i started making my own hard head rigs and have been using them since august. i have thought about starting to sell them, but im not sure if its legal or not.  i remember seeing all of the press about reaction innovations legal issues with other people selling too similar of beavers.  can anybody help clear this up?

thanks,

Ben

what exactly is a hard head rig? are you talking about the wire bottom rigs people use to catch hard heads? there would be no legal issues selling those....

the ones im talking about are like the biffle hardheads

http://www.***.com/Gene_Larew_Biffle_Hardhead_2pk/descpage-Ganother siteHRD.html

I think you will be fine selling them. There seem to be a lot of hooks like that.

I guess you could find out the true answer by looking up patents for that type of hook.

You could probably sell them but I definately wouldnt use the "hardhead name" that gene larew got to first. Maybe call them swivel shakey or something like that

how do you pour those? do you have a modified mold?

thanks guys, i hope you are right lol.  ya i definately wont use the hardhead name but i havent thought about a good name yet.  i just modified a football jig mold, and bend up a solid piece of stainless wire for the eyes.

ben, any tips on how you modified your football head mold? I have an old do-it mold that i dont use anymore. i would like to convert it.

The patten isn't effective if yours are 10% different.

you have any pics and did you modify a mold?

lol im not sure what 10% difference is but i think im ok.  i dont have any pictures yet, but i basically just dremmeled out the mold for the hook to sit in and filled the shank and weedguard of the jig with putty.  you have to use a single piece of wire or it wont fit well and it isnt nearly strong enough.