Jig Storage, maybe a good one?

Had a friend show me his new box full of jigs and I liked it a good bit so finally yesterday was my first trip to Lufkin where there is a Lobby Hobby and got one for my self. See pictures below...

Skip

Also got some 3mm foam to put inside each small box which there are 16 of them. Not sure it's big enough foam and have not done any yet. One other thing, it looks like a double handle, but the top one is used as a latch to close it by flipping it up. It's Acid Free as is the foam so thinking it should be okay for jigs. Here is the pics..

Just laying down
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Standing
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Then just laying down top side to show label.
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Nice find there Skip. Can't wait to see it rigged with foam and some of your awsome ties. Will be in Paducah soon and will be looking. Kind of looks like the case has an water tight seal! Thanks for sharring.

Cant wait to see it after you get it filled with jigs. Bet that'll be a pretty site.Thumbs Up

Thanks guys. I think as long as it's not standing up the rain would keep out, but not sure how water tight it would be if the rain could hit from the said of the lid closing. Have not had that test, but I know this will hold one heck of a lot of jigs. Make it easy to tai a lot of jigs fishing and just take out one box for one size jigs. I like it and hope it will preform as I hope with water. I can keep it out of the rain though if need be.

Not very costly either I don't think. will check why the wife on our receipt as I think it was like $15 and then the large sheets of foam were cheap too and all Acid free.

it works great ,i got one like it ordered mine off line from Iris though and it cost more think I paid about 24.95 plus shipping have not had mine in the rain yet but it will sure hold lot of jigs Attachment 82844Attachment 82845

I got to pretty thin foam and hope it works because there will be more room in the little boxes. If these don't work I will just use for my my thicker foam I got at wall mart a few years back. It was cheap too. I ask the wife what it cost and she remembered because it didn't have a prince on it so they had to go get the price and it was $16. 3 big foam sheets 3mm each 12"X18" for $1 each. Can't beat that with a stick and for the price all these boxes I can keep them in a box in the boat if rain can get in. I don't think it will if laying down flat. I am going to cut little slits in the roar for the hooks like they do in fly tying boxes.

Skip

I'll have to check the hobby looby around here cause I'm goona need another one and your price much better than mine! I had somme packing foam I cut to fit about 1/4 inch thick seem to be woking just fine. think it gonna be good one for sure

Any idea if they are wormptoof? That would sure enough hold a bunch a plastics too. Great find.

Don't know about water proof yet since I have not even filled mine yet, but the lid does close good and it's made for picture storage actually. Hobby Lobby has them.

Smooth. I'd get lost trying to find my special jig. Good find.

i will have one ordered as soon as i find them lol. thanks for posting this!

TS and Skip - thanks for the tips on this case...bought one this weekend and used thin foam in it. I put labels on the top of each little box so I know what I've got. It is the answer to my organizational issues with hair jigs.

Working on filling it up!

Your welcome guys!

Scott My fried had all his little boxes marked with the weight, but don't remember if he had anything else on them. Really nice storage and can take a lot of jigs fishing with only one box which would be a first for me.

I have no clue how I would ever get fishing enough times in a year to ever need that much jig storage. I wish I fished enough but I doubt that will ever happen.

Just a suggestion for the foam, try pieces of neoprene, dense cork board and there is a high density black foam out there that is supposed to self repair for jig/fly/hook boxes. I can't find it again but have seen it once. I have heard linoleum works too using the back side but I have never seen nor tried it.

Everytime I see Dunigan's jig boxes, I feel like an amateur at jig tying...lol. At some point, we become collector of jigs. No way we could ever fish with all those combinations in our lifetimes. Nice application of the boxes guys. Thanks for sharing.

HHD

Skip, Suggestion on how much waterproof it is. Before you start putting anything at all in your boxes lay it outside on the driveway run the water hose in the water shower mode. That will solve all your concerns. Just try it. If it leaks well you will find out fast. Just a suggestion. Good thread

Nice lookin boxes.I like the thicker foam also.I'll have to look around for some.I have a good size piece(12x 24) that was in a Duracell battery display from the store I worked in.

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Originally Posted by Hoosier Hog Daddy

Everytime I see Dunigan's jig boxes, I feel like an amateur at jig tying...lol. At some point, we become collector of jigs. No way we could ever fish with all those combinations in our lifetimes. Nice application of the boxes guys. Thanks for sharing.

HHD

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I have tied way more jigs than i will ever use, i always keep a couple of packs of jigs in my pocket when i go to the lake. Then when I'm "pre-fishing" at the ramp before or after I've been I'll offer up some to the locals to try out. I've been put on some good honey holes at the cost of a few hand tied jigs.

Skip, I bought the photo organizer at Hobby Lobby yesterday. Also got the 3 ml form. Works great. I also did what I asked you to do. Sprayed it with water on the drive way for about 2 mins. Guess what the result was. ???????? I went inside and started cutting out the form. It takes 3 sheets to fill all 16 trays. I guess you'll know the answer of the test. Good job Skip on the show and tell of a good organizer.

Your welcome! Thanks for testing it.

Glad you checked it out as I have not had time yet and good to know! I have not even cut my foam yet, but have to soon because rain is about to start again which means I will be able to get my boat out next week for the first time since Sept. 2010! Finally and will tomorrow order a hydraulic jack plate for it! Should have put One on it when I bought it!

Congrats to Skip on getting boat out, sure been a long time for a fisherman to be without his boat--Good Luck

Thanks Jack I am pretty excited so see water under about 1/2 of my boat now, so probably only 6" more lake level up and she's out.

Skip

Thx Tsdunigan -- where did you get the foam? Is it sturdy enough to hold your jigs upright?

Great idea! I wonder if Lobby Hobby still sells these.

Dunno...since its a 2012 thread....they may not have them anymore. It wont hurt to go look though.

They still do. Bought one about a 6 months ago.

God my foam at Hobby Lobby and maybe some at other places. Have not 2 and 3 mm thick foam. I am not sure since it's been several years since I made mine, but they do fine. You do have to be a little careful how well you stick them in, but still is fine!

Skip

1,600-Photo Organizer Cases*|*The Lakeside Collection

$20, add shipping

Hope that's the same one.

Another suggestion for $10 :
Toolbox Organizer with 10 Drawers

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Should work and have plenty of room it seems?

Skip

Nice thing is that the rig comes with boxes that have different and no partitions and allow different storage options. I use packing foam
to carry different sizes of jigs and hooks as well as small lures I want to keep in place.

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I purchased 4 Plano 3600 boxes that have 1 open compartment. They were 5.99 each.
The boxes are 10.88" L X 7.25 W X 1.625 high. Model number 3607-10. I got them at Gander Mountain. I purchased 1 inch thick foam at Michaels. The foam was enough for 6-7 (close) boxes. Price was 12.75 but my wife had a discount on her phone for 50% off. I will change out the foam for 3/4, maybe 1/2 inch if I can't find 3/4 inch. I felt the foam for floral purposes was a better foam which is what I purchased. I plan on carrying the boxes in a small tackle bag making them portable. I do have a 3700 1 compartment box in my boat which holds twice as much as one of the 3600 boxes. Don't think I will need more jigs than what these boxes will hold. Can replace lost jigs during the winter. Pop

I really like this idea and think I might do this for my hand tied jigs. Does anybody have any other ideas for storing tied jigs? I know I don’t like throwing them in my normal box they are getting messed up!

There has bane a number of ideas guys have posted about. Maybe just do a search on the jigs board here for jig storage and see what comes up?

Skip

My jigs are all stored in individual plastic bags until used.

I keep used jigs in fly boxes designed for streamers. The fly boxes all use the slit foam.