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Ok I've been makin jigs for bout two years now, but had takin a break and just started makin some more in the last two weeks..but not sure what I'm doin different.....the ones w/ the bucktail after I makin them I pull of the tail to make sure its secure and not sure if I'm pullin WAY to hard or what but it pulls out after like the 3 or 4 pull. So how do you secure ur bucktail on your jigs? And how or what do you do w/ jigs that have no tail or hardly any tail now because of that?
Thanks,
AC
Use heavier thread and tight wraps. Those first 3-5 wraps over the material is what holds the hair in, not all the ones you put on top of it to make it look pretty. Add a drop of head cement on your whip finish.
Take a razor blade to the old jigs and tie them again.
I use flat waxed nylon thread. The most important wraps are the first ones you put on the hook. Put a nice tying base of thread on the hook and put some "Hard as nails" on it. Now add your tail material. A few lose warps first to get it in the place you want then cinch it down with tighter wraps. Add more "Hard as nails after the whip finish.Quote:
Originally Posted by ACSooner80
It didn't take long for me to learn that a little clear nail polish on the thread helps to hold the hair.
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I always use clear nail polish after I make my thread bed.Keeps the hair from moving while trying to get it cinched down.Heck,I buy the cheapest clear polish that I can find.Even after wrapping it on bucktails before chenille,I coat it again.Kip,bucktail never comes pulling out.I went through that before,lol.
Might keep some of those tail-less jigs for tipping with shiners if you fish that combo any.Quote:
Originally Posted by ACSooner80
ive had a few guys order jigs with no tail just body and head...