In regards to a picture sticky

I think it's a very good idea to make a sticky of the members' tried and true jig patterns to allow for quick and easy access, both for current and future members alike. There are several members who would like to have a no-reply, picture-only thread in the sticky section, and there are only good reasons to have one. In fact, I can't think of a single reason why this is a bad idea. One more sticky wouldn't hurt, and if it did, perhaps we could take a vote and replace one of the stickies that already exist. Also, future members would not have easy access to the thread because they would not have it bookmarked.

It would be great for all members to share pictures and "recipes" of jigs that they created; it would even add another dimension to the fellowship that we have here on Crappie.Com and the Jig Tying board. Currently, if a jig tyer wants to easily browse for ideas, pattern, and color combinations, he or she is forced to painstakingly scroll through all of the threads, open each one, hope it's a picture, and move on, or the jig tyer has to go to someone's personal jig business website, and there's no point in doing that because the jig tyer is tying his own jigs.

Remember, this board is about people who come together to share information and learn how to make their own jigs. Let's make it easier to share that information. All those who agree with this, please speak up.

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That is the reason why I started it!!! I spent a whole night going through old posts to find some ideas that would work for clear deep water - heavy heads and natural colors - and still only got onegood idea. I would love to see it a sticky, but also know that it will only be worth it if we stick to some rules and regs. Democracy at work.... gotta love it! ;)

Is there any way to consolidate some of the stickies already up there..... 3 ways to finish go into someone new to tying?

You get my vote, a jig sticky.

"gene"

Jig sticky sounds great...

Great ideas OKSJ and kudos to AF for trying to get it started.

Should probably move all the sticky posts (except for the rules) to the archives and save a lot of room for the regulars. Why have something posted up for newbie’s or lurkers – when they don’t make up the majority of the users or contributors? When a newbie posts basic questions – send them to the archive. You can have one index sticky that has all the links to the past sticky posts listed and can direct the requestor to the archives. Maybe that is to easy….. Title the sticky “Table of Contents for All New Tyers”. That way you have one sticky at the header.

New tyers have new questions and old questions – instead of muddling through the sticky posts – why not just ask?? So what if the question has been asked before…. There are a lot of new tyers to CDC that are posting regularly. These tyers have fresh new innovating ideas on how to tie and are more than willing to share. Don’t like the post question – ignore it.

Awhile back when this subject came up – Slab graciously allocated 40 MB of storage and increased the allotted PMs to 100. I have 65 pictures (to me that is a lot) that are using 5.5MB of space. Now if you take 40 MB and multiply that by how many members are registered – that is a lot of space…. Granted not everybody uses the allotment – most do use the photobucket = more space.

Creating a gallery is another option that would benefit CDC by generating more hits. Web sites are not my forte but isn’t the traffic an asset to a web site in regards to selling ad space? The ads defer the costs of maintaining the site.++++++++++++++++++++

I liked the idea of a sticky when i metioned it but then realized it wouldnt work after skip explained it takes up to much space saving all those pics here and would cost slab more to run the site .but it is a great idea.

JJ

I can post ~500 pictures with the allotted storage space that I have now. That is one account without using photobucket links. How much space do you think a Gallery or sticky is going to use?

There is no difference with a pic being lost in a post (still there) or being consolidated into one location – it uses the same amount of memory. What is being suggested here - is to have one place to view patterns. Soooooo if you want to post a pattern pic – do it in the “Gallery” or designated sticky post. If you want to continue to add pics to other posts – you can still do that as well.

We just have to make the rules clear- no responses to a jig pic in the sticky itself. When someone wants to comment on such and such jig- they could make a regular post, "RE: LedHed's Bodacious Bluegill Bruiser jig" or whatever. Also, I think this "gallery" or sticky should be reserved for those jig patterns that catch fish- physically- rather than experimental jigs. I tie a lot of jigs, and it takes me a while- if not a long time- to get around to use them.

I just think it will be really cool to have a sticky- a showcase- of jigs that all of us tie that have been proven fish catchers, all in one easy-to-access location. This will also greatly benefit new jig tyers. Any of y'all tie flies? Know how many fly pattern books are out there? A BUNCH! And for good reason: quality pictures and patterns from which tyers can draw from.

I've scrolled through the archives- painstakingly, I might add- to find old pics that I either want to tie or get ideas from. Either that, or I have to look through catalogs, like Grizzly, to get ideas. This sticky will be a great benefit.