Thread: Local bait and tackle craftsmen?

Redneck rubber makes a great plastic and jig head. Caught many crappie on the beaverbottom baits. They are out owasso. Redneck Rubber LLC

Here are a few styles and colors that have worked well for me. Of course, I have tied some that haven't done a thing, but that's part of the fun when you tie your own jigs. There are an infinite number of things that you can try, and you never know when you're going to hit one that slays 'em.

I am in no way against giving business to non local companies, but I do put a certain value in building personal relationships.

As far as making my own, I would love to be able to do that. Unfortunately my wife thinks I already have to much stuff as it is. I would possibly find myself sleeping in the garage if I attempted to invest in more gear!

I hear you loud and clear, Dyabolical. it was only after I showed my wife how much money I would save by making my own jigs that I was cleared for takeoff. But the garage was already full of rods, float tubes, dough bait supplies, tents, jugging stuff, extra refrigerators for fish fillet storage, and a multitude of other fishing and hunting paraphernalia. The thing that almost nixed the whole deal was when I said I would need space for a table and a cabinet to store my supplies. The spare room was already stuffed with her knitting stuff (you wouldn't believe how many tubs of stuff she has). We settled on a corner of the living room, and all is well as long as I don't stray from my 3.5' by 8' area.

Anything inside the house is pretty much an automatic no. Between my three young kids and a few young nephews and nieces that sometimes stay with us, keeping small hands out of colorful jig and fly tying materials could prove difficult.

Here's how it went down at my...err her house. I said, 'I'm going to start tying my own jigs to save some money'. All I will need is a cheap vise, a few colors of this a few colors of that. Said told me I had enough things to do without starting something else. To which I told her she really had no say in the matter and that I was going to do what I &^*% well pleased! 9 weeks later they removed the cast off my legs!

Still trying to figure out house I convinced my wife!

Originally Posted by Dyabolical

Anything inside the house is pretty much an automatic no. Between my three young kids and a few young nephews and nieces that sometimes stay with us, keeping small hands out of colorful jig and fly tying materials could prove difficult.

"Difficult" is not the word. Medical bills could mount rapidly.
My grandkids are old enough (9-18) to be relatively safe with the equipment. When they come to visit us from Tulsa, three of them run to the tying station to make up a few jigs. They aren't perfect jigs, but the kids really get a kick out of using something they "created".