I’ve been browsing this forum and came across a couple of posts mentioning jigs with loose hooks.

Way back when. When I started making my own jigs, someone told me that cold hooks in the mold caused loose hooks. His argument was that when the lead touched the cold hook, it started to solidify and didn’t full flow around the hook resulting in a loose hook. This made sense then, and still does. But no guarantee.

I’ve always put my hooks on a stovetop griddle on a hot plate before putting them into the mold that sits on the griddle before I pour.

What do you all think about this? I’ve never had loose hook issues, but that could be like the “No elephants around here” joke.