Clowns & Chickens

My version of the clown and Electric Chicken patterns with the new Herring mold. Baits are 1/8 and 1/4 oz. using 3/0 and 4/0 Mustad ultra point jig hooks. The rubber tail colors come closer in colors than any rabbit I have. Swivels are pricey and cost more than everything else combined so need to find some cheaper substitutes. I think two split rings and a roller swivel will work almost as well. View attachment 6View attachment 7View attachment 8View attachment 9

Very Nice

Those are very nice indeed!
A small / cheap roller swivel will work just fine. If you wanted to downsize the connection, I use the #8 spro power swivels with #1 splits.
Your jigs would be killer on Redfish.

I have been using these on all my bigger spinner baits and they work great.
http://www.barlowstackle.com/Mustad-Premium-Roller-Swivels-P862.aspx
The lesser expensive one will work fine also. I like the Mustad for the slight point bent in the ends it forces it to the end and they seem to work much better and not hang up as much as the round ends.

Those are some awesome spinner jigs. Nice to see what comes out of the new mold. You may want to add a stinger hook depending on what you're fishing for.

As for the swivels, you can get size 0 ball bearing swivels on eBay for about $0.13 apiece:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/100-size-0-...with-2-split-rings-nickle-color-/271770194109

This post finally sucked me in. Ordered the mold this morning.

Can pour these without the insert and can tie your swivel in after cutting the collar off. Plenty of options with this mold. Wish they had a 1/16 with these. Good price on those China swivels. Ordered some #1's last week and see how they are.

I'm thinking about cutting the lead off behind the skirt ring and tying in a wire plastic keeper. This would allow me to use a boot tail or twister tail minnow without glue.

Wow....great creations

JUNGLEJIM1 said:

Can pour these without the insert and can tie your swivel in after cutting the collar off. Plenty of options with this mold. Wish they had a 1/16 with these. Good price on those China swivels. Ordered some #1's last week and see how they are.

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Yeah, no point in using expensive ball bearing swivels on blades IMHO. They're not under much load. As long as they turn smoothly that's what matters.

I've ordered solid ring swivels from this seller before and I've always been satisfied with their product. I use them for almost all my fresh water fishing and I've never had the swivel fail.