# Metal jigs: when price is flat, weight and hook decide

> Five sampled metal jigs sit inside a 2.1x price band, so price decides nothing. The weight range spans 20 g to 120 g, and lead is a floating input cost.

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Direct answer. Metal jigs are the type in this catalog where price is the least useful field, because our five sampled listings sit inside a 2.1x band from US$0.97 to US$2.01 per piece. When price does not separate the options, the decision moves to the two fields that do: the weight, which spans 20 g to 120 g across the same sample, and the hook configuration. Lead is the body material, so the metal price is a live input cost rather than a fixed line, and a quotation carries a validity window. Key facts. 1) Our metal jig sample holds 5 listings between US$0.97 and US$2.01 per piece, a 2.1x spread. 2) Weight spans 20 g to 120 g across the same five listings - a 6x range, and the field that moves most. 3) MOQ is 200 pieces on four of the five listings and 100 on the fifth. 4) Lead is the body material, so the price of the metal is a real input cost and the quotation has a shelf life. Frequently asked questions. Q: Why is the price band for metal jigs so narrow? A: Because the product is a lead casting with a finish and a hook, and those inputs do not vary much between suppliers. Our five sampled listings run from US$0.97 to US$2.01 per piece. Compare that with spoons and spinners, where the same catalog records a 19x published range. A narrow band is a signal that price is not where the decision is. Q: If price does not separate the options, what does? A: Weight first. The sample spans 20 g to 120 g, a sixfold range, which is a far larger difference between listings than the price is. Hook configuration second. A jig is fished on the drop and on the lift, so the way it hangs and the way it is hooked decide more of the outcome than a 30-cent difference per piece. Q: Why does the quotation need a validity date? A: Because lead is the body. The metal is a commodity input rather than a fixed process cost, so the material line moves with the market while the casting and finishing lines do not. A price quoted without a validity window is a price for a market that has already moved. Q: What makes a heavy jig order different from a light one? A: The hook and the assist configuration. A 120 g jig is fished where the fish are large and the cover is hard, so the hook takes more load and is replaced more often. A 20 g jig is a finesse presentation where the hook is part of the action. They are the same body at different weights and different terminal setups. Q: What should a metal jig order state? A: Weight, body material and tolerance, finish, hook or assist configuration, and the eye or line-tie position. State the weight tolerance explicitly, because a nominal 60 g that arrives at 54 g is a different lure, and it is a casting tolerance rather than a bait that is out of specification by accident. Sources (3). 1) The five-listing metal jig sample behind every figure on this page — /opportunities/metal-jig-suppliers-china/ 2) Which cluster casts metal jigs, and on what volume — /fishing-tackle/weihai/ 3) Our rule for separating a claim from its evidence — /opportunities/editorial-rules/ This is the type in the catalog where the price list tells you the least. Five sampled listings sit inside a band narrow enough that a buyer choosing on price is choosing between near-identical numbers. A narrow band is information Our metal jig sample holds five listings, priced between US$0.97 and US$2.01 per piece. That is a 2.1x spread, one of the two narrowest in the catalog. For comparison, the same catalog records a 19x published range for spoons and spinners. A band that narrow tells a buyer something useful: the product is a lead casting, a finish and a hook, and those three inputs do not vary much between suppliers. The price is not where the difference lives. The sample spans 20 g to 120 g. That sixfold range is the real spread in this type - the price band is 2.1x. Weight is where the difference lives The same five listings span 20 g to 120 g. That is a sixfold range, roughly three times the price spread, and it is the field that actually separates the products from one another. Weight is not one decision, it is several. A 20 g jig is a finesse presentation. A 120 g jig is fished where the fish are large and the structure is hard. The two are the same casting and finishing process at opposite ends of a range, and they need different terminal setups. That asymmetry is why an order should lead with weight and treat price as a derived figure: the price per piece barely moves across the range, while what the buyer receives changes completely. Lead is a live input Lead is the body material in our sample. That makes the metal a commodity input rather than a fixed process cost, so the material line moves with the market while the casting and finishing lines do not. The practical consequence is that a jig quotation carries a shelf life. A price quoted without a validity window is a price for a market that has already moved, and a buyer comparing quotations taken weeks apart may be comparing two different metal markets rather than two suppliers. What the order has to state Weight, with a tolerance. A nominal 60 g arriving at 54 g is a different lure, not a bait that is slightly out. Casting tolerance is a real field and it belongs in the order. Body material. Lead in our sample, and stated, because it is the input that floats. Finish. Plating or paint, a separate process step. Hook or assist configuration. Single, treble or assist cord, named rather than assumed. Eye or line-tie position. It decides how the jig hangs on the drop. The quotation should also carry a validity date . That is not a formality on this type; it is the field that makes two quotations comparable. Send a specification See the metal jig record