Modifying a Poison Tail ll mold

[SGT Rico]

Hey dudes!

 

I am about to modify a that mold, and I have the shank part figured out, but I am not sure how I am going to tackle the hook eye part of the mold, any suggestions?

The hook I am going to use is the VMC 7217 4/0 30 degree hook.  I am going to try to modify the 1/4 oz first to fit the Mustad 32886 4/0 hook and if I am successful, I am going to "modify" the 3/8oz and 1/2oz. 

Any suggestions would be much appreciated.

[SGT Rico]

There’s definitely some improvements to be made on my mold modifications, but I don’t think it turned out to bad. That’s. 1/4 oz with a 4/0 heavy wire VMC hook. I am taking the mold to a local machine shop, to see if they can tweak the 3/8oz slot for me. 

[SGT Rico]

Got my molds back from the machine shop. Poured some, and all was good. I’ll post some picks of the completed product in a few. 

[smalljaw67]

Not bad, but I do have 1 critique. That top picture, the hook is off center, it doesn't look like a big deal but with a jig that size with a heavy hook it may not perform well. I modified a lot of molds and I can tell you that what will happen with lighter weight heads when the hook is off center. What you will find is the jig will want to fall over on its side, the same side to hook is positioned. If it is a swim jig it will want to lean to the point you will need to thread your trailer on off center to compensate. The good thing is it looks like you have room to fix it, I'd have the machine shop measure the depth and even each cavity out so that the hook will sit in the center.

[SGT Rico]

1 hour ago, smalljaw67 said:

Not bad, but I do have 1 critique. That top picture, the hook is off center, it doesn't look like a big deal but with a jig that size with a heavy hook it may not perform well. I modified a lot of molds and I can tell you that what will happen with lighter weight heads when the hook is off center. What you will find is the jig will want to fall over on its side, the same side to hook is positioned. If it is a swim jig it will want to lean to the point you will need to thread your trailer on off center to compensate. The good thing is it looks like you have room to fix it, I'd have the machine shop measure the depth and even each cavity out so that the hook will sit in the center.

That was the test run. The jigs that are painted where done with the new improvements. The machine shop did my 3/8 slot, and it turned out great. Thanks Smalljaw67 for the adivce!

These are the one cut by the machine shop.

[SGT Rico]

Got these done this morning.

The weedguard is jacked up in this one, but I did fix it on the others. 

[SGT Rico]

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[mattkenzer]

Shame to get them dirty .....

[SGT Rico]

37 minutes ago, mattkenzer said:

Shame to get them dirty .....

I am ready to hit the water this weekend Lord willing! 

[Porkrind]

Where are you getting the clear weed guards from? I’ve got some jigs to make and seen these so I might give the clear guards a try. Great looking job by the way.

[Bdnoble84]

You can get throm from barlows tackle

[wolfman56]

Them are some very nice PoisonTail Bass Jigs

[KenP]

That modification looks great. I've never modified any of mine. What tweaks did you need to do to get the different hooks to fit?  

[SGT Rico]

4 hours ago, KenP said:

That modification looks great. I've never modified any of mine. What tweaks did you need to do to get the different hooks to fit?  

I just had a machinist greaten the radius of the hook eye. I saw him do it, and it didn’t take him 5 minutes per slot. He was done in about 15-20 minutes.