Add Hook Before Injecting

[MonteSS]

I would like to add a weighted hook in a swimbait before injecting to mold it in.

 

Here is the 7" swim and the weight system. Now I am inserting it in the hook slot after the bait is made and then filling the belly with hot plastic.

 

Has anyone dremeled a mold for hook eye and hook point?

 

7" swim made with HD additive for softness, flexibility and durability. 7/0 gammy hook. 1/2 oz pencil sinker.

 

Swims real well and tail is very flexible.

 

 

....Bill

Edited December 28, 2012 by MonteSS

[mark poulson]

Bill,

Does your bait roll at higher speeds?  

I've been using 1/4 oz. weighted swimbait hooks with a deeper bend/wider gap, and have had to add additional weight to them to keep them steady at higher speeds.

I like your hook/weight configuration.  I have a ton of 90 degree heavy jig hooks that I could use like that, but never thought of it.  Doh!!!!

[ipt]

never tried it, but are you making your own molds?

 

if so, make the mold of the bait with the hook in it, then insert hook before you shoot, maybe it'll work