tbrinlee Posted April 5, 2012 Report Share Posted April 5, 2012 As I mentioned in another post I have a tuna trip this weekend. All total I made 6 oz Glow diamond jigs, 4 oz spearhead jigs, 5 oz flutter gigs and now some 2 oz squid jigs. I would be interested in suggestions on how to fish them and for what. I am thinking of using them for vermilion snapper (b-liners) on a bottom rig with a piece of quid on the trailer hook. I did change my epoxy for these I used some 24 hour cure Rustoleums Parks Super Glaze Epoxy. This is the second time I have used the product. The first time I used it I had problems with it curing as some other forums have noted. We will see how durable it is in saltwater. I had a lot of fun making them. Thanks for reading the post. 2oz Squid Jigs BMP.bmp 2oz Squid Jigs BMP.bmp 2oz Squid Jigs BMP.bmp 2oz Squid Jigs BMP.bmp 2oz Squid Jigs BMP.bmp 2oz Squid Jigs BMP.bmp 2oz Squid Jigs BMP.bmp 2oz Squid Jigs BMP.bmp 2oz Squid Jigs BMP.bmp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLT Posted April 7, 2012 Report Share Posted April 7, 2012 I know i would love to have the squid mold! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy1976 Posted April 9, 2012 Report Share Posted April 9, 2012 I know i would love to have the squid mold! you can buy one from Shawn Collins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLT Posted April 12, 2012 Report Share Posted April 12, 2012 you can buy one from Shawn Collins I thought the ones on his site had a patend on them and were for the people who designed them only. I may have to check them out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy1976 Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Seems like they were for sale on his web site. Maybe we can get tbrninlee to do a swap or sell some. I've got his mold that looks similar to a megabait on his front page. great mold 4 to 12 oz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasilofchrisn Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 I just bought a mold on EBAY to make these. It is made by a company in austria. The mold is a two piece mold and makes 100-120and 170 gram squid heads. That is @ 3.5oz 4.2oz and 6oz. I hope it works good. I have never used a two piece mold before but should be able to make it work for me. Thanks for the idea guys. I think these could work good for my fishing sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLT Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 I just bought a mold on EBAY to make these. It is made by a company in austria. The mold is a two piece mold and makes 100-120and 170 gram squid heads. That is @ 3.5oz 4.2oz and 6oz. I hope it works good. I have never used a two piece mold before but should be able to make it work for me. Thanks for the idea guys. I think these could work good for my fishing sometimes. I have some Reading molds that are in halves. Biggest one being an up to 28 oz. trolling lure/sinker. Never use it, may have to hit e-bay with it. I have 5 of those reading molds. Use vice grips to hold them shut most times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasilofchrisn Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 (edited) I have some Reading molds that are in halves. Biggest one being an up to 28 oz. trolling lure/sinker. Never use it, may have to hit e-bay with it. I have 5 of those reading molds. Use vice grips to hold them shut most times. Thanks! that was what I was thinking myself was to use a vise grips of one design or another. If you ever decide to sell those other molds I am interested just send a pm. I like the big stuff for our halibut fishing in the saltwater. If you decide to Ebay them let me know via pm as I will probably bid on them. Thanks again ! Chris Edited April 13, 2012 by Kasilofchrisn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasilofchrisn Posted April 14, 2012 Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 I did look and Shawn Collins does show a squid jig mold to make the ones like Tbrinlee made on his website. Both a fixed hook and one with just an eye for a free swinging hook. In a whole host of sizes from 1/2oz to 20oz. I will say Tbrinlee made some nice looking jigs that should catch some good fish. Hopefully he will comment on the mold used to make them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLT Posted April 14, 2012 Report Share Posted April 14, 2012 If I do lean to selling them, I'll let you know. I'd rather do a fair price to a forum member than make another 2 bucks to a person on E-bay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbrinlee Posted April 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2012 I did look and Shawn Collins does show a squid jig mold to make the ones like Tbrinlee made on his website. Both a fixed hook and one with just an eye for a free swinging hook. In a whole host of sizes from 1/2oz to 20oz. I will say Tbrinlee made some nice looking jigs that should catch some good fish. Hopefully he will comment on the mold used to make them. Sorry guys but I just bought the heads off ebay. I didn't have a mold. I wanted to try them before I bought the mold. I will tell you that I much prefer the hook to be fixed into the head of the jig than the split ring attachment method I had to use for these. To me that was a very big negative in my book. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbrinlee Posted April 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 I just bought a mold on EBAY to make these. It is made by a company in austria. The mold is a two piece mold and makes 100-120and 170 gram squid heads. That is @ 3.5oz 4.2oz and 6oz. I hope it works good. I have never used a two piece mold before but should be able to make it work for me. Thanks for the idea guys. I think these could work good for my fishing sometimes. OK... I found him on the UK ebay site. He is PC-Fishing I have sent an email to see if he has any more. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasilofchrisn Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) It is good to hear that you found him. I hope he has a mold for you. I found his website and will post a link. It is only one page written in Austrian? with some fishing pictures and a link to his stuff on EBAY. Wish I could read his webpage. http://pc-fishing.com/ Edited April 16, 2012 by Kasilofchrisn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdsaw Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 Wish I could read his webpage. http://pc-fishing.com/ Try this to translate It works good enough http://translate.google.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasilofchrisn Posted April 16, 2012 Report Share Posted April 16, 2012 (edited) Try this to translate It works good enough http://translate.google.com/ Thanks! That worked good. I just copied and pasted it from his website. It really didn't tell me much other than he is into fishing and to find his stuff check EBAY but at least I know thats all it was. Edited April 16, 2012 by Kasilofchrisn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasilofchrisn Posted April 25, 2012 Report Share Posted April 25, 2012 Well I just got the mold from PC-Fishing in the mail. This is the worst mold I have seen. The one side is OK but the other is real real rough from poor sandcasting.Lots of rough stuff sticking up inside the mold cavity and in the gates. I guess better in than out as removing Aluminum will be easier than filling in voids would be. This mold is obviously made from a homade samples and not machined in any way. I will definetly have to clean it up with my dremel tool. Still it was a lot cheaper than the Shawn Collins molds by over $100 I am sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLT Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 Good luck with the mold. I bought 1 mold off ebay from an American company, and was highly let down by it. Don't even use it any more, wasted $75. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkvnmtr Posted April 26, 2012 Report Share Posted April 26, 2012 We had some molds custom casted here in Mexico. From two different guys the were poor quality. We could not use them and went back to bondo molds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbrinlee Posted April 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2012 Well... I ordered one of his molds. We'll see what it looks like when it gets here. I will be honest... I am thinking of just casting my own mold at this point. I don't like the rings for the hook. I really like the hook embedded in the lead and fixed since it is less likely to foul my line. Toward that end I ordered a Jet 1014I lathe to get started. Not really sure where this is going but at least it'll be fun. I down loaded some pictures of the loligo peilei (long finned squid). Converted the pixels to cm and calculated gram weights of of it. Also I reall want 3 versions of hook attachment for different fishing styles. I want straight, angled and 90 degree bend on the eyelets. I then used the dims I took from the picture to draw a rough sketch of the head to see if it was anywhere close. The hand drawing from the dims look pretty good (or at least good enough to start turning when I return from Asia). If I can figure out how to attach a spread sheet I will post the Dims. Ok... I stored it in google docs. lets see if this works. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AiqJPT8D6Q9ydFp3d24wRTF3c0k5aG9IMVdNTnk0cUE Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbrinlee Posted June 12, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 OK... I got the mold from PC-Fishing. They work as advertised. I updated my version of the 2oz squid jig by making my own mold. I turned a head on the lathe, cut a bill out and then made a silicone mold using high temp moldmax 60. Which skirt do you guys like the silicone rubber skirt or the rubber one? Here us the model I used to make the mold as well as the first jig out of the mold. I had a lot of fun with this. I still have a 3/0, 5/0, 6/0, and 7/0 hooks so maybe I'll make a 7/0 for some Blackfin fishing. Thanks for looking. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasilofchrisn Posted June 12, 2012 Report Share Posted June 12, 2012 (edited) Here are some that I made. I added an 8/0 owner ssw on 150# spectra in assist fashion in the top eye and the same hook on a splitring on the bottom. I also wired the skirts on. Edited June 12, 2012 by Kasilofchrisn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbrinlee Posted June 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 Those look really good. Nicely done. When you say wired the skirts on, what did you mean? Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasilofchrisn Posted June 15, 2012 Report Share Posted June 15, 2012 (edited) Those look really good. Nicely done. When you say wired the skirts on, what did you mean? Tony The Skirts I used were just what we call "Hootchies" here in Alaska with the tips of the heads cut off. Just like these in this link. http://www.basspro.c...ct/97127/123934 What I do is after adding the skirt to the jigs is I double wrap it in stainless safety wire and then use my wire twisting pliers to securely twist the wire. http://www.chiefairc...ire/ns-032.html The wire is available at most hardware stores I believe. http://www.amazon.com/Aircraft-Racing-Safety-Twist-Pliers/dp/B00123YE7E/ref=sr_1_3?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1339773051&sr=1-3&keywords=wire+twist+pliers I cut the wire off leaving 2 or 3 twists. Then I bend the wire over tightly and tap it with a the side of the pliers againt the side of the jig.This also dulls the wire ends so it doesnt want to cut your hands. I found on the bigger size from my squid mold it held the skirts fairly tight. On the smaller size jigs the skirts were too easy to pull off so I decided to wire them all on. Edited June 15, 2012 by Kasilofchrisn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbrinlee Posted June 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 17, 2012 Thanks for the 411. I appreciate you taking the time to reply. Tony Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLT Posted June 20, 2012 Report Share Posted June 20, 2012 That is a mold I would love to have. Nice work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
