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    A bit of ice time...

    All Been able to get out on the ice a couple times over the last month. Fishing in the basin of a small reservoir (120 acres), 28' of water. Getting sunfish a few isolated crappie. Fishing real simple, wax worms on a jig - Tightline or spring bobber. Caught fish both times - first outing was...
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    Recent pouring session

    Here are some pics of some jigs and spinners I poured not so long ago....some of the pics aren't the greatest - cell camera w/ fixed focus. The molds I used for these are all from Do-it - some were new purchases, and some used that I had picked up here on Jig Craft.  1/8th oz Swim jig - going...
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    Glider Jig

    I've been doing some pouring recently - trying out some new molds, and a few used ones from a batch of molds I bought off of John Broughton (Crappie Killer 3) right before he died a few years back... One of the used molds in the batch was for a "Glider Jig" - the mold model number JV-5-A - made...
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    Mold storage?

    How do your store your molds (lead or plastic)? My inventory is 40+, and the cardboard box I've been using for them is becoming overwhelmed by the weight. Thanks UG
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    To brush guard or not to brush guard....

    I've got one of Do-it's brush guard ball head molds on my acquisition list. Seems like a reasonable thing to pick up....or is it? This weekend, I was cleaning the basement, and stumbled upon the hand out I was given in a Crappie fishing class put on by Community Ed (local school district)...
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    Time away....

    Hi all Remember me? I've been away for a while - just to much going. Little time to fish - little to nothing to contribute either. Hope that is in the past. Later UG
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    50 # x 57"

    http://www.kaaltv.com/article/stories/S3959627.shtml?cat=10151 Last night on the 10:00 news, they (KAAL) ran a story about a fellow who caught a large muskie up on Lake Mille Lacs on a home brew, hand tied fly. Very impressive fish - pic on the link. I think we now know what has happened...
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    Lipstick jigs?

    I get a weekly fishing update from the DNR of a state neighboring the one I live in. The following sentence was in this weeks update: Fish were being harvested using small lipstick jigs tipped with night crawler. Don't know that I've seen that term before. I tried Google, all I get is a...
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    Sticky yuck

    Not exactly plastic pouring - but the closest topic..... Some years back, I found a product (Mend it) which can be used to repair torn soft plastics, like stick baits, frogs, twisters, etc. Works good - seals up the tear/hole, and the lure fishes another day or two or ..... What I didn't...
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    Spring time visitors...

    We have wood burners in the house, and in the shop. Wifelet informed me Monday that a bat has gotten in to the house burner (it's been making noise for the last 3 days), and this morning, while in the shop, I heard noise in it's. This one turned out to be a bird. Got it out by opening the O/H...
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    Gapen Bait Walker

    Any one ever stumbled across a mold for one of these? Have a "jig fishing" book written in the '80s which indicated molds were available (at that time), but I've never seen one. Searched w/ Google, came up w/ nothing but pics of the 'device' itself. I am toying w/ the idea of taking a spinner...
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    Cut a bunch of holes....

    and not alot to show for it - 1 strike - and I missed. We have been having alot of wind lately - driving the wind chill down in to negative numbers - that combined w/ working, left me one day (today) to hit the ice, as the temps are already dropping for a return of the Siberian Express later...
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    Smart phone app recommendations?

    Well, I joined the "smart" era - picked up my first smart phone - a major step up from the 'phone only' units I've had in the past. It runs Android 4.1. Are there any must have applications I should be looking for/at - ie Anti Virus or similar? Thanks UG
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    Mold Maker

    All Some of you have been looking for mold makers - both for lead and for soft plastics.... I have a friend in Yuma Az - Bob La Londe - who is going in to the mold making business. He has made his own molds for several years (has a CAD/CNC driven milling machine), and has turned out some...
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    Not pouring, but related....

    Stopped at a country service station to pick up a bottle of Pepsi this morning. As I was about to leave, the owner - Gene, asked me if I was still making "lead weights". It caught me a bit off guard, but I responded - not in a while, but I need to do some, as my inventory is low.... To which...
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