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Jigs, Spinnerbaits and Sinkers => Crappie / Pan Fish Jigs => Topic started by: kyflyfisher on 04/05/20 19:47 UTC
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I know this is a long shot, but my son is looking for an older weedless ball head jig mold that uses the Y guards. If anyone has one they would be willing to part with, or knows of one, would you please let me know.
We both like the y guards better than the fiber guards in our jigs.
Thanks for any info to be had.
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I preferred the Y guards as well, but those are largely a thing of the past... however sometimes they pop up on ebay.
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If you can find the Y guards, you can use them in any mold that takes a fiber weed guard. Just mold the heads with the metal pins and epoxy the Y guards in place. I would use superglue to position the Y guards, then epoxy for filling the hole & the added strength. That's the easiest thing to do IMO.
I've made pins too for smaller weed guards for some of my molds, by getting some steel rod, like 3/32" rod. and wrapping part of it with teflon tape so that it fits in the center of the larger 1/8" pin slot in the mold and makes a smaller weed guard hole. I think those Y guards were 1/16" diameter at the base. I've only done it for smaller fiber guards, but would still work the same if you have the Y guards.
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you can get the y guards here at Lure Craft
https://www.lurecraft.com/searchprods.asp (https://www.lurecraft.com/searchprods.asp)
I've seen the molds on the bay