molds and lead pot are here along with about 5000 hooks. hackle marabou, and about 30 skeins of chenille let the good times roll now lol....
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molds and lead pot are here along with about 5000 hooks. hackle marabou, and about 30 skeins of chenille let the good times roll now lol....
Know what you mean bug. I keep my jig hooks sorted by color , style and size. I feel so good when all the little compartments are full.
Hays47Quote:
Originally Posted by hays47
You need to get a bigger box that would give you the perfect reason to order some more hooks, you can never have to many I always say..... lol
Yup, Pbug nothing like havin all the stuff ya need right there when you want it! Wow, thirty skeins of chennille, you must be planning on cornering the crappie market!!!! I've got 162 packs of 9 yards and thought I was overloaded! Good luck with your new business venture, hope ya make "a million"!!!
if all is said i bought more than that.. got the new age, ice , regular , verigated and tinsel verigated...i deal with alot of trout guys...its my passion and i wanna take care off them....trying to open a trout section with anything availble, in the jigs. these guys charge 1.50 a jig around here , my price is .75. then the section opens its 1.00. i will be WV best trout jig selection....got 1 guuy when he ties a jig i will say 3 fish max then it comes apart.... i got 1 solid black jig ive used for 4 yrs now. still looks new. My jigs are top notch....Not bragging just stating truth..
Good luck with the trout jigs.What size molds did you get? I tie steelhead jigs and sell them on ebay.During the winter probably 50% of my jigs are bought for steelheads.They eat crappie jigs,too. I recently bought some #12 bronze sickles and they tear up the trout.You may want to get some of these. I've been pouring them on 1/80th oz. heads. The only bad part is the eyes on the hooks are small and it's hard clearing the paint out with my paintbuster.
i bought 4 ---1/32--1/8--1/4---1/16 and bought a lee 10lb pot bottom pour. have about 40 lbs of lead
That should keep you busy for awhile,at least a couple weeks.;):D
im on a 1/16 oz jig kick right now. i think tonight going to tie myself some stuff
Pbug: Good Lord withall the Envro nazis running around I would go out and buy at least 100 more pounds of lead.
Pbug: Good Lord with all the Enviro nazis running around I would go out and buy at least 100 more pounds of lead. I have a feeling that more sooner than later that we will not be able to buy lead like we do now. Next week I plan on buying a nother 50 pounds. Remember that you only get 48 -1/4 oz. jigs to the pound. so this will leave you short for your 1/8 oz. jigs and none for the 1/16 oz.With out the lead you are only making flys. Lead and Hooks FIRST Skeins of cheille second. Been down this road before Just some friendly advice from a old geezer.
Redman
It's early this morning Redman, but I think the #'s are a little off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Redman
1/4 oz. = 4 jigs per ounce
16 oz. to the pound, so 4 X 16 = 64
Don't forget to flux your lead pbug!... especially if you're going to use those sinkers. You don't want to stop up the spout on that nice new pot.;)
Any type parafin/wax will do, but beeswax is the best.
I agree with Redman, you can never have too much lead.
boatstall Yes was on the lap top and couldn't correct my error. That being said. Here are some more numbers.
How many jigs we get from a pound of lead.
1/2 oz.= 32
3/8 oz.= 42
1/4 oz.= 64
1/8 oz.= 128
1/16oz.= 256
1/24oz.= 384
1/32oz.= 512
1/50oz.= 800
1/100oz.= 1600
My Comment to Pbug was to lay in a supply of lead. The wacko's are going to be comming after us in the sporting community to end our use of lead. They DO NOT want us to fish, hunt, or run one of those evil outboard motors that run on Hydrocarbon that ruins the envirovment.They haven't got a clue that the sportsman balances the enviroment and keeps populations in order. That is why I am telling you all to stock up before it is to late. Remember they are in power and are ruling by fait law. No you can look at me as a crack pot but ask your selves when was the last time I killed a duck with lead shot.
A Still Free NATIVE AMERICAN
Redman
GCDQuote:
Originally Posted by GCD
Is it okay to flux you lead in the pouring pot or should you do that in a melting pot....
Either way is ok, but if you have some real trashy lead, I'd do it in a melting pot first... and it won't hurt a thing to flux your pouring pot too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Doc Crappie
My pouring pot gets a little rust on the inside from the heating and cooling process, so I flux every time I fire it up (I usually add more lead too).
I flux at startup (after I add the new lead) and every time I ad more lead.
btw, pbug... read your manual on that pot! I don't consider pouring lead an inside activity, I pour all mine outside.
I also drilled 2 holes in the base of mine to anchor to my working surface with screws, those pots are top heavy when full... and the last thing you want is 10 lbs. of 600* lead spilling onto your crotch!!!
yea u can. but dont get scared when it flames up alittle
i got a room setup for pouring lead. i rigged up an old stove exhaust fan to pull the fumes outside....my basement is setup to be like a little production line its neats as he@!
Pbug; Glad to hear that you have a hood. Lead poisining makes your teeth fall out kills your liver and can make you go crazy. Hard to cast jigs when you are in a hospital just trying to keep alive. Stay safe !!!
Redman
I hate to see how much you have in a few years, LOL! I started out and got a little at a time and then it was like every month I had to tie a bunch of jigs to pay for all the materials I got that month until I have this darn whole room full.
Good luck,
Skip
redman all the stuff you say can happen, man that sounds like the normal people here in wv lol jk...ive read all the warnings an what every body else has wrote...