Learn How To Make Your Own Sinkers
Sinkers, by the nature of their use are the most often lost than most of fishing lures so it really pays for you to make your own sinkers.
There are many types of sinkers available in most fishing stores, such as the ball or round, bell or dipsey, bank, diamond, oval, flat, rectangular, pencil, and pyramid.
The equipment required to make your own sinkers are:
- a gas or electric stove - to melt the lead
- a ladle - to hold and pour the molten lead
For making sinkers, especially the larger saltwater types, a big ladle is best. You also need lead. Scrap lead can usually be obtained from a junk dealer.
Alloys of lead and other metals can also be used although you usually get best results with pure lead. Finally to make the sinkers you need a mold of some sort.
These molds can be made of potato, wood, plaster or simply use a teaspoon. All the necessary materials and equipment are readily available. Depending on the rate of usage and type of material, some of these molds can last for a lifetime while others only a few times.
The quality will also depend on the type of molds used. If you are just starting out or testing a new lure design, using a cheaper potato mold may be good enough.
So hopefully this article will help to provide a simple ways of making your own sinkers.
