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Bad pours.... Re-used hooks

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I re-use them; I hold them in the hot lead with hemostats to melt off the bad jighead. Just be sure to keep the hook eye clear of the lead. When the lead is almost melted off, carefully tap the hook against the pot lip and the remaining lead will fall off. The temps won't be any different than pouring hot lead around the hook in the mold.

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I re-use mine and have never had a problem with them. The nickle ones are the easiest, the lead seems to scrape right off and they look good as new. The red hooks are tempermental and I only will dip that part that is going to be in the bait into the lead to remove it (did that make sense?). Once you mess up a red one, just keep for personal use, the fish won't mind but your customer might.

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