DO-It SAJ-4-A Slide Along jig mold

[Fatman]

Picked up a DO-It SAJ-4-A Slide Along jig mold today - now I just have to get hooks for it.  They call for a 1623 style hook but can only find them in bronze - any other suggestions??

 

[QPassage]

Picked up a DO-It SAJ-4-A Slide Along jig mold today - now I just have to get hooks for it.  They call for a 1623 style hook but can only find them in bronze - any other suggestions??

I saw that one and almost bid on it.

 

[Hawnjigs]

Wow, a rare OOP mold in new condition, congratulations !

I have the same issue with a recently aquired 1623 Standup Spin mold, and when I'm feeling reckless might fill and drill to fit bent out eye leg 32833s. SOME batches of that hook can be bent out to 60* with acceptable (10% or less) breakage loss, but the necessary 45* may not be possible.

 

[Fatman]

Thanks - had a few folks tell me to get the 1623 CR hook, has a crimp in it.

 

[Hawnjigs]

Yup, sometimes the short leg standard 1623 may be loose in the head. Like me.

 

[Kdog]

Looked at Do-It's site, they have them in black nickle
http://store.do-itmolds.com/Eagle-Claw-1623CRM-Hooks-1000_p_1119.html

 

[Fatman]

Saw those but was hoping to find packs of 500 each size. Might just buy 5 packs of each for a total of $58 + shipping through Do-It

 

[Hawnjigs]

The Do-it listing is confusing:
1. The hook is not a "wide gap"
2. I don't recall them being forged either
3. 1623CRM - the "M" refers to quantity 1,000 - EC black hooks usually have a "BP"
4. The sketch is inaccurate as the 1623CR hooks only have a downward shank bump - an upward bump will protrude outside the casting.

 

[Fatman]

Thanks Hawn - definately gonna have to check that out!!!

 

[AtticaFish]

Looks like an interesting mold. Hope to see a few that you cast from it so i can visualize it better.

 

[gaspumper]

 

[Hawnjigs]

Thanks for the pic "gaspumper". What application do you use that style jig head for and does the hook ever loosen and rotate?

 

[AtticaFish]

Thanks for the picture. Those have an interesting shape. Similar to the Erie mold jig, but a little more shapely figure.

 

[Fatman]

Thanks Gas!! Several folks have told me that if you use the hook without the crimp that they could slide around, but the crimped hook would stop that.

Russ - First time I saw it all I could think of was a walking sinker on a hook.

 

[gaspumper]

I use the 1/2 oz mainly in heavy weeds for walleye,have never had the hook come loose in the head,I catch walleye pike and bass in the weeds where I fish in southern Ont.I have never found a supplier for the crimped hooks in Ontario.