Gettin' Jiggy With It

[rippin-lips]

Getting ready for the upcoming season. Thanks to Siebert Outdoors and FishingSkirts.com I kept myself busy for a few hours tonight. Made up a bunch of 1/2 3/8 1/4 swim jigs and some arky's. Now to choose the ones I want in my plano box. This is going to take a while. Haha

[iabass8]

If possible can you post a picture of the head design from the front of their 1/4 swim jig? I'm looking for a company with plain swim jig heads for my own skirts and i'm very particular about the head/line tie

[rippin-lips]

Hopefully this will do the trick for you.

 

[Bluebasser86]

Great way to pass the time during the winter months. I think I have a disease, I've tied 4 3700 boxes packed full of jigs the last 2 winters, probably somewhere between 400 or 500 jigs and chatterbaits. 

[rippin-lips]

Yeah I've always thought about buying the stuff to tie my own but I know what would happen if I did. I bought 15 packs of skirts and 60 jig heads so I ran out of jig heads tonight before getting them all put together. I put in an order for another 6 packs of skirts in white,pearl, and hologram colors plus 60 more jig heads. I have a problem already I think haha.

[jhoffman]

I need to order more heads myself. I have some promised to another guy and need a few more in my collection in the 3/8, 3/4 and 1oz department

[smalljaw67]

Yeah I've always thought about buying the stuff to tie my own but I know what would happen if I did. I bought 15 packs of skirts and 60 jig heads so I ran out of jig heads tonight before getting them all put together. I put in an order for another 6 packs of skirts in white,pearl, and hologram colors plus 60 more jig heads. I have a problem already I think haha.

Oh no, you are now in trouble, the next thing that will happen is you are going to get tired of buying heads so then you'll get a bottom pour melter and a couple of molds. Then you will start buying hooks by the 500 and 1000 ct boxes and have pouring sessions for 4 and 6 hours at a time then you'll be getting fluid beds and pounds of powder paint or vinyl or airbrush paint and then you'll be divorced and the only criteria for your next home is that it has a basement or work shed for you to keep maiking baits. Yes, this is an addiction that will spread and just wait until you get into hair jigs and then you end up with bucktails, thread, marabou, hackle, craft fur, and rabbit strips and so on and so on...... Welcome to the madness!!!!

[rippin-lips]

Lets hope not.

[Teal]

Very cool Rip. Tied or banded? Im debating on buying completed jigs from Seibert Outdoors or buying the components like you did and tying my own. Like your color combos

[rippin-lips]

They're just the boss banded skirts ordered from fishingskirts.com. I do have some pro tie and hole in 1 skirts ordered from another place. Fishing skirts doesn't have anything in light colors unfortunately.

[Will Wetline]

If there is such an organization as Baitmakers Anonymous?

 

Not that I need to join myself . . . 

 

[Comfortably Numb]

I like these heads for a swim jig. With the weight further back they swim flatter instead of nose diving.

 

I paint them with nail polish from the dollar store. The nail polish sticks great to the raw lead and does not chip easily.

 

[rippin-lips]

I like these heads for a swim jig. With the weight further back they swim flatter instead of nose diving.

 

I paint them with nail polish from the dollar store. The nail polish sticks great to the raw lead and does not chip easily.

 

I've never seen that style before but I like it a lot. I mainly use the spinner baits that have majority of the weight hidden under the skirt like that so it has a 1/4oz head profile but still weighs 1/2oz. 

[smalljaw67]

I like these heads for a swim jig. With the weight further back they swim flatter instead of nose diving.

 

I paint them with nail polish from the dollar store. The nail polish sticks great to the raw lead and does not chip easily.

 

What mold is this?

 

 

That is a custom mold and Barlows sell the jigs like that and I hate them, They are ok for swimmin in an around grass but if you are fishing them around wood such as limbs and dead falls well don't stop reeling. They do indeed fall flat and because of that they get hung if you stop them or in my case, try them as a flipping or casting style jig. I got a few heads thinking if they were good I'd get a similar mold cut but I saved money as I didn't like it. The same for spinnerbaits with the hidden weight, they aren't very good if you don't like using trailer hooks which I don't use.