Quote Originally Posted by soswine View Post
Attica, those are really nice!! How did you get the crimped shot flat on one side?
To get the taper, once they are on the shank i start at about the middle of the shot and use pliers and squeeze them some... rotate a little, squeeze, rotate, squeeze, roatate... to keep the shape round. Then i move down just a little towards the squeezed end and repeat that. If you continue to move down with this process, it will taper to a point. Then i go back and use a file to get the opposite end flat so the 2 shots butt together. Hope that makes sense....

You do have to make sure they they do not slip on the shank once you start tying, so i build up a little "bubble" of thread in front of and behind the whole weight. Once they are locked in, i just cover the weights with filler thread, like the couple you can see in the pic. Cover them with a healthy dose of head cement and set them aside to tie once they are dry. Sounds like a big process, but they have proven to be worth it!