Making Bladed Jigs

[Paul Roberts]

I put together some bladed jigs, wanting to have a smaller hook gap than what's on Chatterbaits. And they didn't work! Oddly, the blade barely vibrated. Can't see what's wrong, except the Chatterbait blades are very thin metal. The ones I bought were much thicker.

 

What blades would you recommend?

 

Thanks!

[Jig Man]

I got my blades from Barlows.  I use a split ring.  I get all of the vibration I want.

[wisconsin heat]

Bending the top of the blade back a little bit helps get them started vibrating quicker.

 

I think @Bluebasser86 has made a few bladed jigs before, Maybe he has some more tips for you! ?

[Paul Roberts]

The ones I got were from Jann's and they have a little bar to affix the jighead to. I did bend the blade up, looking at a Chatterbait I had with me. To no avail. Guess I'll need the split ring ones.

[Wildbillb]

Post a couple photos

[Bluebasser86]

Pictures would help, but I'm guessing the blade is binding or not having the room to vibrate correctly. 

[Paul Roberts]

On 3/15/2020 at 7:11 PM, Wildbillb said:

Post a couple photos

 

22 hours ago, Bluebasser86 said:

Pictures would help, but I'm guessing the blade is binding or not having the room to vibrate correctly. 

 

 

 

 

Yeah, it looks like the hook eye is probably getting bound up. The ones I tried fishing with had the paint cleaned off the eye. Will try to modify these blades to see if I can free them up. Otherwise, it's on to another brand.

[Bluebasser86]

Doesn't look like the eye is wide enough to allow the free range of motion for the blade to really vibrate. Not sure there's going to be much you can do to fix the problem with that jighead.

[Paul Roberts]

Thanks. Hmmm... No other use for them. So, I'm going to take a Dremel to them. See what if I can resurrect them.

[VolFan]

You could use a thinner snap or clip between the blade and hook eye to free it up some.

[detroit1]

Just by looking at it there is no room to move back and forth. Terrible blade design.

[Mbirdsley]

Yeah, I think those are the blades that tackle ware house is selling also. I was looking into them.  I may still get some.  It’s a interesting concept.  I wonder once you get the hook eye open enough how they will preform.  If it works, I like that idea better than double split rings on a vertical line tie hook. 

[Paul Roberts]

I'll mess around with them and report back.

[Paul Roberts]

@Mbirdsley So, I gave the hook eye some wiggle room, and the blades work. I also tried bending the fore part of the blade up and it might have helped a tad. I tested it against a similar weight ChatterBait, that has a much thinner blade, and they were very close. I think the CB runs a tad slower -tough to tell in the bathtub.  

 

I used a triangular file to open it up. Took about 30sec.

 

[BASS302]

@Paul Roberts, how do you make the weed guard stay in place?  Or does it matter?

[Paul Roberts]

2 hours ago, BASS302 said:

@Paul Roberts, how do you make the weed guard stay in place?  Or does it matter?

That was a quickie (lazy man's) weedguard. It stays in place, well enough for weeds. Probably not for wood. It's wire wrapped both around the shank and hook eye. There are better ways to do it. But few quicker.

[Bdnoble84]

4 hours ago, Paul Roberts said:

That was a quickie (lazy man's) weedguard. It stays in place, well enough for weeds. Probably not for wood. It's wire wrapped both around the shank and hook eye. There are better ways to do it. But few quicker.

What gauge wire did u use

[Paul Roberts]

17 hours ago, Bdnoble84 said:

What gauge wire did u use

It's .016" stainless. Again, light for wood, in that (twin) single wire configuration, but fine for vegetation. I much prefer a folded wire guard that hooks over the hook point. I'll be making a video on making weed, and wood, guards one of these days.