How can I fix living rubber jigs?

[Smokinal]

I have a bunch of flat strand, living rubber jigs that I really like. I got away from throwing them for a while so they got all crumpled and wrinkled from being in the planos for the last year. How can I get them to straighten out and soften up a bit? Boil them and hang them maybe?

[WRB]

Nothing you can do if the rubber has taken a set that I know of. Maybe it's time to retie them, living rubber strips are inexpensive and easy to tie with wire and a jig vice.

Tom

[Turtle135]

If you want to replace the skirts you can get the material here.

 

https://fishingskirts.com/product-category/flatline-rubber/

[thinkingredneck]

I got tired of that happening and went to silicone.  A different action, I know.

[smalljaw67]

I warned people about rubber when everyone started using the Berkley Gripper jigs, they had a mix of silicone and living rubber. Well guess what? I must have retied at least 100 of them for guys in my former club and some local tournament guys, you have to store living rubber a certain way or it will take on a set and you need new material. I store jigs with living rubber in a bag with unscented talc, not a lot, maybe 4 or 5 shakes of the bottle in a quart size zip lock bag with no more than 6 jigs per bag. Put the jigs in the bag and give a few shakes to distribute the talc and you are good for a month, just remember to give the bag a shake once a month and they are fine, it doesn't sound like much but us Northern anglers often have hard water in winter so it could be 3 months before the jigs ever get pulled out and if you don't store them right the rubber will get stuck together and be wrinkled.