Howdy from East Tennessee

[DoDFire]

Just wanted to say howdy from East TN. I have fished for 40 years now and have been a custom jig tier for 10 years so it's tough for me to lay the jig down. I was a big crankbait guy many years ago and got away from it as in I only had 3-4 crankbaits in the boat for the last 10 years. I have been lurking on here for sometime and decided to join in since this place is a wealth of knowledge. I just made a purchase for a crankbait set up  rod, reel, line, and crankbaits and used the info you guys shared here to help me make decisions, so Thank You for that and I also am interested in starting to paint custom baits and see a few of you have shared your knowledge on that here as well. Looks like a good place to learn or refresh some forgotten days so Thanks to the folks that make Bassresource.com possible. I look forward to being part of the group.

[Jagg]

Welcome! What type of jigs do you tie?

[DoDFire]

Any and all......I have tied hair on sworming  hornet fish head spins, I pour paint and tie football, poison tail (my flipping jig) arky head, round finesse, aspirin head (hair), brush jig, I also tie drop shot hair flies. 

I love fishing hair jigs for smallmouth so my favorite to tie is hair. I also tie a 6" bucktail that is not like the others you see for those ledge fish in summer. 

If it has a hook and I can get thread around it then it gets tied with hair, rubber, or silicone and sometimes all three together. hahahaha

[jbw252]

Welcome to Bass Resource. Enjoy reading & contributing in the forums.

[A-Jay]

Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~

A-Jay

[Mike L]

Hello and Welcome!

 

Mike

[Al Wolbach]

Welcome from another East Tennessean.

[DoDFire]

6 hours ago, Al Wolbach said:

Welcome from another East Tennessean.

I'm in your neck of the woods all the time, we have a place in Smokey View Camp Ground. 

[lanzbass]

Greetings and Welcome to the forums

[JoePhish]

Welcome from yet another East Tennessean (for the last 2 years).

[Darren.]

Welcome aboard!

[whitwolf]

Welcome!

[Al Wolbach]

16 hours ago, DoDFire said:

I'm in your neck of the woods all the time, we have a place in Smokey View Camp Ground. 

I live in a cove beside point 8. When the water is up stop by and say hello.

[samwise2u]

Welcome and Merry Christmas!

[DoDFire]

Thanks guys, I love this site and will probably live on here. I know one thing if I keep reading certain forums the wife is going to skin my hide. I have taken recommendations from here and built a crankbaits setup to get my mojo back that I dropped 10 years ago. Let's just say Christmas for me is covering the dinner table right now with all the "stuff" I have bought in the past week.

[TnRiver46]

Took me a few minutes but I believe I put 2 and 2 together........ did you used to call your jigs "mission jigs?" I used to love seeing you and your boys big smallmouth photos on another site

[Bluebasser86]

Welcome!

[Onvacation]

Welcome to the site. 

[Glenn]

Welcome Home! We're glad you're here.

[bowhunter63]

Welcome Aboard

[00 mod]

Welcome to the forums!

 

Jeff