Recent content by jschmidt

Hey Gang, back for tying season... Big thanks to Keith for helping me work through size and style, for the type of fishing I do. mostly palmered marabou, with some Zonkers and Flash tied on the bigger boys. 1/16 oz, 60* #6 VMC 1/8 oz 60* #6 VMC 3/16 oz 60* #4 VMC 3/16 oz 60* #2 Ultra point 2x...

More from Colorado... man it was a good year plus! Jerkbaits and Jigs ruled my trout fishing world. Lesson of the year... don't be scared to go big! 1/8 oz jigs dominated almost every stream to river I was on. randon gallery... South Platte Bow Cheesman Canyon Bow Denver metro 20"...

Hey all from Colorado, haven't be on in some time and hope everyone is doing well. Holiday's is Tying season for me and wanted to share some of the fish I have caught. Wife and I took a trip to Milwaukee to visit some friend... just happened to time it perfectly with the Chinook run. Jigs: 1/8...

Hey gang! back on the trout trail last weekend. Cheeseman Canyon is a very tough tailwater on the South Platte river in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. but also very beautiful! The low down:always crystal clear water and smart big boy trout. It was the first time I took my father there...

Hit a small tailwater this morning and caught my 1st fish on one of my jigs!! :jig: I fishing for about an hour and a half with out a bite... then out of Finally got this guy! 15 inches... and such a very cool dark brown. Was so happy I called it a day.

I got my 1st christmas gift of the season about 3 months ago and figured this was as good a time as any to share. WARNING: I did not build this. Thank you Mark Crouse. The Munich Rod Man. [email protected] Feel free to ask any questions you have. Short Version: It is everything I wanted...

Finally christmas is here and 2 solid months of tying is wrapped up. My fathers gift is done, and I have tied more jigs then I thought possible. Man has it been a learning experience. I look back at the first jigs I did and find major flaws, but it has been so much fun. First learning to powder...

first off.... thanks RonDon! the jigheads look great. today I received 250 jigs from ron... so I had some serious powder painting to do. man it took forever... but was alot of fun. so here is what 200+ jigs looks like in a toaster oven. from left to right (gold, saphire blue, copperhead, red, black)

Morning guys, anyone out there use Epoxy or UV Resin? I am looking into testing some out on some of my patterns. Any comment or suggestions would be great!

we have our company inventory tonight/tomorrow management losing their minds...because upper management is in town. Sales staff that disappear... Cause their job is "to sell, nothing else" Hourlies with blank stares...The poor new kids don't have a clue. god I can't wait til this is over. (been...

check out the cheerleader in the center. intro on espn today. no clue why I notice these things but it just made me laugh.

For our pourers out there. you got the jigs i got the dough :D I am looking for 1/32 on size 10 & 12 hooks, aberd and sickle. also an odd one. 1/24 on size 8's, aberd and sickle. roughly a couple hunderd jigs total. Also I am going to Powder painting them.

finally got out for the first time in almost a month. Went to a typical spot here in the denver metro area and fishing the river above a reservoir. I was pretty excited to test out some of the new jigs I have been tying. so I worked about a half mile strench and saw probably the 4 biggest fish...

Hey all! This is the start of my thread that I am going to be updating and posting all my jigs. I will try my best to put as much useful information as possible. hopefully as time goes I can see myself growing as a tyer. hooks: size 10 sickle, red and bronze head: 1/32 oz, unpainted, copperhead...

Finally it has begun! First one I tied up is off of a pattern "Deep Blue Posion Tung" Second one is something I came up with on my own... I am sure someone has done something like it before. I made a half dozen of each. was a total blast tonight!