Quote Originally Posted by S10CHEVY View Post
What is tungsten made from? Weight wise, are they smaller or larger than Iead jigs. There is at least one state on the east coast, that requires using tungsten jigs.
Tungsten, iron, nickel, and an adhesive all in powder form. Its put into a mold and pressure formed to make the jig heads.

They are much more dense than lead, which means they are smaller in size than an equal weight of lead. A 1/16 sized head in lead is 1/16 but that same physical sized piece of tungsten is 3/32oz. So you can have heavier jigs in the same physical sized baits.


Tungsten, being smaller, will fall with less water resistance than lead. So if you have a 1/16 lead head and a 1.75g (1/16) tungsten head, the tungsten head will feel like you are fishing a heavier jig than you are used to. It will fall faster and jig faster than equal weights of lead.

Its also 45 times the price currently