hair thicker, I can't remember the numbers but I took them to work and measured the thickness with a micrometer. I was trying at the time to make a finesse flipping jig but I liked using the mold for other things so I didn't modify it. Sorry I can't help with the Arky mold. I modified half the cavities on my Do It football jig mold, which was designed for 1/0 and 2/0 Mustad hooks, to accept heavier wire 3/0 and 4/0 hooks with a fine triangular file. It didn't take much to get them to fit. I had to lengthen the hook eye area to accomodate the longer neck on the heavier hooks, but that wasn't hard with drill press. I set the depth so I didn't overdrill, locked the check down at that depth so I could move the jig with both hands, and went slow. It took me probably less than an hour to do all the modifications. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
