Wallyeyes Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 I went down to the ole miss today to test out some of the jigs I've been making and caught my first fish on them. It was just a 13" smallmouth but man, was it exciting. That's what it's all about. I never got into molding jigs for any sort of cost benefit, there really isn't any, but rather for the satisfaction of catching a fish on a lure that I made. I'm sure you all know the feeling, but I am so excited I just had to post about it. WOOOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deitz Dittrich Posted May 29, 2008 Share Posted May 29, 2008 nice work... have you posted picts of your creations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b1gf1sh1 Posted May 30, 2008 Share Posted May 30, 2008 congrats man. nice feeling huh? though i feel bad in a way because now your really gonna be ''hooked''. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallyeyes Posted May 30, 2008 Author Share Posted May 30, 2008 No pics yet Deitz, I'll work on that.Yeah, I am "hooked" on making jigs. Just poured another 85 of 'em last night. I used no.2 hooks with these. If the weather is crappie we just sit in the garage, watch baseball, and pour jigs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallyeyes Posted May 30, 2008 Author Share Posted May 30, 2008 Okay, here they are. Left to right they are: 1/8 oz. chartruese/glitter no.1 hook, chartruese no. 4 hook, glow chartruese, glow, glow blue, glow blue/glow orange, glow red, glow orange, flame red(vinyl)no.1, Glow chartruese w/ orange eye(vinyl) no.1, and 1/4 oz. glow chartruese no.1 hook. They are powder coated except where noted. I had better pics (closer and in smaller groups) but they didn't load for me, so this is all I got right now. Smallie was caught on the one with the eye! Tipped it with a YUM Crawbug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallyeyes Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 I tied these up last week and fished one just like the one on top on Monday. Got a 14" Smallmouth to hit the glow chartreuse/black 1/8oz. #2 hook. The one on the bottom(glow white/black) was my first attempt at tying. Came out okay, I guess. After that one I tied two of the other color. I used what they call strung marabou. I don't know if i did it totally "correct" but, it caught a fish. Looks just like a leech on a jig head in the water. Which is what I was going for, so I'm pretty happy with the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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