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Reply With QuoteI agree and think it also helps seal those eye gaps that sometimes the line slips through. Once again, beautiful work Jim.
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Thanks everyone, plan on painting more the next couple of days. Once I have enough I plan on testing the durability and take a hammer to a couple. Cleaning the eyes out have been time consuming. What works best for me is after jigs are finished I take my half hitch tool and heat it for five seconds or so and push it through the eye and turn it a few times. I think the rubber inside the eye will protect line better and maybe help with line slippage.
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I agree and think it also helps seal those eye gaps that sometimes the line slips through. Once again, beautiful work Jim.
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Keep the shrink tube on until your done dipping, a slight reheat around tubing will release it around the hook eye…I use 1/32 shrink tubing and cut it into 1/2” long pieces,,, use both sides of it to maximize your tubing,,,,
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Problem is with all the jigs he does is they are so dang pretty I hate to use them for fear of losing. Might just put a bunch in a shadowbox on my mantel.
Look forward to fishing with you again Jim.
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The crappies cant help but to bite those jigs. Some great colors.
