Jig tying machine on ebay.

[WiCrappie]

Professional Fine Winder Jig Lure Tackle Making Machine | eBay

Always heard rumblings about these existing but have never actually seen one before.

Anyone know anything about them or used one before?

[eriksat1]

The thing looks homemade to me? Someone with way too much time on there hands.

[smoothlures]

Someone on here made one before. That one looks like it's ready for the trash can or a collector's shelf.

[Redman]

Okay Boys Here is the skinny. This machine was build back in the 1970's. Fishhair was a synthetic material that was manufactured out of Minneapolis, Minn. It is meant to wind Fishhair on jig It will not work with any thing else because of the way it is made. I happen to have and use this product still have half a pound of it. It came from the carpet industry and it can only be used in the length that is was made in this machine. It is crinkly only at the ends and should be tied as a over wing on flies only in my opinion. That is the only way I use it. If you note in the picture it has a heated cutter as it is the best way to cut this product. It will flat out wear out a pair of good scissors.

They had some really fine colors but a very limited use. Their peacock blue is one of the finest blues that was ever on the market. I use it and it will catch fish for some reason when they are hitting any thing with blue in it. If you look at Revtoby's second pattern in this thread http://www.crappie.com/crappie/jig-t...-deathrow.html that is the pattern that I tie with the Fishhair.

IMHO this should be a collectors piece only.

Redman

[Redman]

Just for Grins and Giggles I googled this product. Yes it is still being made and here is the link to see what it looks like. Fish Hair Enterprises, Inc. In fact it is still made in the Twin City area.

Still a lot of colors and some good ones but it has very little if no action. That is too bad as the colors is what set this one apart.

Redman

[skiptomylu]

For me it's a no go. I like what I do and how I do it so wouldn't want one. I just like hand made all the way.

Skip

[revtoby]

I think it's pretty cool... The inventor thought outside the box. My hats off to him... I just placed a bid... I want it for my shelf.... Skip the Nor is a machine in and of itself.

[JSC]

There were some young fellows over in Hattiexburg several years back that used this machine and they tied other than "FisHair" with it (Like feathers for Cobia Jigs) ... They displayed how they tied them with this machine at a Dealer Show one year.

Do not know the current status wether they are still making them or not. They were using the model that had the Glue Dispenser.

JSC

[Fatman]

I believe there was a video on this site one time showing that machine in action, but I can't find it. I also checked a few other sites.

Fatman

[skiptomylu]

I think it's pretty cool... The inventor thought outside the box. My hats off to him... I just placed a bid... I want it for my shelf.... Skip the Nor is a machine in and of itself.

Hey I think someone did step outside the box to make it, but I just don't like it at all, just not for me. The Nor main difference in it and any true rotary is you can spin it so don't see it as a machine as no motor and all what one does with it. Actually I bought it to help save my shoulder with the thread base and to help with dubbing since I like that stuff, but then the rope dub DVD kind of took it's steam from that part, but for a regular dubbing task it's a lot easier than a regular method due to spinning it. However the down side to spinning it for dubbing and the advantage of rope dubbing is you don't twist the thread like on other kinds of dubbing methods.

I guess that is a bit much to just say it's got no motor, but that is how I see it. I guess if the jig machine would wrap chenille and whip finish that would make it more valuable because you would be able to tie a lot more jigs per day, but it doesn't do all that and for sure doesn't do hackle tails for you.

You like it and that is great, but just not for me. It is an interesting thing to collect though.

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