East Tide, you might be interested to know that wrapping the hook shank as I do with 1/16 diameter solder, and with 5/0 and 7/0 hooks on the 7" split-tail and 10" sluggo respectively, resulted in weights on a post office scale of 1-1/2 and 2-1/4 oz. I get some strange looks from my local postal employees, but they are used to me bringing in strange things to get weighed.
I'd agree that the sluggo at 2-1/4 isn't going to be dredging the bottom, but I'd bet there are times you don't need to
. I'm still working on mold material, space to spread out in my cellar, proper exhaust hood etc, but will get back to anyone that's interested after the holidays. I figure by then I will be ready to roll with some stuff anyway.