60# Sevalon

[Jig Man]

I’ve used 90 on some jigs it has been Okay.  However, I am going to make some weedless swim bait heads.  I have just done some with 90# and it seems like it may be too stiff.  90 and 20 are all I have ever used.  Do you think 60 would be adequate and not too stiff or should I look at another one.  I fish upland reservoirs where we have rocks and wood.  It seemed like all I did yesterday was pull in limbs.  

[mark poulson]

I use weed wacker filament.

[Jig Man]

How do you get it to stay in the jig head.  What size line?  I’m going to be doing 1/8 and 1/4 ball head jigs.

[cadman]

Jig Man, I have used weedwacker line as well as using a thin piece piece of .015 wire. On the wire you just put a small bend at the bottom, stick i9t in the weedguard hole and epoxy it in (D2T). On the weedwacker line doesn't matter what size you get as long as it fits in the weedguard hole. On the weedwacker line lightly heet the bottom of your line until it is soft, then lightly press it on a piece of wood to mushroom out the head a bit. let cool and stick it in the weedguard hole with epoxy.

On aligning it in the hole, see attached pic. This will keep it centered in the hole until the epoxy dries.

 

[mark poulson]

I use ACE Hdwe residential grade trimmer line, .065"-40' spool.  I drill a slightly larger hole, in heads with no weed guard hole, and use ZAP med. super glue with a drop of accelerator.

If the head has a weed guard hole, I use that, and the same glue system.

I have had to remove them a couple of times, and that glue really holds.

I like Cadman's idea of how to hold them in alignment until the glue sets, which is 30 seconds for the glue I use.

[Jig Man]

Mark have you ever used baking soda to accelerate super glue?

[mark poulson]

8 hours ago, Jig Man said:

Mark have you ever used baking soda to accelerate super glue?

I do use it, but more as a filler.  If I have a deep cavity to fill, I'll do it in several layers, and I use the runny super glue..  Otherwise, the baking soda only sets in the upper part of the cavity, and blocks off the baking soda below. 

When I use the medium super glue the accelerator sets the top part of the glue, locking the weed guard strand in position.  and the lower part sets by itself in 5-10 minutes.  I've never had a weed guard done this way come out, as long as the hole is at least 3/16" deep.

[Jig Man]

I wound up modifying my mold.  I mold in  a 20 gauge wire, paint and bake.  I pull the wire and epoxy in the 60 # surflon.  It worked just fine yesterday on Table Rock lake.  I caught a 4# lmb on a homemade easy shiner swim bait with my home made head.