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Well, I got the stuff to start tying my jigs and made about a dozen and a half. Gonna check em out tonight andd see how they work. A thread about glow in the dark flashabou sent me to the store to add a few more items to my arsenal. I will post the results after the weekend along with some picts of the jigs I made.
good luck hog! hope get into some!
HA!!!!!!! hooked another one!! Welcome to the game of tying your own, it really is a blast to catch em on a jig you tied yourself.
Fatman
Gotcha! It really is fun catching them on something that you created yourself. We are all looking forward to seeing those pictures.
OK, I got called in to work Saturday morning. I still went out for a little while and tried the jigs out. The wind was 15-20 and not much was biting. I set out two lines with bobbers and minnows and worked a jig with a third pole. The jigs caught several different things including catfish, 1 crab, white bass and one crappie. I had a few minnows stripped off the jigs and couldn't feel or see the bite due to the wind. I about decided I had a mess of turtles below me. I felt a light bite on the jig and watched it move off a little I pulled slightly and felt tension, bam, I set the hook and sure enough felt like dead weight. I got it to the top of the water to and it was a slab. I leaned over and caught it by the lip and brought it in the boat. I hit the rod holder which knocked it out of my hand, but it was still in the boat, but not by much. I put both hands over it about the same time it flounced and put a fin in my hand. Pulled my hand back and watched it flip into the water. If the cameras were rolling I think that would have made the AFV highlights. I just laughed it off. It was 1.5 to 1.625 #. That was fun, and I am hooked. I will get some picts of my jigs this weekend. I appreciate all the help I have received on this board.
The guy's did'nt lie when they said catching fish with something you tied is addicting. So just like that slab you are now HOOKED!! I started a few months back during ice season and have learned so much fron ship skip and all the rest here. I believe I haved learned something from every post on here and thank everyone for this forum ....without it I might of gave up on a great new hobby along time ago.
Joe
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Originally Posted by Jiggin_Joe
I learn a lot from Skip and everyone else on this jig tying forum. We all learn together and in the end everyone is a better fisherman.
Here are a few picts. I am open to your suggestions.
What are you covering your thread with? Or am I looking at it wrong?
If that is all thread then I would say don't wrap it quite so far down the shank. If it was chenille that is about the right length for the body. Also I am not sure you need as much thread as you have on there.
I would have to know a little more to be positive about what I see. A thread neck jig is usually narrower at the neck and is not really a body. If I am seeing this wrong then met me know.
Get a double edge razor to trim the excess hair off at the head being careful not to cut your thread.
One last thing, resize your pictures so hat the big side is no more than 640 pixels. So that or less and it will fit the Internet better.
Skip
And Ship, thank you for the credit shot there. You are alright!
Covering thread with hard as nails clear.
I wrapped the thread down that far to make the tail pull in instead of fluffing out so much. How would you normally overcome that? I started with a loose wrap first and tightened it to the bobbin tension.
You are seeiing correctly that is thread. Danville 6/0 flat waxed.
I appreciate the help and welcome any comments. They will help fine tune or completely change my process.
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Originally Posted by skiptomylu
On the wraps, start with not so tight and then after it is held you can make tighter wraps.
What I do on short hooks like #6 Sickle (not all jigs) that you don't have room to get a good thread base, because you really need that so it doesn't roll around. If I am tying jig that are giving me that trouble I have some super glue with a brush applicator so I can limit how much I use and I put a small amount on my thread base to keep it in place. You can dab it with a paper towel to get any excess off. Then I get my tail material in place and if it's deer hair I make the first wraps not so tight and then tighten after the first few and keep away from the lowest wrap, the one near the hair tail. I don't remember having that trouble (flaring) with kip tails though.
I mostly use my hand for the real tension with the bobbin doing a little tension. I also use 210 denier flat waxed thread for the most part on jigs.
I use my on made Flexament for coating thread neck type jigs as it will flex some.
For cheap Fleximent...
Flexament is diluted Goop or Shoe Goo. The thinner or solvent is Toluene (Toluol). You can have a lifetime (almost) supply of flexament for about $10. Ace Hdwr. sells Toluene in a quart can for $5-something. A tube of goop is about $4. Squirt some goop in a glass container, then pour in some toluene, and mix it up, let it sit, and mix again until it's dissolved, and you have flexament.
Skip
Thanks Skip. Does it look like I have used too much kip and maybe that is causing the flaring?
That may be your problem as I never had kip tail hair flair. You notice it's not exactly straight hair and has some kinky to it so the more you use the fatter it will be after the tie off. If you use less it will be a smaller profile for sure and it shouldn't flair at all really. It is just the bulk of the curly hair not wanting to lay flat that makes it look fat.Quote:
Originally Posted by hogpaw
You know if you use some material that is really straight it will stay that way. Notice kip tails when you hold it tight it is not near as big as it is when you let go. The curly nature of it holds lots of air and space.
Like Ship said try not to make the collar so long.. On my smaller jigs i like to make them no more than an 1/8" wide... But that will take some practice but you will get the hang of it soon enough... That Kip tail is tricky to work with when you are first starting out you might wanna try Marabou or Feathers the IMHO are easier to work with... But it looks like you are grasping a hold on it and soon you will be putting it all together...Quote:
Originally Posted by hogpaw