Jigs, Will You Only Buy Hand Tied?

[mattk22]

When buying a jig, is hand tied jigs a big deal to you? will you spend an extra $1 or $2 for hand tied? Do you only buy banded? It really doesn't matter to you?

[FinCulture]

nope!

[Brayberry]

I'm the minority here, but I like the rubber bands instead.  I can change the skirt on the fly if need be, if the skirt gets ripped up by a fish, turlte, or whatever I can replace it.  Also I'll lose the jig way way way before any bands rot.  The rubber bands now a days are made way better then the 90's anyway.

[kickerfish1]

Probably 90% of what I buy from my jig guys are hand tied. If I assemble them myself it will be a collar style though I may wire tie them as a winter project.

As a side note wire tie should be no more than $.50 extra per jig. If you buy from Siebert Mike gives you a wire or collar option.

[MIbassyaker]

Probably 90% of what I buy from my jig guys are hand tied. If I assemble them myself it will be a collar style though I may wire tie them as a winter project.

As a side note wire tie should be no more than $.50 extra per jig. If you buy from Siebert Mike gives you a wire or collar option.

 

Digression: I don't know anything about tying jigs, but I have discovered my wife has tons of crafting wire. Suppose I ask her if I can "borrow" some for exactly this purpose; what should I check to see what she has?

[poisonokie]

from now on, all I'm buying are Siebert wire tied jigs.

[kickerfish1]

I like 22 or 24 gauge floral wire for silicone or rubber skirt material. You can find it at your local craft store for just a few bucks.

[Catt]

Nope!

I use a tiny zip-tie to hold every skirt on every thing!

[Weld's Largemouth]

Hand tied jigs, such as those siebert outdoors makes, are sometimes cheaper than other jigs.

[ChrisD46]

from now on, all I'm buying are Siebert wire tied jigs.

^^This ^^ ... For what Mike Siebert provides - I make every effort to use his hand crafted jigs first !

[rangerjockey]

Probably 80% of the Jigs I use are Ernest Langley's. They are hand tied but I would still buy them if he used a collar. Great quality and colors..

[gardnerjigman]

I only use hand made wire tied jigs now. I use to use banded ones, but I keep a large assortment of jigs. I have multiple of sizes, styles for each color I throw. I was getting a lot of band rot. I also started having issues with the guards. This was a VERY reputable company that I basically no longer use.

[ww2farmer]

I only use rubber collers. Simple, cheap, effective, easy to use, and easy to change skirts.

[deep]

Wire-tie is better. If it comes with a rubber band, no big deal. I spend a few seconds to wire-tie it myself.

 

 

I get the impression that

 

1. Some/ most of you fish straight silicone jigs.

2. You fish them straight out of package without any modifications whatsoever.

 

Is that right?

[scaleface]

 No , I am not picky on skirts . I once bought a bunch of cheap spinnerbats for a quarter a piece just to get the skirts  .

[gardnerjigman]

Wire-tie is better. If it comes with a rubber band, no big deal. I spend a few seconds to wire-tie it myself.

 

 

I get the impression that

 

1. Some/ most of you fish straight silicone jigs.

2. You fish them straight out of package without any modifications whatsoever.

 

Is that right?

 

 

There aren't many things I fish straight out of the package. I like to tweak and tune. 

[zeth]

I prefer to be able to switch between skirts. 

That being said I also prefer most hand tied jigs.

I think it's situation specific for me and probably about 50/50.

[Turtle135]

I buy jigheads and I wire tie them myself. I use rubber skirt material pretty much exclusively. Cost per jig is less than a buck each.

 

[tholmes]

I fish hand-tied jigs exclusively. Tholmes custom made, silicone, rubber, bucktail, maribou, etc. All the way from 1/80 oz. trout and panfish jigs to 1 oz. bucktaila for stripers. I haven't bought a jig in 40 years.

 

Tom

[ww2farmer]

There aren't many things I fish straight out of the package. I like to tweak and tune.

Same here

[buzzed bait]

i like the wire tie after trying them...  only another .35 with siebert and never have to worry about losing the skirt or the band rotting.

[NotnatsSamoht]

The only thing I'm picky about on a jig is the hook, the skirt and collar can be replaced, if I keep it long enough, I bank fish some rocky spots and sometimes my jigs don't make it back.

[roadwarrior]

Siebert Outdoors, wire tied for me.

 

 

 

[travis23]

It doesn't matter all that much to me. Like a lot of us, I will probably lose a jig before the collar rots or the skirt gets torn to shreds. I have them made both ways though, and I do like the option for a wire tied.

[wytstang]

Recently I've had 2 bands fail from a manufacturer I did not expet it from so I will be hand tying new skirts on. Having said that my D&M jigs still have their bands on and never slide off. My Siebert & North Star jigs (hand tied only jigs) have never failed and never slide. If I can wait I'll order hand tied jigs and if I can't and D&M has what I am looking for I have zero issue ordering them.