Hi Ppl.
Sinker prices have gone trough the roof. Imagine paying R10.00 for a 7 ounce sinker.
This is rediculous as the price of lead is +/- R10/kg. A 7 ounce sinker is 198g which means you get 5 sinkers out of 1kg of lead. So with the wires that you need a Sinkler should not cost more than R2.50 to make.
I have been making sinkers since I started fishing and its easy. All you need is a solid two plate stove or a gas bottle with a burner, a pot ( sommer grip one of the missus old pots), and what they call a " blik beker " in Afrikaans and of course a mould. And your on your way.
My sinkers I make come complete with the clip to clip your sinker to the bait and I use 1.6mm Sprinsteel for the wires. Got a contact in Pinetown where I get my spring steel. When we make sinkers as a club we make up to 200 in a night.
I currently make grapnel moulds From 4 ounce to 7 ounce (8 and 9 ounce are in the pipeline). These are Break away moulds and you pour one Sinker at a time.
Any one interested Can contact me on 0741037036 or mail me at
dup-zn@webmail.co.za
Will post some more info on how I make my sinkers
Dup-zn
Sinker prices have gone trough the roof. Imagine paying R10.00 for a 7 ounce sinker.
This is rediculous as the price of lead is +/- R10/kg. A 7 ounce sinker is 198g which means you get 5 sinkers out of 1kg of lead. So with the wires that you need a Sinkler should not cost more than R2.50 to make.
I have been making sinkers since I started fishing and its easy. All you need is a solid two plate stove or a gas bottle with a burner, a pot ( sommer grip one of the missus old pots), and what they call a " blik beker " in Afrikaans and of course a mould. And your on your way.
My sinkers I make come complete with the clip to clip your sinker to the bait and I use 1.6mm Sprinsteel for the wires. Got a contact in Pinetown where I get my spring steel. When we make sinkers as a club we make up to 200 in a night.
I currently make grapnel moulds From 4 ounce to 7 ounce (8 and 9 ounce are in the pipeline). These are Break away moulds and you pour one Sinker at a time.
Any one interested Can contact me on 0741037036 or mail me at
dup-zn@webmail.co.za
Will post some more info on how I make my sinkers
Dup-zn