Anyone on here make their own weights and jig-heads?

[Del from philly]

i was reading the BPS catalog and saw the lead weight maker....looked pretty cool

thing is, seemed kind of expensive...over 30 bucks for the molds, and then you need a bunch of other stuff.

is it cheaper in the long run?

any good experiences, bad?

is it hard to work with?

THANKS

[Raul]

To me it really isn 't about how much can I save, it was the possibility to create my own with the hardware I wanted. For years I couldn 't find a manufacturer that would sell for example, jigheads with larger fine quality hooks, been pouring my own jigheads with oversized hooks for years, now they are called shakey heads  ; can 't take the credit of inventing them but shakey heads are far from being new to me.

Is it less expensive in the long run ?

I can 't tell, but money has never been an issue.

[Munkin]

To me it really isn 't about how much can I save, it was the possibility to create my own with the hardware I wanted. For years I couldn 't find a manufacturer that would sell for example, jigheads with larger fine quality hooks, been pouring my own jigheads with oversized hooks for years, now they are called shakey heads ; can 't take the credit of inventing them but shakey heads are far from being new to me.

Is it less expensive in the long run ?

I can 't tell, but money has never been an issue.

Well said

Since money is not an issue send some my way!

Allen

[IDbasser]

Where I live I have to order almost everything I use, so now I pour my own DS wieghts so I am always stocked up, and I am pouring my own jig heads too.  I use the powder paints on them.  I am waiting for my newest paints to get here from BPS, the new colors, junebug, watermelon, etc.  For me it is a matter of convience.

[Siebert Outdoors]

cheaper all depends on how much you use the perticular lure.  I've been pouring jigheads for close to 10 years now.  I know I've paid all my materials and molds off in what I have used.  Probably in the first couple years it paid itself off.  One thing is though you gotta buy the stuff in bulk.  Otherwise its pretty dang expensive and you dont save much.

[Biscuit]

I've been pouring for a long time as well, and have a large collection of molds. It sometimes scares me to think how much I have invested. I make almost everything I use and mostly mail order what I need. There is an abundance of tackle stores around me, but I very seldom buy from them because I don't have to any more. I do sell my work to off-set cost. Tuition comes with a price. If you love to fish, making your own tackle is taking that enjoyment to the next level, and in my opinion, is well worth the money I spent to learn.  

[Jig Man]

I've been pouring for a long time as well, and have a large collection of molds. It sometimes scares me to think how much I have invested. I make almost everything I use and mostly mail order what I need. There is an abundance of tackle stores around me, but I very seldom buy from them because I don't have to any more. I do sell my work to off-set cost. Tuition comes with a price. If you love to fish, making your own tackle is taking that enjoyment to the next level, and in my opinion, is well worth the money I spent to learn.

Yes it is.  

I have been pouring lead and plastic longer than most of you have been alive.  I do it to enjoy the hobby as well as never going after a hung up bait.  I can break off a dozen $.25- $.50 baits and think nothing about it, but to have a $3 jig with a $1 trailer hung up would be a whole other issue. :'(