CSimon2 Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 I just started making my own hair jigs. I bought some new materials at Bass Pro yesterday. I also wanted to try powder paint for the jigheads. Below is a pic of the new ones I tied up last night. I was pretty proud of these. I just hope they catch fish. Any feedback is appreciated. Thanks for looking! Chuck Quote
backwater4 Posted December 28, 2011 Posted December 28, 2011 Those are sweet! I'm sure they'll catch just fine. Quote
CSimon2 Posted December 29, 2011 Author Posted December 29, 2011 Thanks a lot guys! I am officially addicted to tying jigs. Quote
loodkop Posted December 29, 2011 Posted December 29, 2011 Those are very nice. The crystal flash really adds something. Did you do the painting too? Quote
CSimon2 Posted December 30, 2011 Author Posted December 30, 2011 On 12/29/2011 at 8:57 PM, loodkop said: Those are very nice. The crystal flash really adds something. Did you do the painting too? Thank you! I did paint the heads as well. I bought a container of the powder paint. I used a lighter to heat the jighead for a few seconds, swirled it in the powder, tapped off the excess powder and it became glossy after a few seconds. They turned out nice. Quote
loodkop Posted December 30, 2011 Posted December 30, 2011 Good work. I will have to try it on my next batch of carp jigs. 1 Quote
Pete-K Posted January 3, 2012 Posted January 3, 2012 On 12/30/2011 at 5:21 PM, CSimon2 said: Thank you! I did paint the heads as well. I bought a container of the powder paint. I used a lighter to heat the jighead for a few seconds, swirled it in the powder, tapped off the excess powder and it became glossy after a few seconds. They turned out nice. To make the power paint stay on, it need to be baked. I use a small toaster oven when I'm doing 3 or 4 dozen. Set it at 320 degrees for 20 minutes. There tough as nails, I can bounce a Sauger jigs off the bottom a long time the paint is still good. But If I only heat them with my heat gun, it does not stay on there for long. Quote
RyneB Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 i started off tying hair jigs and flies, now im tying rubber skirted jigs using wire. Its very very very addicting. Quote
FuzzyGrub Posted January 4, 2012 Posted January 4, 2012 Good looking jigs. I plan on doing my first bass and walleye bucktails this winter. Hope mine come out as good. 1 Quote
CSimon2 Posted January 5, 2012 Author Posted January 5, 2012 On 1/4/2012 at 11:57 AM, FuzzyGrub said: Good looking jigs. I plan on doing my first bass and walleye bucktails this winter. Hope mine come out as good. Thanks! Be sure to post pics! Quote
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