Me too.

I figure fish relate to the eyes of their prey items. I know they enjoy a brief moment of superior vision for a period each sunrise and each sunset. They gauge the angle of the dangle for the approach based on the overall shape and direction of travel of the bait fish or jig, but all minnows swim forward to escape and they know that. Animals use vision in ways we don’t fully appreciate, and not just for eating related activities. We can add a spinner blade and enhance the appeal of the jig. We can add lifelike appendages and shapes to our plastic baits. Everything tackle related these days is a move towards realism. More real looking, both to us and the stupid fish.

So we make jig head shaped like salmon head. The jig head has a cavity for an eye. Seems silly to just ignore all of this and stand firm on the wrong side of the curve here, just because there is some other thing, we just happen to do, that is actually the key. Eye ball shaped just so, or no eye, or no paint, probably never entered the scene. That doesn’t mean that it won’t next time either.

I guess I am just disappointed in the lack of variety and like when I first starting pouring jigs, figure I can make better than I can get. Thanks for the encouragement. You have really made a big difference with your moderating. I appreciate what I see you doing around the site. Keeping the old traditions alive is important to me, too.