OK, I took a couple of my favorites and made them better!! A few different sizes of megabait and a maria jigs as a baseline, made some minor mods to all of them, then made up mold then poured them in pure tin...check them out. Still have some rough edges to work out and I need to get a jewelry buffer to really polish them but IMO these will kick some butt and there is no paint to wear off. (hooks are the new vmc gladitor 6x in red, and some 777SS stainless steel trebles that I have had from years past.

I hope to hand out a few at the fall get together.

Nice, they look shiny enough for me. Are they flat on the other side or did you use a full mold?

Mr. Sandman,

What did you do to make them better than the originals? Are those stick on eyes with glue? Is there a recess/bump up in your mold for the place to stick the eye.

They look sweet :humpty: and will stay shiny pulling them thru the sand.

very sweet

:putin: full mold, recessed, glued 3d eyes, and a secret sause! wow, you guys ask too many quesions.

I wanted a jig without paint that has similar but better properties. I have not fished these yet so the jury is still out.

:drool:

those are beautiful!

WOW

Nice work. I am a big fan of anything metal. Paul

heeeeeeeyyyyy
u tryin to put me outa business :whackin:

but seriously, those are nice. dont use steel wool if at all possible. use a really good polish or auto compounding paste and you will get them to shine like nothing you have ever seen, and u can keep doing that indefinitely, and when they are all dinged up, just melt them back down re-pour them in the mold . Tin is great, it only goes bad when you lose it.

Very nice, but I need to have a closer look! :jester:

Bernzy

TM, thanks but I am hardly a serious tin maker and my molds are crude compared to the ones you guys use. Just wanted to try and make a few myself. I think I have a bunch of yours...mine are no comparison.

Thanks for the tip about polishing. The first thing I did was take steel wool to them, I should have used a finer wool, what I had on hand scraches. I will go with the compound paste next pour.

Bernzy, I will send you a small package for your closer inspection. :as: Don't get your hopes up, they don't have that professional feel to them...more of a father and son weekend garage operation .

Nice! They look very appetizing. I bet lot's o stripers get fooled on them this season. :wiggle:

Love that megabait type.........nice job