Todays Pouring Session

[SaltyBuckster]

I started off with a plan to get rid of all of my colored little sickle hooks.Red size 10 and gold size 8s.Got the 10's done in a 1/80 oz. but the 8's keep multiplying,lol.I want to get down to all bronze sickles.I graduated to boxes of 1000.I poured the size 8 golds in a 1/64 oz. jighead.There is still a lot of them though.When the sprue pile is 5x's what the jig pile is it gets frustrating.I had to throw in some 3/8 oz. and 1/2 oz. shad heads with a box of Mustad hooks that Frank gave me to calm me down.

 

[CrappieHappy]

Nice pours Bruce..

 

[BucktailJiger]

Nice work Bruce , now put some cloth's on um !!!

 

[toadfrog]

That's ma bud . Hey have you noticed the new do-it molds giving flash . I've ordered several new molds lately and I'm getting flash . Not a lot but some ,enough to file . Remembered I had an old mold same style with a blue handle . Poured that got no flash . So I picked another blue combo that had heads in it like a new one I got . No real flash , new one has flash . I ordered them from different stores . The molds you have are new as well . Are they giving you flash anywhere . By the way I can pin those shad heads for recessed eyes for you .

 

[StumpHunter]

Good looking jigs. Big and small ones

 

[BucktailJiger]

Bruce what are the jigs in the lower right ? Never mind I put my glasses on :beat-up:

 

[SaltyBuckster]

That's ma bud . Hey have you noticed the new do-it molds giving flash . I've ordered several new molds lately and I'm getting flash . Not a lot but some ,enough to file . Remembered I had an old mold same style with a blue handle . Poured that got no flash . So I picked another blue combo that had heads in it like a new one I got . No real flash , new one has flash . I ordered them from different stores . The molds you have are new as well . Are they giving you flash anywhere . By the way I can pin those shad heads for recessed eyes for you .

This new mold that I got has a little flash as you can see in the piles of jigs.Just the 1/80 and 1/64 oz. the others are all good.But you can only pour one at a time.I had to run the file on every one of them jigs.Just a swipe,but still had to do it.The jigs on the bottom right are 1/80 red sickles,1/64 gold sickles and the bigger ones are 3/8 and 1/2 oz. shadheads for my Gulp in the saltwater.NO ON THE EYES,lol.I hate putting on eyes.

 

[SaltyBuckster]

To me these jigs are small and Puny lol

 

[Fatman]

Nice mess of jigs!!!! Now you just have to paint em and dress em!!!!!!!!!!

 

[flounder pounder]

Nice

 

[SaltyBuckster]

Yea,to go with my other 2000 lol

 

[SaltyBuckster]

I guess that the smart ones here have figured out what the Swap 13 will be,lol.

 

[Ron Don]

Way to get after it! But I do want to know why you are wanting to go all bronze????

 

[SaltyBuckster]

Because I got a deal on some boxes of 1000 bronze sickles.They fit into the mold so much better..There have been guys that wanted dozens of jigs and sometimes I had a mixture of hook colors for some reason they did'nt like it.So,figured I would just keep everything easy and only keep 1 hook in supply.If they want other hooks they can ask and I will be able to make them happy,lol.

 

[flounder pounder]

Sounds pretty reasonable to me it also helps keep over head costs down. Like you said can always pour some with different hooks upon request.

 

[LedHed]

Way to keep busy

 

[blt]

One rig I do uses #6 Kahle hooks for Croaker and Spot. They are bronze, and a lot of people like that. While they are pretty much a "throw away" rig from saltwater, some like that because if you loose one to a gut hook, they will rust and fish will loose it faster. Myself, I like gold hooks.

I use bronze also for 1/8 and 1/4 oz. bullet heads also.

In the over all scheme of things, the cost per hook from bronze, stainless and gold are not really that much if you get them in bulk.