Another horse head head modification.

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These are 1/32 and 1/16 oz x #6 sickles that I made the spinner swivel attachment out of Mustad 3366A large eye #8 hook. I bend the hook eye section of the hook and snipe it off. I open the eye slightly and place it in the mold and cast it. I can then paint the head without having to protect the swivel. The free swinging barrel swivel also gives the spinner blade more action I believe. As I mentioned in a previous post I use the #0 Do-it insert in my 1/8 oz and above horse heads but that insert is to big for these smaller heads. Thought I would share.

WOW.Great post and idea thanks.Outstanding ties and paint.WOW.

Good looking jigs

Very nice!

Good job Sir! That engineer blood is kicking in. LOL Bet those blades will spin like crazy. That is what I never liked about RR setup. The swivel is always in a bind. Great solution!!!!

Nice ties, and great idea! Keep up the good work!

Nice work and good looking ties!

Skip

Nice, this makes me want to get set up for casting.

On a related note, I was in Academy today (Fort Smith, AR) and they now have roadrunner heads with a barb (previously no barb) an they also had a "no bling" version without the spinner. And had some 1/4 oz "Randy Howell" bass swimjigs and bare jigheads.

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Yes warhawk that is Blakemore's Marabou 2 head. They even have eye sockets for glue on eyes. They use a Prizim eye on theirs! It's a very nice head, but wish mine didn't have the barb and it's more trouble than I want to remove it. These also have a nice size hook and theirs are tied thread neck style with Marabou!

I have some of these heads, but didn't get their eyes and wish that I had.

Skip

Great info.

Nice mod - I still like the swivels in mine and with as many as I have can't justify tearing up hooks that I would tie flies with.

Fatman for me it is worth it not having to take the time cover the swivel to powder paint it. The hooks are $5.45 / 100 so 5 cents per jig is ok for me. I am a hobby tyer. If I sold them I might look at it a little different.