Jighead Painting Tip

[carolina-rig-01]

well i have gotten into tying jigs so much i want to take it a step further. i am starting to make my own jigheads, i say starting in sense that my materials haven't even got to the house yet. i am making bass jigs and the only molds i could find are the ones where the weedguard is molded into the head. i want to powder coat my jig heads and am wondering if this is possible with the fiber weedguard already on the head. if so how, and if not then any other ideas that would be durrable?

[Dutch]

I have never had success with that operation. I bought the pins for my molds and use them. I glue the fiberguard in after the jig is completely done. That way I don't have to work around it when tying the skirt on.

There is also a fluid bed which you can construct but I don't know how it is done. You can probably go to www.tackleunderground.com and do some reading. I am sure there will be a set of directions posted somewhere on that site. Another place to look is bass resource.

[carolina-rig-01]

i looked all over and couldn't find a football jig mold that would accept the pins. the only molds i could find in the sizes i wanted had to have the weedguard molded in.

[Dutch]

Try a piece of a round toothpick. It will work instead of the fiberguard. You will have to pull it out and drill the hole out after painting. If you have a drill press it isn't too bad. A short finish nail would also work if you can find the right size. Just anything to keep the hole while the lead sets up.

[WildCat Tackle]

Try using a piece of oak dowl rod. Cut a piece a little longer than the weed guard. Then drill a 1/8" hole in one end deep enough for it to touch the jig head when slid over the weed guard. Then taper the outside edge (where the hole is) so when you dip it the head will fully coated. Also if you use a toaster oven to heat the head it doesnt tend to mess weed guard up as bad.