Fished with stump stick yesterday and people were inquiring what jigs we caught them on. Just wanted to show everyone his quality jigs. They caught us two limits yesterday.
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Fished with stump stick yesterday and people were inquiring what jigs we caught them on. Just wanted to show everyone his quality jigs. They caught us two limits yesterday.
Good looking jigs for sure, if thats baked powder coat, how did you bust out the eyes? Man that stuff is hard!
xring, when you powder coat the jig heads, you just have to hold them by the eye with a pair of hemostats. No cleaning necessary!
Sorry, just noticed his eyes were full....the word on the jig tying forums is that a hot bodkin works well.
Thanks AgriHawg, thats the BEST tip I have ever got!! I will be trying that next time, I have worn out a icepick and cutting board,,trying to gouge out the hook eyes on jigs...not to mention the holes in my fingers from the ice pick...you'd a thought I was one of them people what like's pain!...lolQuote:
Originally Posted by AgriHawg
You're welcome xring....I picked that tip up on the jig tying forum....I've spent a decent amount of time over there. I paint and tie a few jigs myself.
xring and agrihawg, i tied those real quick this afternoon to get a good pic. they are not baked,didn't have time and was out of pink heads. all customer jigs are baked and eyes are clean. thanks , jeff
Nice lookin jigs
good lookin jigs! i use a mini torch and bodkin to punch the cured paint out of the eyes!
Oh, and I do really like the looks of the pink/silver/chartreuse jig.
Meatgetter told me to dip and use the bodkin before you bake to clean eyes easily. I am gonna try the hemostat trick next time
Hemostats work well if you don't mind the metal around the eye not being painted. It gets the head painted well, and you save time not having to clean out the eyes.
Nice looking Jigs Jeff, JW I have fished with Jeff also he is a great fisherman and ties a great Jig.
I've been around for a long time, never met a bodkin, what the heck is IT?
Looks like a bigfoot, only about three feet tall.
I bust the eyes out before I bake em. (Usuallyrotfl)
russ, thanks for the comments. we need to get together and fish conway sometime soon. jeff
Very good looking jigs indeed. I was about to say small drill bit and go through them one by one. When you know the depth, and color it sure don't take much to catch crappie if your around many I've come to learn that much but they do look good.
Looks like an ice pick, with a very sharp thin point. Use it to pick & pull materials as you tie you're jig. I have one that with a jar that I use to apply small amounts of glue/cement/liquid nails to the jigs.
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Originally Posted by xring