Jig Finishing Question

[Blackhawk19]

I've learned a lot by reading all the info here but I'm unsure of one thing. When tying a jig with a chenille body is just finishing it with the whip knot enough or do you need to also need to apply glue.

[Pup]

I've learned a lot by reading all the info here but I'm unsure of one thing. When tying a jig with a chenille body is just finishing it with the whip knot enough or do you need to also need to apply glue.

Good question. To preface, I recently received a jig "model" from a prominent Indiana bass fisherman that had its collar unraveled. It was made by a prominent southern lure company noted for its soft plastic worms and baits with "pig" references. There is a lot of thread wound around its collar, so as I pulled the loosened tag end it tightened up eventually. I later trimmed a couple of inches of thread away and sealed the jig's collar.

When I tie a finger whip and bury it beneath chenille, I give it at least three wraps before I pull the knot tight. Then, I use a dubbing "type" needle to apply a sealing coat of thin nail polish around the thread. This process works best when using a magnifying lamp (at least for me).

Don't worry about any hardness of chenille near the knot and jig's head. Think of it as merely an extension of the lead. Fish will continue to bite the lure.

The bottom line is...I'd use some form of lacquer, glue, or cement.

[skiptomylu]

I use either 4 or 5 wraps on my whip finish and use a drop of thinned lacquer even though I think mine would not come apart even if I didn't. I think after tying for a good while you could get by with no glue, but you never know for sure to I still use the glue. I only use a 4 wrap whip finish when I use smaller thread than my normal 210 Denier which I mostly use 5 wraps. Sometime it will break when I try to tighten it up if I use 5 wraps with the thinner thread, but with 4 I can make it tighten up without breaking it most of the time.

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[smoothlures]

I fish with my personal jigs without gluing, except bucktails, but all that I sell I glue.

[Blackhawk19]

Thanks for the replies

[fish_4_all]

I glue everything in one way or the other. I have recently started using nothing but water based head cement and have had no problems. I recommend some type of head cement just to make sure that the tie off doesn't come undone if the fishes teeth nick the thread.

[talegunner]

I glue. been useing wapsi head cement. i like it.

[sticksteer]

I fish with my personal jigs without gluing, except bucktails, but all that I sell I glue.

Same here