Is everyone ready to laugh ?

Hahaha ….. rotfl

Here's the first 5 jigs I ever made ….. Just made them this morning !

I'm very interested in tryin my hand at jig makin, and have been lookin at all the beautiful jigs you guys make, and watched a ton of videos.

I'm retired, and on a fixed income, soooo, I went to Wally world and got about $10.00 worth of cheap craft supplies to give it a try. Absolutely no tools yet, just my fingers, hemos for a vice, and super glue.

I quickly learned that proper tools are absolutely necessary !!!

I do realize these are absolutely horrendous, but I'm gonna try them anyway …..

The first 3 were made with Guinea feathers from my flock, the last two are supposed to be grasshoppers ! :Rofl

I have very thick skin, so don't hold back !!!

Just wanted to share, thought you might want a good laugh ….. Thanks for lookin.


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Hey we all gotta start somewhere! I think you done a heck of a job for your first ones. You can make it as expensive or cheap as you want. I really enjoy tieing, but I am also kinda cheap. I just bought a cheap vise and it does good for me. I will say that a cheap bobbin will drive you bonkers though so dont skimp there. haha but great job! There is tons of information on here and youtube about tieing!

I would fish with them

You better believe that I would fish em!

You probably will be surprised at how well they will work. Doesn't have to be expensive. Check clearance section at hobby lobby or another craft store for cheap materials.
Honestly the crappie don't care how pretty or fancy they are.

Look good to me, Nice job, keep at it, the patterns are great!

I bet you catch fish on them! Considering no tools I think you did a darn good job!

Depending on your water conditions, one thing I would offer is maybe use some White legs on the ones that have legs so they are more visible in the water. I know Bluegills love legs!

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Bet they will catch fish!

A thrift store Pflueger fly rod $4 . Leader tied up of some fishing line. A cheap pack of number 8 panfish hooks. Some Christmas Tree icicles and some white sewing thread. ugliest little streamer fly known to man. Lost count of how many first year bass I caught from the bank that fall. Good times and great memories. Didn't have fancy internet photos to tell me it wouldnt work. Read a library book to learn how to cast the fly rod.

I would definitely fish with them !! I’m like you are interested in jig making just haven’t made the move , congrats you have !


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They’re gonna do just fine. For tools, keep in mind that one guy was on here when I first started that had been using a set of vise grips that held the hook and the bench vise held the grips. He tied like this for over twenty years before he bought a vise. The bobbin and scissors need to be good, and that doesn’t mean expensive. Ceramic bobbinS, as in plural. I have 4 and use em all. Tension for 70 denier thread is different than 210 denier. All this will be better understood once you get rolling. Looking forward to seeing your next ones, and we need fish pictures.

Get the grease ready. All of those will catch Crappie.

Love your creativity - doing this well with so little I can't wait to see what you come up with once you get a few proper tools. Oh - and I have no doubt those jigs will catch some fish!

Better than my 1st 800

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You guys are too kind. Thanks for the encouragement !

It's 5:25am right now, and I'm fixin to out and give em a try. I'll report back.

Guaranteed they will catch fish, post us the fish pics next.


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Awesome morning ! Didn't try em till the last hour or so, and caught some of the biggest fish of the day ! Thanks for the encouragement ….. Don't know if I would have tried them without it.

Caught the most on one of the grasshoppers ….. The one I tied upside down !!!

Here's a few pics, thanks for lookin ….. Again !
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Haha awesome man! Way to go. Feels good catching them on something you made doesn’t it? Welcome to the addiction.

Something special about catching them on jigs you tied yourself.

Great job, yes some other tools will make it a little easier, but the creative nature you show and desire to learn and share things that may not be perfect but will catch fish is inspiring even to a long time tier. Keep on rolling and welcome to the addiction my friend.

Nice job, thanks for posting up!


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Nice job! And I've never had the fish ask me how much the lure I made and caught him with cost...betcha my first ones looked worse than yours, but they still caught fish.

In as much as I have never tied one myself they look great to me and the only critic you need to be worried about is the ones you take off the hook. Great Job.

My first hand tie was using needle nose vise grips clamped in a vise. I trimmed my beard and used the hair and used pink sewing thread and super glue. Then I colored the thread black with a sharpie. Butt ugly but I caught a lot of fish on it. The fish are way less picky than we are. Good job catching some slabs.

I like them - let the fish be the judge & jury

Seems like the fish already made thier decision

Great job. I was very excited to see your report back!


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Show us some shots of the fish you WILL catch on them - guaranteed!!! Keep up the good work and using your imagination. Winter is coming.

The black one should be a killer

I think they really look good....looks like the fish think so too.

Those look great ! All of them will fish ! I did have to look at your profile to see where you are from ; I have never seen grasshoppers that look like that... LOL . I think the will catch fish !!!

Svh....great job! I really like the third one.....good luck!

Svh, I sent you a pm.