True Weight Of Football Heads According To My Scale

[steveearle]

FYI on the weights of football jigs. I got bored the other day and started weighing Jewel and Chomper football jigs on a highly sensitive food scale...What I found was that the Chompers were right on or very very close...1/2, 5/8, and 3/4...When I weighed the Jewels and I found that the 1/2 oz. averages .60-.62, the 5/8 averaged about .72-.75 and the 3/4 were mostly .88. The only thing i had changed was that I got bored earlier and copper hand tied all of my football jigs, but an inch of 22 guage copper is almost weightless.......Just a tidbit for everyone...

[S&M]

The only thing i had changed was that I got bored earlier and copper hand tied all of my football jigs, but an inch of 22 guage copper is almost weightless

I found your jig head weight test interesting and informative, but what really peeks my interest is this "copper hand tied" football jig?

Would you please explain why you do this.....how you do this....and materail used to do this.

Thanks,

Mike

[techo]

One of my friends makes his own. He uses copper wire to tie on the rubber skirt instead of a rubber band. He prefers it because it helps keep the skirt from sliding and is more durable.

Lead is hard to be real accurate on. I spend a great deal of the winter months in the gym. Molds are hard to keep clean and accurate. The 45 pound plates in the gym can be off as much as 2 pounds. I always try to grab the light ones on max days! It is messy stuff. I use the weight of the jig as a starting point. It doesn't matter to me if it is off a small amount. The type and size of line is going to affect the fall and action of the jig more than that minute amount. The size and hardness of the trailer will also affect the fall and action of the jig more than the small amount it is off. I am more concerned about the coloro of the trailer than I am of the jig. As long as the jig is close black/blue, brown. green, then I put the color of trailer on that matches the crawdad color. I do like the red eyes though.

It hard to argue with the tournament success Jerry and Sonny had this year with Chompers. They have an awesome product. The Eakins boys haven't had such a hard time on the trail either.

Still good info to know.

[steveearle]

TO S&M---

The hand-tying is the same as the hand-tied Eakins jig if you have seen this...I don't fish these baits alot based on spending 90% of my time on LOZ. I use 22 guage copper wire (start with 2-3 inches cut with tin snips) from a craft store (Michaels, etc.) and double wrap about 2 inches of the the copper just above the rubber skirt collar, pull it tight and twist it w/pliers a couple of time and then cut it off close to the head with tin snips. Because I dont fish these baits a ton, some of them sit in my jig box for a while and the rubber collar will eventually dry rot and the skirt will fall apart. This assures me that the jig will last until I either lose it or mess up the hook (on a snag). It also keeps the skirt strands in place so they never slide....use the 5/16 oz. Eakins, living rubber hand tied model as a sample...Over the winter, I usually do this to my regular Eakins, Football jigs, "big jigs", and especially spinnerbaits since they seem to last longer than a jig....