Quote Originally Posted by DonF View Post
I've only made jigs once in my life; I was about 12 yrs old! Was on a family fishing trip to Narrowsberg, New York and was out fishing for bass with a few spoons. Well lost all my spoons and didn't want to quit so I got some bird feather's off the ground and put them on a hook held in place with a splitshot! Killed the bass! Have no idea why but I've never done that again. We ever get our crappie back here in central Oregon and I'm gonn have to try that again!
Don,,,you absolutely should get back into making jigs,,a lot of guys here fish nothing but their own jigs and do very well,,,nothing like catch fish with a jig built with your own hands,,,,