My Jig Tying Evolution...

[The Kraken]

...is a short trip! And ever evolving. Two and a half weeks ago I started reading up on jig tying. I had tied the last walleye snell my triple great grandchildren will use! Thats about eleventy billion if your keeping track. Anyways, I needed something to do with my spare minutes a day and figured it'd be an easy transition.

After reading crappie.com and watching youtube videos for a few evenings, I jumped in. Bought a vise, some maribou, bps jigs, flash and thread in various colours and so on and began twisting up my own slab slaying weapons of doom. I kept up on cdc and backread threads, admired everyones handy work, and attempted to emulate my versions.

Its been easy to go overboard. I'd never dipped my own jigs before, never built a fluid base, never caught a mess of crappie on jigs of my own creation, which I did last weekend.

Anyways, Its been fun to say the least.

To anyone wanting to get involved with a jig swap but hasent, I encourage you to do so. I'm mailing out the first of many to come swap ready and hopefully water worthy jigs and can't wait to see what the postman brings me in return!

I included a semi chronological evolution in my two weeks of tying. Starting with my first, ending with a few from yesterday. (does anyone elses' work bench look as crazy as mine?)

Cheers and Happy Jigging

[skiptomylu]

Nice work and your progressing really nicely! Keep up the good work and this hobby/addiction can last a lifetime! It can also cost a small fortune if you don't watch out which I didn't and have more stuff than I could ever tie up.

[bdorman]

Your jigs look great...and your bench looks like a paragon of organization compared to mine. Of course, mine is my everything-bench: workshop, ironwork, electrical work, general fishing stuff, jig-tying, etc. Right now is overrun with dock and anchor lines that I'm splicing eyes into. And it sure ain't granite topped.

I really like the jig with the yellow feather. Very creative.

[willsjwills]

Creating jigs is as much fun to me as catching fishes on'em. You've done well in just two weeks. I'd hate to see some of my handiwork after two weeks practice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[skeetbum]

The work is very good. Be sure and take a cooler when you test them. The Peacock herl used in the second always looks great on the bench, but I was disappointed at it's durability. Just food for thought. It works very well for wrapping bodies. Playing with different materials is part of what keeps me doing this. I find it hard to tie the same jig over and over sometimes, too many choices. Keep it up, you're doing great.

[Swamptoad]

awsome keep it up !!!

[bxn]

good work!

[liftbite56]

you raised the bar for me!! pretty, impressive!

[yellowjacket]

those r nice jigs. and a dream desk i have a little debbies card table for my desk

[Hair Jigs]

Very nice work... Send some of those this way!