Jig Making Question

[sdfd29]

Look at http://www.tackleunderground.com/ wire baits forum. It has a lot of good information for the novice and experienced jig maker.

 

[TDobson]

yes it does look easy, but never is for me anyway

 

[stiffler]

All lead is dirty, the guys at Soddy bait and tackle taught me a trick a long time ago is two melt birthday candles in your lead pot and it will bring it to the top and you can skim it off.

 

[Simpl3Man2014]

Kickerfish - 1/31/2018 12:03 PM

Simpl3Man2014 - 1/31/2018 11:34 AM

Kickerfish - 1/31/2018 8:08 AM

I'm actually planning on getting into this myself. Any advice on the type of melt pot I get? Do you guys use the top or bottom pour?

Sounds like I’m a little less qualified to answer this than some of the other guys. I don’t pour anything other than jigs and I use a small top pour I got from tackle warehouse, which is where I also bought my molds. It can be a little tedious, but I’ve enjoyed it so far. There are several good videos on YouTube to help you get started. Milliken Fishing put this one out and I used it as a guide when getting started. Good luck.

https://youtu.be/B4LMqwU95rk

That's exactly the video that's got me wanting to get started on this little adventure. He made it look so easy.

Honestly, I watched it step by step a few times and then it was all a piece of cake from there. Share pics when you do make some. I’d love to see them.

 

[Simpl3Man2014]

sdfd29 - 1/31/2018 4:20 PM

Look at http://www.tackleunderground.com/ wire baits forum. It has a lot of good information for the novice and experienced jig maker.

Thank you for the info. I will check them out. Sorry for not responding sooner guys, for some reason I missed these notifications.

 

[Simpl3Man2014]

stiffler - 2/12/2018 5:02 PM

All lead is dirty, the guys at Soddy bait and tackle taught me a trick a long time ago is two melt birthday candles in your lead pot and it will bring it to the top and you can skim it off.

Yea, I just bought a box of regular candles from Walmart for .97 and it works great. I think it’s called fluxing. Makes my lead nice and shiny emoSun

 

[dlsmith6]

amazon has a 10 bag of RotoMetals Pure Soft Lead Nuggets ~10 Pounds for 43 bucks

 

[Simpl3Man2014]

dlsmith6 - 2/21/2018 12:12 PM

amazon has a 10 bag of RotoMetals Pure Soft Lead Nuggets ~10 Pounds for 43 bucks

I honestly didn't think about checking amazon for something like this emoDoh ...thank you for the info