Howdy
Just found this board today and been doing some reading on my down time.
Great stuff and glad to see some handles I recognise from other boards.
Been tying jigs since Butch Neil's place was robbed and couldn't get any silicone hair jigs from him anymore; especially the Barry Loupe special.
Also, was a big fan of Phil Shaeffer's jigs, but when he semi-retired, I bought a bunch of his rabbit, spend an hour on the phone with him and learned to tie rabbit jigs w/ zonker & crosscut. Typically throw his black leach pattern, but had luck with his all purple jig & his perch jig up in the north east.
Own about 10 molds - DoIt & Hilts.
Do a little rod building & spinnerbait building too.
Now I either fish the jigs I tie mentioned above; or a round ball jig w/ a grub or jacks worm, an internal tube jig with a thin wire weed guard, or recently a flutter-style jig on swimbaits, flukes & tubes.
Here's some pix of what I make & fish with.
Just found this board today and been doing some reading on my down time.
Great stuff and glad to see some handles I recognise from other boards.
Been tying jigs since Butch Neil's place was robbed and couldn't get any silicone hair jigs from him anymore; especially the Barry Loupe special.
Also, was a big fan of Phil Shaeffer's jigs, but when he semi-retired, I bought a bunch of his rabbit, spend an hour on the phone with him and learned to tie rabbit jigs w/ zonker & crosscut. Typically throw his black leach pattern, but had luck with his all purple jig & his perch jig up in the north east.
Own about 10 molds - DoIt & Hilts.
Do a little rod building & spinnerbait building too.
Now I either fish the jigs I tie mentioned above; or a round ball jig w/ a grub or jacks worm, an internal tube jig with a thin wire weed guard, or recently a flutter-style jig on swimbaits, flukes & tubes.
Here's some pix of what I make & fish with.
