Been having a shocker lately. Four trips for four donuts, lost jigs, sunburn, aching legs from bouncing around a small boat in rough seas. Then I formally joined Jigcraft by saying hello, and went out again, the day before yesterday. Hard to find bait, water temp down, six hours of trolling livebaits for nothing but a small mako shark lost at the boat. Ugh here we go again. So we decided to have a few casts at the washes and rocky gutters and reefs below the cliffs which guard the entrance to the Harbour as we headed home.
Out came a 3/8th squid shaped head tied with bucktail and rubber "attack" tentacles.
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And Jigcraft karma produced this:
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37 inch yellowtail, we called them yellowtail kingfish, or just plain kings. They fight brutal and dirty and long. More so in shallow water. We tow the live baits on 100 pound braid and still get blown away. So this was a tin arse lucky catch on 20 pound braid, 40 pound leader and 7ft spin outfit. That's why I look so bloody smug.
The jighead has ever so slightly assymetrical wings so it zig zags on decent. Strong, forged 4/0 hook, red dome eye. Very good perfectly baked powderpaint. An excellent example of American jig head making.
I slip some lumo tubing up the shank, cut two "attack" tentacles from a plastic trolling squid, cutting the club end of the attack tentacles out of the plastic squid's lumo green eyes, and tye them in, along with a bit of flash, under the bucktail.
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All up just under seven inches long. The kink in the attack tentacle club ends gives a wicked little action to them. A fairly sparse bucktail dressing lets subtle internal glow come from the lumo tube. Cutting the lumo tube longer than the jig's collar leaves a little hollow bit at the end, which you can stuff with a gel or paste scent if it's really tough fishing.
So I reckon Jigcraft karma turned a dog day into a ripper. Jigs rule!
Out came a 3/8th squid shaped head tied with bucktail and rubber "attack" tentacles.
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And Jigcraft karma produced this:
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37 inch yellowtail, we called them yellowtail kingfish, or just plain kings. They fight brutal and dirty and long. More so in shallow water. We tow the live baits on 100 pound braid and still get blown away. So this was a tin arse lucky catch on 20 pound braid, 40 pound leader and 7ft spin outfit. That's why I look so bloody smug.
The jighead has ever so slightly assymetrical wings so it zig zags on decent. Strong, forged 4/0 hook, red dome eye. Very good perfectly baked powderpaint. An excellent example of American jig head making.
I slip some lumo tubing up the shank, cut two "attack" tentacles from a plastic trolling squid, cutting the club end of the attack tentacles out of the plastic squid's lumo green eyes, and tye them in, along with a bit of flash, under the bucktail.
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All up just under seven inches long. The kink in the attack tentacle club ends gives a wicked little action to them. A fairly sparse bucktail dressing lets subtle internal glow come from the lumo tube. Cutting the lumo tube longer than the jig's collar leaves a little hollow bit at the end, which you can stuff with a gel or paste scent if it's really tough fishing.
So I reckon Jigcraft karma turned a dog day into a ripper. Jigs rule!
