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Offline ctom

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4mm and 5mm tungsten heads
« on: 01/28/22 11:38 UTC »
I did a 5 pack of each size up in my favorite ice fishing color.... transparent purple with a glow dot on the very end of the head. The glow is simple everyday glow powder which is fixed in place with a pin head of super glue. When everything is dry, I give a quick dip in Seal Coat. The purple is transparent airbrush paint and the jigs are dipped. When the Diamond jig came out a friend owned a bait and tackle shop and he'd order the unfinished heads by the 100. I'd pick them up and do this little finish job and return them getting a nice tip per jig for my work. He couldn't hardly keep these in stock. Each season I'd do up maybe 500 heads for him. They were the hottest color on all of the local reservoirs and a couple other larger waters including the Mississippi River backwaters on several pools. These tungsten heads warm up real nice to the finish and these are destined for a local baitshop to test the market.

The resin that the tungsten flour is mixed into is NOT heat tolerant, hence the dipping in the liquid paint. I chose airbrush paint because it is quite thin from the bottle and it takes maybe 3 taps on the head end of the jig to get the excess paint off and no paint sagging when hung.

I lightly tap the head of a common pin in a puddle of super glue then tap the end of the head. The end of the head is immediately dipped into a small heap of glow pigment. Seal coat wraps it up, again tapping the end of the head to remove excess. I use a #10 jig hook's point to pop the eyes out.

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Offline Muskygary

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Re: 4mm and 5mm tungsten heads
« Reply #1 on: 01/28/22 15:47 UTC »
Have you ever tried using them under a bobber during the summer? I've been tying up some bead head nymphs ( #10 and #12 hooks) to try this summer on spinning tackle to see if they work.

Offline ctom

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Re: 4mm and 5mm tungsten heads
« Reply #2 on: 01/28/22 15:51 UTC »
Oh heck yes Gary. I'll tip them with a tail and the first single segment from a smaller Wax Wiggler. Great sunfish bait. I don't ice fish anymore but I will hit the docks heavily armed with small ice tackle during the open water transition periods and they work very good.
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Offline Shaunm81

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Re: 4mm and 5mm tungsten heads
« Reply #3 on: 01/29/22 14:22 UTC »
Nice tom is there a mold to make tungsten heads ?

Offline ctom

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Re: 4mm and 5mm tungsten heads
« Reply #4 on: 01/29/22 16:18 UTC »
These are sold as unpainted heads here at Do-It. No mold here.
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Offline Agronomist_at_ia

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Re: 4mm and 5mm tungsten heads
« Reply #5 on: 01/30/22 20:27 UTC »
Ctom

The 1in Ice tickler works extremely well on those to add a plastic tail/body

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Re: 4mm and 5mm tungsten heads
« Reply #6 on: 01/30/22 20:33 UTC »
Nice tom is there a mold to make tungsten heads ?

Bait Molds aka the Ukrainian makes a really nice sized moska mold. I'm trying to see if I could get some tungsten powder.....thinking if a guy mixed a little with the molten lead then poured it right away it might work.....

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Re: 4mm and 5mm tungsten heads
« Reply #7 on: 01/30/22 20:59 UTC »
Ctom

The 1in Ice tickler works extremely well on those to add a plastic tail/body

I've got that mold too. When I hit early open water I plan to use the new tungstens and will use either the ice tickler or the single body segment and tail of the smaller wiggler and fish these under a small float. Early sunfish should eat these big time.
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Offline Shaunm81

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Re: 4mm and 5mm tungsten heads
« Reply #8 on: 02/01/22 04:02 UTC »
Thanks agronomist  I will check into that mold. 

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Re: 4mm and 5mm tungsten heads
« Reply #9 on: 02/01/22 16:57 UTC »
If you wish to buy from the first ukrainian producer, then here you are his link http://www.voblery.net/index.php?route=product/product&path=137_227&product_id=2094
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