e2 jigs and cavitron buzzbaits questions

[roadwarrior]

I think the jig head has to be painted to command

a premium price.

8-)

[CWB]

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HOW DO YA LIKE ME NOW LOL!!!!!! Some times I really scare myself

I do believe those unpainted barbs will hold very well, even on the stand alone post.

You powder coat the jig without coating the hook. Don't know how you do it, but if you could possibly eliminate the coating on the weedless rigging post, you'd be golden.

In fact, I'd buy them uncoated. If I want them colored, fingernail polish would do just fine, and it comes with an applicator brush that would be perfect for jig heads.

I agree. I scrape the "paint" off the keeper post when I have nothing better to do, which is most of the time, and they hold great. I have even carved then to look like arrowheads. Man, too much spare time!

Bobby- Can you mask off the barb prior to powder coating? Probably add $5.00 to the price. ;D

[Fishing Rhino]

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I think the jig head has to be painted to command

a premium price.

8-)

You may be right.  It certainly looks nice in the packaging.  There are certainly times the packaging sells an item as much as its effectiveness.

I was only speaking for myself.  I'd be glad to pay the same price because I've seen what they can do.  Even after they'be been hammered in the rocks and lost most of the powder coating, they seem to fish as well.

I use an elaZtech worm on the jig.  It's very springy.  It's no small feat to get the proper amount of worm between the barb and the hook.  A smidge too much and it will not be straight.  Perhaps that doesn't really matter.  I know I've caught plenty of nice bass on a curved installment.

A smidge to little, and it may spring off the barb on the cast.

There are times I've got it just right, and it stays put ninety percent of the time.

Heck, I've seen it fall from the post on the cast, and still caught fish on the drop or the retrieve.  Sort of a modified wacky rig.

I suspect a floating worm, rigged wacky style, would produce nicely.

[Bobby Uhrig]

I enquired about not painting the spike-they put a silicone sleeve over it then powder coat it add 5 cents to the bait my cost-time is money =nickled and dimed for everything done extra-The quote was you want vanilla you pay for vanilla you want sprinkles and whipped cream you gotta pay.I dont mind paying for quality- its paying for something you are not getting that pi$$es me off. Remember I am just like you guys.I am not here to rip anyone off. I back everything I do as I have proven since day one in business.

[Dan:]

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Out of the 3 types of keepers, the screw, small hook and post THE SCREW WINS HANDS DOWN IN TEARING THE BAITS LESS! This is after many hours of trying all 3 types, on several companies plastics and types of trailers. It's not even close between the post and the screw type for me. Of aoll the jig heads, PICASSO has the best design by far.

I like the Picasso shakey heads also. I have tried many, many different shakey head jigs and I still have not found the perfect one. I do like the peg style keepers but the Picasso screws are pretty good too. Another that I like are the Owner twist locks.

[Fishing Rhino]

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I enquired about not painting the spike-they put a silicone sleeve over it then powder coat it add 5 cents to the bait my cost-time is money =nickled and dimed for everything done extra-The quote was you want vanilla you pay for vanilla you want sprinkles and whipped cream you gotta pay.I dont mind paying for quality- its paying for something you are not getting that pi$$es me off. Remember I am just like you guys.I am not here to rip anyone off. I back everything I do as I have proven since day one in business.

Nickled and dimed.  You don't have to tell me anything about that.  You need to try the fiberglass business.  

Think the price of gasoline went up?  You should see what oil prices have done to the price of gel coats and resins.

Four years ago, a five gallon pail of black or white gel coat was less than eighty dollars.  Today, it's over two hundred.  

Similar increases in the polyester and polyvinyl resins.

The kicker is that there have been similar increases in the fabrics such as mats and roving.  They contain nothing but minute glass strands either bundled or woven together.  Yet their price increases have kept pace with the petrochemical products.

Acetone was a about four dollars a gallon, bought in five gallon pails.  Now, it's closer to fifteen.

Metalflake products have had price increases as well, but nowhere near to the degree of the fabrication materials.

It's a good thing I'm close to retirement.  The only work I do now is whatever comes my way.  I don't go looking for work.  If the phone doesn't ring with orders, I go fishing.

It's more for walking around money, so I don't have to tap our savings.  When my wife retires in the next couple of years, I'll probably shut it down.

I've got the solution for the pegs.  Came to mind when I recalled some use them to hold skirts on jig heads.

Small electrical wire ties to clamp the worm on.  That will work great with the elaZtech worms, since they are indestructible.  I wouldn't use that method on the others that are good for only a relative handful of fish.

[Muddy]

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Out of the 3 types of keepers, the screw, small hook and post THE SCREW WINS HANDS DOWN IN TEARING THE BAITS LESS! This is after many hours of trying all 3 types, on several companies plastics and types of trailers. It's not even close between the post and the screw type for me. Of aoll the jig heads, PICASSO has the best design by far.

I like the Picasso shakey heads also. I have tried many, many different shakey head jigs and I still have not found the perfect one. I do like the peg style keepers but the Picasso screws are pretty good too. Another that I like are the Owner twist locks.

The ones you can put onto jig heads and Hooks? I want to give them a shot