[snake2375]

i was tired of paying those high prices for mojo weights that i decided to make my on mold and see if i could come up with my own. i made a mold out of aluminum and was able to make two sizes, 1/2 and 3/4oz. they worked great and i was very pleased with the outcome. the ends are more rounded then a mojo and trust me a lot cheaper. I got my lead from a friend that was remolding a doctors offices x-ray room. so now i have more money to help put back for a bass boat and maybe one day i will have enough. i am posting a picture of the weights i pour, so let me know what you think. 3/4 on the left and 1/2 on the right. tight lines and good luck

[snake2375]

sorry my fellow anglers i could not get the photo i have to post i will have to try later

[LaPala]

hmmm, those lead could be radioactive Check weathher in glows in the dark.

[rockhopper]

[quote="snake2375"]

i was tired of paying those high prices for mojo weights

Then why use Mojo style weights ? There are many cheaper weights on the market, and many molds avalible for other styles

[snake2375]

the reason i perfer mojo style wieghts is because it is less likely to get snaged, and also i have better feel on the bottom. one more thing it comes grass with ease. i know that other styles are on the market for instant the ones that bass pro shop has. but the thrill you get when you make something to help your fishing and you end up having success on it then a proud feeling developes.

[rockhopper]

My point, it took someone,, just one person, to take the time, and the "brains" to come up with that weight, then they invested ten's of thousands of dollars, and years of their time, to get that weight accepted by wholesalers, and retailers, and finnaly consumers, they invested their life into it, just to bring out a different, and "better" weight, instead of just mass producing the same "OLD" designs that had been out there for years.

Mojo finnaly made it into the Bass Pro SHops stores and catolog, and they were selling like hot cakes,, selling so well Bass Pro, says heck we can have these made overseas with cheap labor,, not pay back the investemnt Mojo has had to and sell them cheaper,, next thing you know the Orders stop coming from Bass Pro,, no one called them, and told them, they just stopped, and the people at Bass Pro would not return the phone calls.

Bass pro had knocked off another product.

Personally I don't get that thrill feeling, I just "copied" something, nothing proud about that, heck any forger can copy anything, I feel "proud" when I'm guy that came up with something first, when that bit of gienus springs from me, then I made the first one, then I invested my time and money to get that product licensed to a company, and help that company get it into the hands of the fisherman , while I pay my rent with the procceeds.

Mojo's prices are coming down this year, I and other's convienced Larry he must do that, so more people will use his weights.

Don't let me hear your making your own Mojo Rock Hoppers, or Rig Savers and then bragging about it, maybe offering others the way to do it, it would do more than tick me off :-)

I convinced Larry to pay for the patents of these weights,, and they will issue shortly, with my name on the patent as the inventor.

You want thrill, you want to be proud, take a year or two, and with trial and error, and come up with a better design, than even me. I'll personaly make sure you get it licensed to a manufactuer

[nova]

And here endth the lesson. When you're right, you're right Rodney.

[siebler_custom_baits]

Rodney are the stand-out hooks that you invented those dropshot hooks? Thesre has been discussion latly on local kayak boards about the actual effectivness of these hooks and if they are actually any good as compared to a normal dropshot hook tied on the line back through to make it stand right. Does this hook effect the action at all? I would thing the hook would creat a different action. Basically i just am wondering if i can get some info on them because they are kinda cool and id like to know the inspiration behind the disign.

About the mogo-mold, One easier to have copied the stye weight is to use the InlineSpinner body/wieght mold from Do-it BTW.

[ghostbaits]

Not trying to speak out for Rdney but I have bought some of the "standout" hooks...WOW!!! I think I have had almost 100% hook-up!!

I don't down shot that much and thought I need every advantage I could get. These hooks are the BOMB!!!

Way easier to rig also!!!

IMHO Jim

[rockhopper]

[quote="siebler_custom_baits"]

Rodney are the stand-out hooks that you invented those dropshot hooks?

I don't know, are they

http://ezknot.com/SUHooks.html

Thesre has been discussion latly on local kayak boards about the actual effectivness of these hooks and if they are actually any good as compared to a normal dropshot hook tied on the line back through to make it stand right.

10 times better, for at least ten reasons

http://ezknot.com/SUHooks.html

Does this hook effect the action at all?

Yes, better in all reports from every pro, and nearly everyone else that has tried them, at least as good from all who have given any reports

I would thing the hook would creat a different action. Basically i just am wondering if i can get some info on them because they are kinda cool and id like to know the inspiration behind the disign.

I was talking to someone on the phone, that was cusing under his breath,, I knew he was doing something that was upsetting him so I asked what that something was,, he said he was going fishing the next day and was pre tying some drop shot rigs, This guy has been drop shotting since the begaining of it, yet he was having trouble getting them "Just Right", he then said I wish someone would invent a hook that stood straight out from the line reguardless, so I emailed him the drawings 30 min later, and he freaked, the rest is history :-)

By the way I have 100% hook ups using this hook,, it is also the best live and natural bait hook I have ever used,, I have caught 1,382 fish (documented, as in I keep records) with it, all were lip hooked.

You guys should see the bigger ones coming soon, allowing drop shotting of huge soft plastics, yet you can still use lightt line, personally now I use the biggest they make, unlike the current hooks used for drop shotting, line and knot size now has nothing to do with the size hook you can stand out