micro Posted April 4, 2015 Report Share Posted April 4, 2015 Is the do-it swm jig similar to the confidence baits draggin head? The draggin head obviously has a coil keeper attached to the eye and a different hook. I was wondering if I could make a similar product to the draggin head. I know another company produces a similar jig but I forget who. Does anyone have experience with this mold? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkman Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 I think they are the same mold, if anything he modified it but, but that is doubtfully...I believe they are the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted April 5, 2015 Report Share Posted April 5, 2015 You can make those easily with the swim jig mold, just take a Mustad 91768 hook, or which ever hook you want to use and lay it in the mold and mark the location. You will have to modify the mold to accept the hook but that is how you make those, it isn't too hard, just go slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micro Posted April 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 6, 2015 How about that hook that the mold is designed for? Would that make a good river jig for weedless soft plastics? Any experience? I would like to make a jig that is really weedless that uses a coil as opposed to a fiber weedguard. Would one of the shaky molds work better? I am hesitant to modify a mold bc i have no experience whatsoever doing that and dont want to ruin a brand new mold. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micro Posted April 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 if i use a hook that isn't a flateye hook will i just need to cut a small groove below the lead in the mold? Will i have to modify where the hook eye is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 The hook that the swim jig mold uses is a bronze hook and it uses a regular eye hook, not a flat eye, I believe you have them reversed. If you put a flat eye hook in that mold then you will make it difficult to use a coil keeper because the line knot will be right where you would have the keeper clipped on the hook eye. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micro Posted April 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Has anyone here used the do it weighted hook mold for soft platics besides swimbaits? I was wondering if i could use it for crawfish and creature plastics instead of texas rigging them. I want something that won't get hung up a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 Has anyone here used the do it weighted hook mold for soft platics besides swimbaits? I was wondering if i could use it for crawfish and creature plastics instead of texas rigging them. I want something that won't get hung up a lot. If you want to use it like the do-it swm jig you mentioned earlier, than it will work somewhat. The crawfish will topple over and lay on its side. If you are making these for yourself, than just make a mold out of Bondo or Durham's Wood Putty. This way you can create your own design the way you want it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HookUp Posted August 27, 2015 Report Share Posted August 27, 2015 (edited) Listen to smalljaw ... I've used my home made SWM bait jigs for just about every soft plastic in my arsenol Edited August 27, 2015 by HookUp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
