Dink Master

Google - solid welded rings for fishing lures. If you want to put a hook on a jig like your picture, you need jump rings. Jump rings need to be silver soldered to closed the gap. Any good saltwater Tackle Shop should have them.

Crymdawg -"Any one know where I can get a tool like the photo that Dink Master posted." Amazon - Booms Fishing CP2 Fishing Crimping Tool for Single-Barrel Sleeves

Booms Fishing CP2 Fishing Crimping Tool for Single-Barrel Sleeves - Amazon American Fishing Wire Single Barrel Crimp Sleeves - Amazon size #2 I.D. - .047 in

320* is good. I live in Southern California, I always warm up my Injector & Blending Block before shooting. The Blending Block needs to be hot. Also lube the Injector/O-rings with worm oil or Pam spray.

Please post a picture of your mold and one of the good worms. Hand poured or injection mold? Not sure why you are using a griddle?

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Cool. Thank for the help. I am in California also. I just ran out of my medium plastic, need to order more!

Does anyone know what is going on with there web store? For weeks now this is all I get. The store is closed for maintenance

cold cracking

I used Connector Links for years. Inconsistent quality, too soft and have a larger diameter/gauge wire then the Do-it Poison Tail Swing Wire Forms. The Poison Tail Swing Wire Forms are stronger and have a smaller diameter. Smaller wire equals better/freer blade movement. Open eyed Hooks have a larger diameter then the Connector Links. The choice is yours. The Poison Tail Swing Wire Forms are a close match to the Jack Hammer wire form.

Make your own wire forms, that are way better then the open hook eye method. Get some Do-it Poison Tail Swing Wire Forms (STW155) and don't look back. https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Do-it_Poison_Tail_Swing_Wire_Form_100pk/descpage-DIOTSW.html Use the wire forms with your favorite flipping or spinnerbait hook.

Amazon https://www.amazon.com/s?k=screw+lock+fishing&crid=3ESP2GCPWHYMF&sprefix=screw+lock+%2Caps%2C169&ref=nb_sb_ss_ts-doa-p_8_11

Spike It Dip-N-Glo Worm Dye Black https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Spike_It_Dip-N-Glo_Worm_Dye/descpage-SIDGWD.html

The Game hook small packs or the Owner 4x Jungle Flippin' hook 3/0 Hope someone knows where to get them bulk.

Expensive option. https://www.hagensfish.com/product/tools/hagens-industrial-hook-and-wire-bending-tool/hagens-industrial-hook-and-wire-bending-tool/

Pure lead oxides at higher temperatures. Lower your temperature, scoop the blue off the top.

Okay. 2X Razor Blade

Try baking with the pin removed. I never bake with the pin installed.

Please send the rain to Lake Powell & Lake Mead Lake Powell is 175 feet below full pool! Lake Mead is 183 feet below full pool! The US Open belongs at Lake Mead, not Lake Mohave.

What does 900 degree lead do to your hooks?

It can, that is why I only do a quick blast.

jigmeister - Hit the nail on the head! Even if you do have a strong fast flow, I would(I Do) hit my hook, metal pin and narrow part of the mold with a blast from my propane torch. 1-2 seconds. I live in Southern California and blast my molds/hooks on the first 5 or 6 pours and when I start getting bad pours. (even in the Summer) A Propane Torch also works great for melting the lead off hooks on bad pours. Hold your bad jigs by the hook with pliers over your pot and melt the lead off with the torch. Yes you can dip your bad jigs into the pot, but I think you get cleaner results with the torch. Good Luck

I would not warm my mold with the teflon pins installed. The reason you pour blanks (no hooks) with the pin installed, is because a lot of lead will stream out of the pin opening on some molds. You might end up with a lot lead on your table and a incomplete pour. There is no set time on how long you keep your mold on top of your pot, also there no set number of how many blank pours you do. The goal is to warm(hot)the mold, and to get good complete pours. Some people warm their hooks in a tin, in a toaster oven. Too hard to place hooks in molds with gloves on for me, that is why I use a propane torch with cold hooks in the narrow parts of molds. Good Luck. I know you are a Delta Guy but lets hope Clear Lake(all California lakes) fills up with all this rain!

Watch this guys video. He had the same problem you have. The solution is more heat. A good starting point for your pot is 7. Warm your mold, warm your hooks. If this guy heated his hook while it was in the mold, with a propane torch, his first pour would have been good. (cold larger hooks are enemy #1)

#1 Are you getting a strong fast flow of lead? If you are not - clear spout with a piece of wire. #2 Preheat the mold. Set the mold on top of the pot for 5 minutes Pour 3 to 5 jigs without hooks (with teflon installed) to warm mold #3 Blast the lower part of the mold, with the hook laying in the mold, with a propane torch 1 to 2 second blast. The goal is to warm the hook & the narrow part of the mold Good Luck