Jig-making guys...

[Tin]

1. Where do guys get your skirt material from?

2. Best tools for putting the skirts together?

                                                      Thanks,

                                                            Mike Jr.

[Siebert Outdoors]

1. mostly barlows

2.  I use a pliers type I bought from cabelas in a kit.  I Would just buy the pliers from barlows

[Tin]

Thanks GMAN.

[Jig Man]

I don't buy skirts.  I buy living rubber in various colors and make what ever I want.  Jan's Netcraft is the best price I can find right now.

[Cory20]

There was a tutorial type thread on here a while ago, but the search feature isn't finding it...anyways...

I forget who put the tutorial together but you can make a rudimentary skirt tool with large aluminum knitting needles, 12.5 mm, they're usually a brass/gold color.  They can be found at mal warts or any craft store.  

The needles are hollow, cut with a hack saw to desired length above the point of the needle.

Lube with some vaseline and slide your collars on over the point and up the shaft.

Put it in a table vice or whatever you come up for holding it.

Build your skirt in the tube and slide your collars up.

Quick and dirty...

Looking for a nice tool that spreads the bands and keeps them round, looking into the Naked Bait co. skirt tool.

Cory

[Munkin]

1. http://fishingskirts.com/index.php

2. I have a little tool that I cannot remember where it came from but if you are only making a few skirts a ink pen will work. Get one of these

http://store.pensrus.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=PRU-RS&Category_Code=BIC

remove the top cap, butt cap and ink cartridge. You can stick the skirt material inside the larger end and roll the skirt collar over the tapered end.

Allen

[.dsaavedra.]

1. i get my rabbit fur from janns netcraft

2. your most likely gonna need a fly tying kit to put together the jigs i make