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I have been pouring for a little over a year (basic round head jigs with sickle hooks) I love pouring it's relaxing and keeps crappie on the brain through the winter...that being said I want to venture into the pony head with blades (road runners) but I don't know what sizes I need for swivels or blades or even if that's the terminology most likely buying a 1/8 Oz or 1/6 Oz mold........ any and all help would be appreciated
# 12 Crane swivel, size 0 split ring, and size 00 Colorado blade should work
Split rings for making fishing lures, small split rings Split rings
Roller swivels, terminal tackle replacement for ball bearing swivels Roller swivels
Colorado Spinner Blades Size 00, lure making parts Blades
Depends on how your going to fish them. I pour all sizes but mostly 1/8 oz. I fish them as the bottom hook on my spider rig's. I use the number 10 roller swivel which I find does a much better job than the crane swivel they call for. It is kinda tight in the mold but works if you take your time putting them in. I use the 0 and 1 split rings and 0 or 1 blades mostly in the plain silver.
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There's 50 I just backed.
Thanks guys
I have both the pony and horsehead mold. Will caution on one thing if you go for the 1/32nd and 1/16th combo mold realize you will only be able to pour one side at a time or the mold doesn't close right and it's a PITA to melt the lead off the hook and swivel
1/0 split rings on all of them. As they are only used for the Blades I get German split rings from Hagens - do not use them on any other lures they're not heavy enough. Some folks use jump rings but I really don't like them.
Hook sizes 6 to 2 from 1/32nd to 1/16th - I used to make bigger ones back home up to 1/2 oz. Sickles or regular aberdeen, they both fit.
Crane swivels size 12 up to 1/8th oz. and size 10 for all the larger sizes. A buddy on another board turned me on to these rolling swivels and they are nice. A size 8 equals our size 12. I'll be getting more.
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Blades from 00 up to size 2 - making them yourself you can use any type blade you want. If you ever get a chance to pick up some old blades (Webber, Weller and Marathon blades) get them they do feel different when being retreived. At Hagens you can buy less than their minimum but make sure to call the order in to make sure you figured it right.
example: Colorado 2 nickle spinner blades: Catalog cost $17.60 per 1000. The price for 100 would be $1.76 plus $1.00 for being under the 500 minimum. The total cost for 100 colorado #2 nickle spinner blades would be $2.76.
When you start pricing things out make out a sheet and run costs including shipping! sometimes it's worth it to pay extra for one item to save a separate shipping charge.