Hello Everyone! Jig Pics inside

Hello everyone. I am starting a small jig and tackle shop and was wanting some feedback on these jigs. All my jigs feature sickle hooks, and I only tie bucktail right now. Looking to start adding a little flashabou and glitter eventually.

Just tied these today!

They look good Carlos

those look like a good start. If I was gonna change anything, it would be this. don't trim the ends of the hair. lay the bucktail on top of the hook, wrap around it 6-8 times fairly loosely, then push down on the hair clump, and start moving the hair around the collar till it meets under the jighead, then pull out all the straggly hairs and even the distribution of the hair all around. hold the hair where it is just behind the head with thumb and index finger of left hand, and unwrap all the 6-8 thread wraps, roll up your thread slack on the bobbin, now make 2-3 wraps with the thread and slowly ppull down real hard using strong 220 denier flat waxed nylon, while supporting the jighead, so as not to bend the hook, now wrap about 8-9 more times, trying to keep the thread band narrow. after you have done this, take a single edge razor blade and press down on the hairs just in front of the thread wraps. use the painted jighead as a backstop, not the hook shank. the hair will just pop right off, but use some good clearcoat on the heads, so they can hold up to the razor blade. seal coat is probably the toughest and hardest. now take a thin viscosity super glue with pointed applicator and soak the hair ends that you just cut, now make a few wraps to cover that glue and hair ends. tie it off and trim the thread. when selecting a bunch of bucktail, it should look like that one white jig with the blue thread, you should be able to hold it up and see light thru the hair. this lets it move and appear more realistic.

another thing about bucktail hair. for crappie jigs, it is really better to use tails from smaller deer. the hair is finer and makes a big difference. I know you would have to dye the tails but it would be worth it. there is a guy they call fishdoc, that made fishing with these small bucktails for crappie very popular on buggs island lake, va. He catches literally thousands on it every year, and dosn't use anything but white hair and red thread. casting over brush piles. just cut the tails off and freeze them, bone in, then when ya wanna tie some, just take one out. give me a hollar if ya need any more help.

Thank you kindly for the advice. We were trying to deceide if we wanted to allow the ends to be natural or cut, I think the uncut ends look better also. We have been preparing them in many different ways and experienting. We are going to allow people to order to their specs. It's funny we had a SC Crappie.com get together, and everyone like something different! Some liked thick hair, flush cut in the back, some wanted thin hair with natural uncut in the back, especially people who tip jigs with minnows. We do use flat waxed nylon by Danville and use sickle hooks on all of our jigs. I appreciate your advice I will give it a try now and see if it helps as I prefer the natural unclipped look myself. We actually tied a bunch that way but I didn't post any pics. Do you prefer thin collars or thick? Just wondering. Thanks redear for the tips, i greatly appreciate it, as I am launching a site soon, and want the product to appeal to everyone. I fish my own jigs, and they have held up very well, I havn't had any come apart at all, I normally use at least three knots per jig. What are some of your favorite colors?

Carlos,

I'm just curious what YOU prefer when you fish. Because the best answers you can get on your jigs are what you learn WHILE FISHING them. You should let your own experience with fishing your own jigs dictate how you proceed to sell them.

I use thin hair kinda short, as I usually tip with a minnow while trolling. But I have been trying different colors and setups. It's funny because it seems like the ones that sell are bought based on their looks not that they catch fish. All these flashy colors, and multi -color tails seems to be what alot of people like. But I like just a one color tail, plain lead head, nothing fancy, but the sickle hooks are something I never deviate from, as they works so well.

Nice-looking jigs I don't think you'll have any problems selling them. The above advice is very good information. Now paint a few eyeballs and I'll look like 1 million bucks. As time goes by you will learn more as time goes by. But what you have now I don't see anything wrong with them. They set with the guys told you about not cutting off the tails. You might want to try this you could cut them shorter any use rooster saddle feathers in the middle. This will give you a very attractive looking jig try a few out and see which you think.

That chartreuse yellow is a winner sinners"!Great colors my friend.Good luck.
grubs

carlosmonday, when tying bucktails for casting, I use a round jighead with a collar and barb, 1/16 and 3/32 molds by do-it. the collars on these heads are pretty thin and they taper towards the hook bend. chartruese hair and thread with plain head and white hair and red thread are my favorites with 1 1/2 to 2 inch lenght on the hair. these are for casting and retreive. now the jigs I use for tipping with minnows and worms, have an elongated oval shape, with a collar for the hair. this is a custom made mold by shawn collins, it's 1/16 weight. for these jigs I use kip or calftail hair ( same thing ), and 1 3/8 inch length hair is about average. I use all sorts of colors for these, but all chartruese, gray hair pink head, chart. hair pink head, black hair chart. head, hot pink hair and head, light pink hair and head are some that Iv'e had luck with. with these I paint the head after tying to cover the thread. I like liquid vinyl paint the best tho. it has more vibrant colors and won't chip if you are cutting hair against it with the razor blade. Most all of my info has been gleened from a few people who have fished these jigs for many many years, so when I get around them I'm all ears. there are days when the fish dont want all that bright color, and that is when the gray hair shines, plain, pink or chart. head. you need to learn to whip finish by hand, instead of tying several knots tho. It's near impossible to explain.

Nice work. Haven't tried bucktail yet but that and kip/calf is in my "to do" list. Good colors.

Those will catch fish. Good luck in your business.

Great looking jigs.You should have no problem selling them.Great colors and should catch alot of fish.