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I am pouring these in 3/8th and 1/2oz and the mold gets really hot really fast. Allen

host images Here are a couple of my poured jigs. The top and bottom round jigheads are 5/16 4/0 Mustad 32798BLN hooks which I normally use, the middle two are 3/8oz 4/0 Gamakatsu 4/0 594 hooks. I use different hooks based on the situation like smalljaw posted above. Allen

Check with Cadman. Allen

Collins molds pour a nicer bait but heat up a lot quicker than a Do-It. My casting jig mold I can only pour maybe a dozen baits before it has to coll down. Allen

PM me your address and I will send some for your to try, thanks. Allen

I use the ones from fishingskirts.com as well as ones from Janns, Barlows, etc. They all seem to say and I have never had one melt in 2 years. They do pour better if the rattle is pushed forward in the mold though. Allen

https://www.jannsnetcraft.com/content/make_spinnerbaits.htm Here it is. Allen

I think JannsNetcraft has a size chart for common sizes for spinnerbait components. Allen

https://www.barlowstackle.com/Do-It-Round-Head-Weedless-Jig-Molds-P265.aspx This jig is the reason I got back into tacklemaking. The Eakins jig the article references has a regular wire hook but the pic shows a heavier wire. The link above is the mold you need but you will have to sand the hook slot to accept a thicker hook. I modified mine to take bigger hooks but honestly they are not needed unless you are using heavy line. My main jig is a GP silicone one like you posted in 5/16oz that I fish on 10-12lb floro on a MH Kistler rod. The hook I use is a 4/0 Mustad 32798BLN and I have never had a problem in 10+ years of making the same jig. Allen

They make those in both metal and Teflon. Allen

Hope he still is as I have one more of his molds I need to get. Allen

Update on my experiment since I bought a crack torch to heat up the blades: 1. Heated blade in gun blue = Did nothing except smoke a little 2. Heated blade in motor oil = Just made the blade look older 3. Heated blade in Pepsi = Looks like the motor oil one only older 4. Heated just the blade 5 times = Started to turn a little blue but then the blade warped 5. Dipped blade into a medicine cap of spike it = Looks the best so far but the ink built up on the tip of the blade 6. Heated blade into a medicine cap of spike it = Don't do it as I have never seen such an adverse reaction. Allen

Thanks for the link! The search came up empty which is why I started a new thread. Allen

Those look great and that is exactly what I am looking for. I have the same fluid bed but always get too much paint on the blade. Would you be willing to paint some blades for me for some kind of trade? I have a lot of luremaking stuff. Allen

I will try some of the other suggestions posted. Allen

Trying to blacken the coffin ones I bought from Ebay. Allen

Anyone have a solution to making chatterbait blades black? Things I have tried so far: 1.Blade dip= Looks like crap and lasts 4 casts. 2. Sharpie = Looks worse than the blade dip and the blade is more purple than black. 3. Powder paint = Always goes on too thick even with the fluid bed. 4. Super Blue Gun Blue = Does not work on stainless steal or whatever the blades are made of. On a side note the Christmas bulb hanger wires I used to dip the blades came out a really nice matte black. 5. Spray paint = Looks the best so far but isn't going to work well either. Looking into a small plating setup now but I am at a loss right now. Ideally I would like something that produces a matte black blade like Phenix uses on their blades. Allen

1/8 Football head with bear hair but I am fishing 10-20 FOW in a river for SM. Allen

I use Titanium 17lb wire from Janns Netcraft for my flick shake heads and it does not have a memory that I can tell. Allen

Mustad 32724 BLN is what you are looking for. Allen

Cast Industries charges like $150 for making a master then about the same for a production mold. If you have them cast the baits any replacement molds are free. Allen

Seems like overkill to me unless you are adding eyes later. If adding eyes to a powder painted bait I just put some Sally Hansen hard as nails fingernail polish over them to make them stay. Last thing I will mention is that when I have epoxied over chartreuse powder paint it reacts bad and turns the bait orange. Allen

I have looked around and all I can find are 5/0. Could you bend the 32786 hooks? Those are made up to 8/0. Allen

http://www.lurepartsonline.com/Online-Store/Mustad-Jig-Hooks/Mustad-91768-30-Wide-Gap-Jig-Hooks.html Have you looked into these? Allen

Matzuo hooks have the worst quality control of any hook period. It isn't uncommon to have 15% of the hooks that are unusable. Allen