Thread: Skirt material, Rubber or Silicone??

Silicone. Have made some out of rubber and they don't last long in the tackle box. They stick together and deteriating pretty fast. Here is a good place to buy skirt material.
Firetip

Silicone for me, the rubber will go bad even if you don't use it. It's a better option for sure!

I have some old jigs made by Blue Fox and I do not know what kind of material they used for the tail, but wish I did as it's good stuff. I suspect it's some kind of silicone, but link of crinkled, hard to describe. I still have a bunch of these jigs, just still don't know what that is. The entire jig is probably no more than 1 inch long and I could measure it if I didn't keep loosing the box in this room, lol! Anyway it was simple, Nickel Plated head and Red Thread neck style with that stuff for fringe type tail. These worked very well even trolling like I do.

Skip

Silicone if you're just looking at the two. Don't be afraid of other stuff just because you live in Florida.

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Originally Posted by lowe175

Silicone if you're just looking at the two. Don't be afraid of other stuff just because you live in Florida.

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Couldn't agree more lowe175, heck try kip tail, marabou, hackle or most anything that gives what you want, a bite!

Skip

Thanks guys!

I have used feathers, kip tail, flash and even plain old yarn. Got a little time, so thought I would try something different.

Originally Posted by pescador

Thanks guys!

I have used feathers, kip tail, flash and even plain old yarn. Got a little time, so thought I would try something different.

Hey here is a good site to look at silicone skirt materials and they have some rubber as well if you want some. On this page just start looking on the left index at Barbed Wire and below. Above that is for other things of which most you may not have any interests in?? Skirt Making Material

Skip

silicone - you can keep the old rubber skirts from sticking if you put talcum powder on them but make sure it's an air tight bag.

Silicone all the way. I get most of mine off the site skip linked

Makes a nice jig

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