Do-it Tip Up Jig Mold

[CarverGLX]

Does anyone have this mold and if so does it actually "tip up" like is claimed?

Could i see a picture of the inside of the mold to know where the sprue is and see if keeper placement is feasable using a drill press on an angle.

Looking to make stand up shaky heads with bigger hooks than the sizes listed so will have to modify anyway but just wondering about the action. I understand making something stand up on the lake bottom is much different than on a countertop and kinda wonder if things like a round head with a little flat spot or spot remover type stuff really stands half the time. This jig actually does have a lower center of gravity and looks like it has a better shot of actually standing with the 4/0 or so hooks used. They make one with a screwlock but i wanna use my own keeper which is smaller and has less hold on the bait for better hookset with smaller lines. Lots o mods to do and just want to see if its worth it for the action. Round head would be much quicker fix as u can come in from any angle.

[CarverGLX]

Anyone?

[smalljaw]

On a perfectly flat surface it will tip up but on the bottom of a lake or river I doubt it. I see a lot of effort goes into making a stand up head but I will rell you from experience it isn't worth the trouble. I love a round head shaky head jig, this along with a floating style worm will stand better than the rest. We were using spot removers and a few other stand up jigs in 5' of clear water a few years back, the bottom was pretty flat with a layer of pea gravel and what I found out was amazing. By itself the jig head stood up 1 time in 17 drops into the water, when we added a regular plastic worm we dropped it 35 times and not once did any of them stand up, we then treid floating worms and the best we found was a football head with a large flat area, it stood up once after 14 drops. These "stand up" types of shaky heads are to me a gimmick, yes, in a 50 gal home tank with loose gravel on the bottom for the jig to fall in they stand up but in a lake, well you'd be luck to find a spot like that because it would have to be perfect bottom for it to stand up. I use a round head anymore, it doesn't stand on its own but when you add a floating worm to the mix, it performs better than the rest.

[cadman]

_{I'm in 100% in agreement with smalljaw. I too don't see any of these stand-up jigs literally standing up on the bottom of the lake. Everthing looks great in a controlled environment. I also am a big fan of floating plastic baits. Let the jig head take you down to the bottom of the lake and let your floating plastic baits dance for you while you jiggle, hop, pull or swim your jig through the water.}

[CarverGLX]

Thanks for the replies.

Kinda what i was thinking too with the aquarium and countertop stuff. Just thought i would give this a shot as this one had the best apparrent chance of actually doing it on more occasions.

Lots of variables to consider:

Bottom comp.

Weight of head

Type of worm

Composition of worm (salt content / density)

Balance and line tie position of head

Angle at witch bait contacts bottom from initial fall.

Handpours ill be using should have a better chance than most at standing. May not work but its bothering me and that usually meens hours of work and lots of money spent to find out if its possible and what are the perameters. Thats why we do this stuff in the first place.... We picky hard headed perfectionist fisherman.