Midwest finesse jig

[Apdriver]

Received my mold the other day and poured up a few for my son to take along on a kayak trip. Noticed the wire keeper is pretty fragile in the poured heads. Haven't noticed any problem with any of the other heads I pour with the small wire keepers. Anybody notice this? I would have added some WW to my mix but noticed it after we poured what we needed and put the pot away.

[alwrenn]

I noticed this too. But when I powder painted them and cured the paint it seemed to secure them.

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[Denny Welch]

I noticed on the smaller sizes that the keeper loosened up if I tried to twist the spru off....but not so much if I cut the spru off.  Not my idea.  I went against my nature and actually followed the directions for a change.

[smalljaw]

The mold has a stamp saying to use hard lead for smaller sizes and to cut sprues off. The harder lead helps but I powder paint them and that does a great job of securing the keeper. If you don't want color on the head simply give the bait 2 dips in clear powder and cure, it will make the keeper durable or you can simply use Devcon 2-Ton epoxy and coat the head with that and let cure for a day. I found that having to powder coat and cure is fine because the head works well, the 1/16oz is wide, thin and flat and when it falls it actually changes direction and deflects nicely off of rocks on a slow retrieve.

[ctom]

The small round 1/32-1/24 ounce heads taking the wire have the same issue yet the harder lead doesn't chase this boogie man away, but the powder coat and curing go a long ways in securing the wire better. Lamberson ties the wires on in some instances so maybe adding a few wraps of thread could help if a guy isn't going to powder coat the heads.

[Apdriver]

Thanks guys. I told my young fellow the powder would firm them up. Of course, he grabs one after it's painted and I'm sure pulled and twisted with the strength of Samson and loosened it. All it has to do is hold small plastics, not drag the fish in, I told him. Anyways, just wondered if I was the only pourer that ran across this. Thanks, again.