Cod Jig Mold

[Sea-Gar]

Does anyone know where I could find a new or used cod jig mold?

Thanks

[MTC]

Ebay... Or search for lure building

[Sea-Gar]

No dice on ebay.... or anywhere else on the web for that matter. Thanks anyway.

[NEXT2NUN]

Diamond jig
http://www.do-itmolds.com/products/l...y=diamond_lure

[beamie]

Go buy 1 or more Cod jigs that you really like in various weights.

Buy some Plaster of Paris. Mix some up to a good consistancy. Pour into half a tupperware of right size. Place half of the jig with vaseline in the plaster and let it set upl Remove this half of mold and take out jig. Hand plane top of mold to make nice and uniform. install some nails for future line up. Put jig back in half cavity and vaseline up jig and mold half. Place back in to tupperware. Mix up more plaster and pour top half. Let set up and remove. Cut put your pour holes and any vents.

IMPORTANT, now I bake this for 10 hours in the oven at 325 to get all the water out. Otherwise your going to get hurt.

I use this kind of mold for custom shaped bucktails that aren't my design. Copies. And it works great with a little practice.

It is easy to do. The downside is the mold doesn't last long. You may get 10, 20 30 jigs and that is it. The next mold I make I was going to mix in finely chopped figerglass to strengthen the mold. Compared to buying 20 cod jigs and killing the winter boredum this works.

Works good when you don't have access to a milling machine.

Try it out. Jon

[Sea-Gar]

Thanks everyone

[fishsmith]

Sea-Gar, my buddy killed em last year with unpainted copper tubing filled with lead. Think of cod like the blondes of the deep.

[NEXT2NUN]

Yea what fishsmith said. A friend of mine used to fill the chrome water pipe they use in bathrooms, with lead squish the end in a vise fill part way with lead squish the other end drill a hole in each end a couple split rings and a hook , and your Cod fishin.

[beamie]

I make allot of my cod jigs out of galvanized electrical conduit filled with lead. Anywhere from 10 to 24 oz. I frequently out catch my buddies using store bought.

Blondes of the deep........a good analogy.

[pete santini]

Heres what you do this is no joke i won the pool when i was a kid on a party boat i took a adjustable jig about 10 inches long drilled a hole in the top put a split ring with a treble hook attached the bottom to my line with a snap swivel and jig away its called adjusta jig i used to open the jaws for a different action don't laugh until you try it you can pick up the cheep wrenches at flea markets for 50 cents and whats nice is there already plated it still works today santini

[Nebe]

Originally posted by beamie
Go buy 1 or more Cod jigs that you really like in various weights.

Buy some Plaster of Paris. Mix some up to a good consistancy. Pour into half a tupperware of right size. Place half of the jig with vaseline in the plaster and let it set upl Remove this half of mold and take out jig. Hand plane top of mold to make nice and uniform. install some nails for future line up. Put jig back in half cavity and vaseline up jig and mold half. Place back in to tupperware. Mix up more plaster and pour top half. Let set up and remove. Cut put your pour holes and any vents.

IMPORTANT, now I bake this for 10 hours in the oven at 325 to get all the water out. Otherwise your going to get hurt.

I use this kind of mold for custom shaped bucktails that aren't my design. Copies. And it works great with a little practice.

It is easy to do. The downside is the mold doesn't last long. You may get 10, 20 30 jigs and that is it. The next mold I make I was going to mix in finely chopped figerglass to strengthen the mold. Compared to buying 20 cod jigs and killing the winter boredum this works.

Works good when you don't have access to a milling machine.

Try it out. Jon

beamie i just posted a thread in teh lure building forum called "how to make a Tin mold" check it out.. i use a different type of plaster and mix it with silica. The molds should last a lot longer than one made with plaster of paris.

[beamie]

Thanks Eben.

I have been getting good at making the molds but like I stated they don't last long....I will have to try your method..