sonofapitch

well guys i have been pouring my own jigs for a good bit now but i was only interested in ball jigs with a screw lock for specks with no weed guard, but as ive completely fell in love with bass fishing, i have thought more and more about making my own bass jigs to sell and kinda create something i can have a part of. i have ordered a few new jig molds, but i had a few questions about the modifying molds, as well as the whole skirt thing in general ills tart with the skirts, is there a general idea with who to go to to buy skirts from? im going to be making saltwater based bass jigs for specks and reds as well, and im gonna need some pretty different colors, and im just kinda shooting around google when looking, maybe you guys can point me to the best source for them so i dont search a hundred sites for something i might not even be happywith. and as for jig modifying, i really like the way the sixth sense heads get through cover with the swimjig, and i was thinking maybe i could modify the poison tale jig mold to sort of come close to the same performance as the design on those, im pretty good with tools and things like that, so is it worth it to modify a jig, or should i just get a custom one or be happy with the do it molds? sorry about the quality of the post, my computer lags all of my text so it makes it hard to actually get a good post done haha. thanks in advance guys edit:if you have somewhere you can point me for good advice other than good youtube videos and things i would love to know, even personal advice and other forums are cool, ive been researching this for a good while now and im always interested in knowing more.

well honestly that makes me feel better haha. maybe ill add some lighter line to one of my setups. i only basically use three setups , a 6'8 med heavy with 7:1:1 gear revo with 20lb fluoro, 7'1 med heavy with 7:1:1 revo and 30lb braid , and a 6'5 heavy with a 5:6:1 or something like that daiwa with mono, maybe ill switch the fluoro to a lighter braid or fluoro

i kindof got over the whole casting thing, im able to cast a little better with it now, still not great weightless but better than before, my main issue is i dont feel like i have any kind of connection with the worm. i really dont feel like i can feel the weight of the worm and i guess thats the part thats confusing me. how do i work a worm if i cant feel it on my line?ive been using a bullet weight not pegged and it feels like im working a fluke right but i just cant really get the worm thing down. i keep hearing that you need to fish a worm weightless, but i just cant feel it and it really gets to me. maybe i should try drop shotting or something like that. it feels like when i first started learning how to throw jigs and things, but at some point i got a breakthrough and realized how to do it, but ive been trying to fish a worm for about 5 months now and it just hasnt worked out for me. maybe im trying to work it too much, and with swim jigs and topwaters i get good bass regularly, but with crankbaits and worms i pretty much dont get anything but the occasional weed , ill try to grab some pictures of the spots i usually fish or something maybe you guys can help me out.

well ive been doing some experimenting and the braid is absolutely perfect for throwing my swimming jigs on my 7"1 med heavy rod, even spinnerbaits and stuff, but my second rod i have is the one with the 20lb fluoro on it, its a 6'8 med heavy worm a nd jig rod from shimano, i used to have teh same 30lb braid on it, but i really only used it for flukes because i just simply cant get the worm thing down. it seems like it works well for using the fluke, but maybe 20# is overkill like some of you said, because i cannot cast the dang thing weightless, and i dont feel like i have enough feeling on the bait when i finally get it out far enough. ive pretty much resorted to using a bullet weight above the ewg hook, that out with the worm rod i see guys just wreck them on worms, and i feel like im missing a big part of bass fishing by not learning it. and it works for the flukes, but i just cant get bit on a worm. i have some of that 12# big game mono i use for saltwater fishing, maybe ill try that out for this whole worm thing. i pretty much fish off the bank on a bayou, or kayak in the same spots. every now and then ill fish ponds.

okay, well i spent most of my life fishing saltwater, mostly redfish and trout. about a year ago i really started to get into fishing again, especially with artificials. i never really cared for bass, until i really started lure fishing for speckled trout, and the different lure techniques, along with what type of line and the shear intricate nature of the way people fish for fish for them really sparked a new found love for bass fishing after catching one behind my house using a saltwater paddle tail. ever since then ive really taken a liking to jigs and topwaters, but have yet to really get into a decent feel for a worm or crankbait type of stuff. but recently i have found myself really confused with the line problem. when i first started throwing a baitcaster i threw mono, and i never really had a problem, but then i switched to 30#braid and i really loved it. ever since then i have thrown that, but recently i have wanted to learn this whole worm thing, and a lot of the water around me here in south mississippi is really clear. when i picked up the newly spooled fluoro rod though, i just didnt feel comfortable at all i felt like it backlashed easoeier than ever, and when i threw it it had a sort of slack feel to it. i just didnt feel like i had any kind of goood contact with this worm. im sure im doing tons of stuff wrong, but i catch tons of fish on jigs, flukes, and topwaters, so i know i can get this if i stick to it. but something has to give, what am i doing wrong? im fishing 20# fluoro and 30# braid at the moment, and i feel really good with the braid, but the fluoro just isnt feeling too good for me. i really wanto fish a worm. hopefully you guan help me out. .ys c