Making Mop Jigs

[tje0705]

Alright guys this is my first foray into tackelmaking! I looked at the buckeye mop jigs and was about to order some but figured I could make a bunch for wayyyyyyy cheaper. So let me know if you have any suggestions or pointers but here is what im thinking. I was looking at the classic heavy football jigs and the weedless flipping jigs from lure parts online. These come in 5 packs and are relatively cheap 5.50 for the 3/4oz football and 5.30 for the 1/2oz flipping jigs. Next comes the living rubber skirt. Im thinking of keeping these pretty simple. Im thinking green pumpkin, orange, brown, black, blue, with these colors I can mix and match to make a few different options. Im going to be buying these from the living rubber company. I figure I can spend around 40 or 50 bucks and make 20 or so mop jigs or about 2.50 a jig. That being said I do have a few questions:

1. Which living rubber should I get Fine, Medium, or Heavy? I was thinking Heavy for my main colors (green, brown, black) and medium or fine for my accents (orange and blue)

2. Does anyone know where to get quality jig heads (football and flipping) for cheaper than lure parts online?

3. How many strands for the skirts? I was thinking 40? Should I use more for my footballs (deeper water fishing) and less for my flipping (shallower water fishing?)

4. How long to make the skirts?

Thanks for all the help guys. Once I get some questions answered and order some material I will post some pictures of the end product!

[Felix77]

It never ceases to amaze me that when I think about doing something I find someone who ultimately is trying to do the same on this forum.  I bought a Buckeye Mop Jog to replicate what they did because I like their jigs.  FWIW here is what I am doing ...

1 - I use round rubber from Netcraft.  Regular skirts from fishingskirts.com

2 - PM Cadman ... he can help you here.

3 - Buckeye appears to have somewhere between 20-30 strands of round rubber and about a skirt and a half of regular skirt material.

4 - The round rubber goes out about an inch to 2 inches past the hook.

Here is one I made messing around yesterday.

 

 

[Siebert Outdoors]

Most mop jigs use heavy or standard rubber.  Strands and length is up to the builder.  Most of them are 22 or 44 strand.  Check out our site for heads.  We have heads with Mustad to owner hooks.

[RyneB]

I get all my heads from Siebert.

[Munkin]

Weedless Pro Football jigheads from LPO is what Buckeye uses and the more you buy the cheaper they are. As for living rubber I have used the regular in the past but do not care for LR in general. Strand count is a personal preference or you can just count the strands on the factory bait?

 

Allen