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Title: Do-it bullet nose head mold
Post by: Nathan77 on 12/26/16 20:41 UTC

Thinking about buying the bullet nose swimbait head for using on a A-rig. The mold says 1/0 for like 1/8 and 1/4. Did you guys have to modify your mold to put like a 4/0 in a 1/4 ounce? What head do you guys make for your A-rigs?

Title: Re: Do-it bullet nose head mold
Post by: smalljaw on 12/27/16 03:59 UTC

Get The Shad head rig jig, it has a wire keeper and the head has recessed eye sockets to add 3D eyes if you want to add some realism. The head was made for A-Rigs and it takes a 3/0 and 4/0 hook in all the cavities, it goes from 1/8oz to 7/16oz, I use it to fish swim baits buy itself as it comes through grass better than a ball head. The head also uses a wire keeper instead of a lead collar, to me it doesn't matter but I know some guys really like wire keeper instead of lead collars but that is the mold you want, it has the right size hooks and works very well.

Title: Re: Do-it bullet nose head mold
Post by: BareKnuckleJigs on 12/27/16 04:30 UTC

I don't fish A-rigs but I dig the Shad Head/Wire Keeper.  It pulls from the Nose, goes down to 1/8 ounce.  The Wire Keeper is great, IMO, for 2 reasons...incomplete Collar pours are sometimes troublesome (which is a problem with harder and/or dirty and/or cooler lead), and the Wire doesn't swell the plastic like a Lead Collar does so You can use narrow plastics without splitting the plastic by over-stretching, as can happen with the Lead Collar.

The Almighty Dremel is a Lead Pourers Friend.  Many molds only need mild modification to the Hook Wire Recess/Recesses to accept the heavier wire and longer hook-eye-wire of bigger hooks, respectively.

Title: Re: Do-it bullet nose head mold
Post by: ctom on 12/27/16 08:13 UTC

Quote from: BareKnuckleJigs on 12/27/16 04:30 UTC

The Almighty Dremel is a Lead Pourers Friend. 

Amen to that. As is JB Weld, Hi Temp.

Title: Re: Do-it bullet nose head mold
Post by: Apdriver on 12/27/16 13:33 UTC

I fish and make a lot of arigs. Take Smalljaw's very sage advice. It's a great head for it and it's what I use.

Title: Re: Do-it bullet nose head mold
Post by: basskat on 12/27/16 16:20 UTC

One thing I've noticed is most of Do-It's molds are for the Northern guys. Just about every one my twenty or so molds have been modified foe larger hooks.

Title: Re: Do-it bullet nose head mold
Post by: Muskygary on 12/27/16 17:16 UTC

That's surprising. Canney Creek, the orginal company was from Lake Fork Texas!

Title: Re: Do-it bullet nose head mold
Post by: superharmonix on 12/27/16 18:22 UTC

MuskyGary I think he's talking about the lead molds. 

Title: Re: Do-it bullet nose head mold
Post by: Justin9j on 12/27/16 21:14 UTC

I agree baskat. I have to cut them to make them bigger