cadman

You will never find the exact mold as it was probably custom made for the manufacturer. That is a very very close to a Snootie jig.

If you only have 2 and you're not too picky just paint them with model paint like Testors, or you can use nail polish and that will seal them in good. Color is a personal choice. I like to match mine with the skirt. If you have powder paint or an airbrush you can use that as well.

Very nicely done. It's not about how beautiful they look, it's if they catch fish. I like the 1st one and the Big O. I too am a jig and craw fisherman.

Jigfishin10, Thanks for the offer and the help. I PM'd Brett my e-mail, and we got a hold of each other.

Brett, I don't know what's going on, I only have (4) PM's in my message box. I do not see any of your PM's as of yet. I have not gotten any messages since April 7th????? I'm going to contact the administrator. Maybe I don't have something turned on. I am going to PM you my e-mail and please reply back via-email. I will then get this info to you. Sorry about all the problems.

Brett, I checked my PM's nothing there. I checked my e-mails, emails sent and spam nothing there either. Sorry, otherwise I would have replied. Anyway, I have a lot of info for you on starting up. From hand tying skirts, powder painting jigs and more. Send me a PM with your e-mail and I will help you out and get you started. Cadman

Like mentioned here, it is not about how much money you will save, because the initial cost is a killer, and unless you stick with it, it's not worth it. I make and sell jigs, I don't do it for the selling part because I have more money invested than what I can recoup, and it never ends. I do it for therapy as well. I enjoy making something from scratch, then painting them and fishing them. It's a passion for me first as a hobby,then selling them, to make a little side cash.

Very nice, I like brown, and reddish brown. Good color anywhere.

Jenga, Unless you are going to make a lot of them, it definitely costs more money to start up and pour. You won't recoup your cost for awhile. Mold about $35, lead pot about $60, lead ...free if you can find it, hooks, gate cutters, paint if you are going to paint them, eyeglasses, face shield, fan for circulation, toaster oven for curing paint. This is just a general idea. I'm sure I missed a lot. However if you want a hobby to keep you busy, then go for it, learn and most important be very careful so you don't get burned.

Yes, I agree with Chris as well.

Definitely, If you ever decide to market them that would be a very clever name for them. Tell her I like it, it has a nice ring to it. Job well done.

I like the play on words Spinner(Spinhare) very clever.

Skeeterman that Ghost Minnow is awesome.

Bone-Head The jig in the picture is 3/8 oz. I think a good size catfish would bend that hook in half. Probably a much bigger jighead with a bigger hook would be the ticket. A hunk of liver huh? ;D ;D That would be interesting to see a picture of, a piece of liver on a bass jig. What would be even funnier is you catch some bass. Then go to the launch and show everyone the jig with the liver on it and tell them you got all your bass on this new set-up you invented. I would like to see the expression on their faces.

Very nice, I see several Living Image skirt colors. 8-)

I don't make lures but I do make jigs. If you don't want anyone to have them then don't sell them. If they are unique, and you're worried about somebody stealing your idea, than you will have to get it patented. Let's face it we are all unique in our own way. You should be proud if someone wants to buy your stuff.

Nothing wrong with that, it gets the job done that's all that matters. It's different and I like it. I like bushy skirts too. How many strands do you have on there?

Hey John, Looks like you'v been a busy man and staying out of trouble. Very nicely done. No need to be fancy, fancy doesn't catch fish. My go to color every day on the water is black/blue. You sure do have a wide variety of colors there. Those should encompass the whole color spectrum for you on all water conditions.

Wow, nice color combos. 8-) 8-) 8-) On picture taking I'm not an expert, but I like to shoot all of my jigs on a white background. Seems to bring out the colors better. Also I always use a tripod for close-ups and a flash. The problem with a flash sometimes is you get shadows. Sooooo I saw somewhere where you can make a small light box for shooting jigs, which has light from all sides to eliminate shadows. I think that, that will be the ticket. I now have to find where I saw it. Also I only have a Cannon A410 Power Shot which is cheap camera, but the pics come out really clear. That's about all my knowledge on digital cameras. Hope someone can post more as I'm curious as well. Nothing wrong with those pics though!

No offense, but you give a description a mile long with no picture of what your intent is. You have to give us some sort of ref picture. Your description is thorough but honestly I have no idea what you're talking about. I would like to help but???????????????? :-? :-?

Senkosam, Plain and simple. I have the Palmer hot pot as well. I only use it for pouring really soft lead. The pot does run hotter than a Lee pot for sure. The only drawback is what was mentioned. You have to be very careful when you pour the last cavity next to your hands because you can over pour and burn yourself. Also you have to constantly skim off all the c$$p off of the top so it doesn't go into the cavity. With these few setbacks, the pot does work well. Also one other thing, it does get heavy lifting it with a full load of lead. To wrap it up, I would use it as a second pot in case you want a spare. The Lee pot is still top of the line, but the other one does work well if you want to put up with its eccentricities.

I have 3 of them. My first one has a new liner and a new heating element. I had it repaired and it works as good as new. I have no complaints.

I started out using vinyl paint and now use powder paint. The reason I switched, was the #1. Vinyl paint is limited to colors and what you can do with it. #2 I got very bad headaches from smelling the fumes. So I now use powder paint. To me there is no smell no fuss. Just heat the jig, swish it through the paint, rack it, cure it in the oven and your done. If you have weed guards now is the time to glue them in, put on skirt and your done. The only thing I can say about powder paint is that you have to take some time to practice with it to get the hang of it. That's all

Bone Head, All those jigs are very nice. I see you are a very versatile person. I personally like a lot of skirting material on my bass jigs for the summer. As mentioned it slows down the fall of the jig. I got to say that the 4th pic is my favorite. I love that paint job

I had to post these pics because I had Bone-Head jigs tie these up for me with hair. The tying is just downright beautiful. Pictures don't do the jigs justice. I want to try hair jigs for bass this year as something new to add to my arsenal. So I got to Thank Bone-Head Jigs for the hand tied jigs and backwater4 for some great info on fishing hair jigs for bass. Thanks Guys for all the help.