Making Fire Tiger Jigs

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DARTER JIG

SHAD DART

[cool][#0000ff]Darter heads and shad darts are different. The shad dart is great both for jigs fished "actively"...on the retrieve...and for vertical jigging. They ride in a horizontal mode when fished straight down. Pics of mold and finished product attached.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]There are some molds for "aspirin" jig heads...slightly flattened. But, I do my own, starting with almost any kind of jig head. Small ones can be flattened a bit with a pair of smooth pliers and a good grip. Otherwise, pounding them on a smooth metal surface with a hammer works.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have a flattening tool made for me a couple of years ago by a BFTer in Las Vegas. It was designed for laterally flattening my "glider" series of jigs, but also works for flattening larger jig heads vertically, like my plungers.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Flattening helps impart more action to a retreived jig and adds flutter when it is vertically jigged.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I have over 40 molds and use most of them. However, depending on whether I am rigging for plastics or for dressed jigs, I get the most use out of my "shad dart", "minnow head", "Roadrunner (pony head)" and plain round head molds. Most models can be purchased with multiple cavities of different sizes. That is best for someone just starting. I also have molds with 8 cavities, all the same size for production work on heads that I use a lot.[/#0000ff]
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