Painter1 Posted March 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 In the past, I've taken some jigs with single wire (twisted cable) weed guards, shortened the wire, and used it to hold soft plastics. Has anyone tried that? I guess you just slide the head onto the pin/guard? Sounds like a good idea, with maybe a bit of super glue? How do you get the pin to "center" in the wee guard hole? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallmouthaholic Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 Do I have to avoid heating the coil in order to avoid it being powder coated? The powder paint that I have been using seems to coat pretty thick. It seems like it sould be a major pita to remove it from the coil. Why not cut your aluminum pin to fit flush w/ the outside of the weed guard hole? Pour the lead into the mold-then powder paint. Clip the end of the coil keeper through the hook eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 When you want to use a wire weed guard in place of fiber the easiest way to do it is with a skirt collar, make a hook on the end of the wire to go into the head andslide the collar up to the entrance to the head and it will keep the wire guard centers while keeping lead from seeping out. I made inserts out of JB Weld Epoxy Putty but it takes some time, the skirt collar is great for making less than 100 at a time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSC Posted March 21, 2015 Report Share Posted March 21, 2015 What Smalljaw said plus insulation off of electrical wire or leader sleeves will all work as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painter1 Posted March 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2015 Thanks, guys. I recall now that this was mentioned in the past. I'll write it down this time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuskyGary Posted March 23, 2015 Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Also for keeping the coil paint free (can also do this with a crane swivel) use the tap method of painting the jig head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micro Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 I can't seem to get my skirts to be similar to the bitsy bug. Mine seem so much bulkier no matter what I do even when using finesse cut skirts. It seems like the skirts I buy may be more stiff? I tried hand tying with 210 denier flat waxes as well as using a rubber band. Any tips? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted April 9, 2015 Report Share Posted April 9, 2015 I can't seem to get my skirts to be similar to the bitsy bug. Mine seem so much bulkier no matter what I do even when using finesse cut skirts. It seems like the skirts I buy may be more stiff? I tried hand tying with 210 denier flat waxes as well as using a rubber band. Any tips? I personally don't like the skirts the way they look on the bits bug. I think they are too flat. To me a bulkier skirt looks better. JMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
