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Figure 117. Eelskin rig made from a pipe section. Another type of eelskin rig uses a weighted head similar to the heads used in making jigs. See Fig. 118. You can mold such a head in the same way as described in Chapter 7, except that, when casting a weighted head, you attach another hook to the eye of the first one, using stainless steel wire. The wire is wound through the eye of the first hook and loops beyond it for four or five inches. See Fig. 119. You don't have to attach the second hook before pouring the metal head-all you need is the wire loop to which the hook can be added later. After the head of the lure is molded, solder a ring around it so that the eelskin can be tied to it. Such metal rings can easily be made from brass or copper pipe or tubing by cutting off sections at in. intervals. A small pipe cutter can be used to do this very quickly. Then file a groove around the ring so that the eelskin can be lashed to it. See Fig. 120 for the details of such a ring, and how it is attached to the head. Figure 118. Eelskin lure. Figure 119. Hook prepared with wire loop, ready for the eelskin lure mold. Figure 120. Ring soldered to the head of an eelskin lure.
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