Is it possible
Submitted by ody on Fri, 2007-12-14 12:11
Hi Ya,
... to purchase that nice flashy stuff you find on metal (particularly Halco Twisty) lures and if possible, from where? And is it possible to buy luminious paint?
Thought I'd buy some heavy flat bar and try making my own jigs. I mean, if you guys (well, some of you anyway) can catch sambos on shifters and ring spanners, then why not on flashy steel bar?
Had actually considered getting the steel chrome plated, but then realised that the cost would be equal to or higher than buying quality jigs so gave that up.
Cheers.
Jim
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You could get it from some
You could get it from some bike shops awhile ago, or you could try spotlight or similar.
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mako magic
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after a little quick search
after a little quick search looking for prism tape holographic i found this, you can find alot more ody
http://www.lureworld.com.au/products.php?category=1115
ody
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Hi Ya, Thanks
Hi Ya,
Thanks guys.
NoWories, yes, lead would work, but I don't have a mechanism for melting it (yet) and thought steel bar would be easy to cut. On top of that, I once tried making poppers (used 25mm jarrah dowell for weight) and they seem to work fine so thought I'd give this a go just for fun.
Mako, I wouldn't have thought of searching for 'prism tape'.
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Good Onya
Good onya Ody for making your own - as you said, Sambo's are reported to go for anything. That said, I've got a couple of SWLAB 370g Slims on my 'wanted' list for Chrissy. Reckon they'd go down like a bullet, offer absolute minimum drag in a fair drift and the prismatic/lumo attributes wouldn't hurt much either.
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Pete D
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Melting lead is easy Ody -
Melting lead is easy Ody - camp stove...or if you don't get caught kitchen stove. Better outside though in a well ventilated area as gases given off are toxic. Use an old aluminium pot...or mutli grips and a tin can. Use welding gloves and pre heat mould used.
Cheers Pete.
Ps Scrap s/s could be used too and polish it up (time consuming though).
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We used to make our own
Jigs 25 or 30 years ago in the uk but they were called Pirks back then(still are over there I think) we used to cut up old pram frames fill the tubes with lead flatten out the ends drill for split rings and attach a treble on one end we used them for catching cod (not like the australian cod) off the east coast fishing over wrecks they worked a treat!
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holth
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have made jigs from
have made jigs from stainless steel , worked at treat. ya dont need the fancy stuff. just a straight peice of M16 bar, or a piece of 40x5 flat bar ss and cut to shape.have some pics but dont know how to post them.
but if ya looking for some flashy stuff, go to bcf and buy some mako swivells. they have stickers in the packs . lve put some on my twistys to jazz them up.
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have got bulk (flashy stuff)
have got bulk (flashy stuff) down at the tackle shack!!!
cheers brenz
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Don't buy the tape just get some of their stickers and use some acetone to get the black print off .
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