Home Grown Tackle:The Wonderful World of Jig's

[scott.keeley]

Here's some lead for sale. 50 lbs in one pound ingots for $50. http://www.gunsamerica.com/995944241...ead_ingots.htm

That should make a lot of jigs.

[fishincrazy]

Buying lead scrounging for lead what are some of the options for getting lead for your jig/weight/blade making?I have a friend who owns a tire store I have gotten wheel weights from him before.What do you do???????


FC

[2XL]

Until just a few years ago I always bought lead from the local scrap metal dealer = cheap and you can buy it in any amount you want. I highly suggest you go that route if you can. The place here lets you rumage through several 55 gallon barrels of lead they have and you can pick what you want = soft lead in smaller pieces that fit right into your pot. Cost will depend on scrap prices but up until a few years ago I have never paid more than 32 cents a pound.

I now have a friend who has access to some great soft lead and I can get that for free.

[mdo]

If you know or have access to a commercial roofing company, soft lead is used around soil pipe that penetrate most roofs and 30" x30" sheets of soft lead are installed around most roof drains. I happen to work for a commercial roof company so I have a few hundred pounds saved up in the barn

[perchjerker]

Originally Posted by fishincrazy

I've got to get some new tires soon I'm gonna try to get some tire weights when I do!

FC

offering beer and / or pizza will assure you a good supply of used tire weights!!!!

[fishincrazy]

Originally Posted by perchjerker

offering beer and / or pizza will assure you a good supply of used tire weights!!!!

There you go!Nobody can refuse a fat man with gift's!!!

FC

[mdo]

Alright, So reading about everyone's jigs gave me the bug again, so I dug out all of my stuff and painted up a few of the "walleye jig" style heads and have started tying a couple experimenting with a couple different styles. It has been nice, this is the first time I have messed with tying any jigs in about 5 years, since I quit selling jigs.

Here are a couple of pics, most of the heads are have glo colors on them which you can see in the low light pics.

[fourize]

Looking good mdo! How'd ya apply the glo paint?

[mdo]

Originally Posted by fourize

Looking good mdo! How'd ya apply the glo paint?

It is Powder paint. It works great except you have to put a base coat of white on first, bake the jigs, then put on the glow and bake again. If you try to put the white and glow on without baking in between then paint will drip.

[fishincrazy]

Originally Posted by mdo

It is Powder paint. It works great except you have to put a base coat of white on first, bake the jigs, then put on the glow and bake again. If you try to put the white and glow on with baking in between then paint will drip.

I was trying glow and having bad luck I'm gonna try baking in between and see if that helps.

Thanks mdo!!!!

REMEMBER ALL YOU JIG JUNKIES WE HAVE A HGT CHAT TOMORROW MONDAY NIGHT AT 8PM CT WITH MIKE GOFRON IN REGARDS TO DO IT MOLDS! I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU OUT!!!!


FC