Eyeballs on jigs

[gabowman]

Before jigs will catch fish they have to catch a fisherman. And the eyes help!

[Len]

I think this was posted before!

TackleMaking.com - Lure Making & Design - Eye Spots on Fishing Lures

[shipahoy41]

Before jigs will catch fish they have to catch a fisherman. And the eyes help!

The eyes have it. Minnows have eyes. You want a jig to represent a minnow....done deal!

[Jiggin_Joe]

I think that eyes catch more fishermen then fish,lol.

THIS IS CORRECT

JJ

[grubfarmer67]

we would like to know what you guys think about eyeballs on jigs . Do you put them on your jigs for looks . Or do you put them on there to catch fish . And do you think paining eyeballs on jigs have a effect on catching fish . After 40 years of experience on fishing with jigs for crappie I found out the following . Eyeballs on jigs do not have the effect on catching fish . It is the action that catches the fish I only put eyeballs on jigs to make them look good nothing else . And I take great pride in doing this you might say it is the trademark of all my jigs that I make .

That's bright red,I'll give ya dat!"The eyes have it"!And they catch a lot of fisherman and their walets thats for sure!It takes more time to install them thats true,and no ones time is free...
Its the sensory that the majority of Predatory game fish rely on the most to survive,Though they may sense disturbance in the water from a far w/their lateral line,they then use smell.Al Linder is a good one for quoting a lot of scientific Freckle Facts.If I had to rely on one biologist for all the need to knows,w/the exceptions of a few of us here,it be that Canadian Baconator:D

[snake River]

Thank you guys very interesting on your thoughts. Question when did the first painted eyeballs on jigs come out .

[grubfarmer67]

Thank you guys very interesting on your thoughts. Question when did the first painted eyeballs on jigs come out .

The fishing lure has been around since the time of cavemen.They were first made out of bone and bronze. The Chinese ,and Egyptian used fishing rods, hooks, and lines as early as 2,000B.C. The first hooks were made out bronze which was strong but still very thin and less visible to the fish. The Chinese were the first to make fishing line, spun from fine silk. The modern fishing lure was made commercially in the United States in the early 1900's by the firm of Heddon and Pflueger in Michigan. Before this time most fishing lures were made by individual craftsman. Commercial-made lures were based on the same ideas that the individual craftsmen were making but on a larger scale.I'm sure there is a factotum amongst us who has the answer to the jigs originator,and time of its arrival...just don't have it at this time ,"let alone the eyes being painted on them.If I had to guess id proly say the Chinese w/ stickers in the 60's...Maybe Creme has the answer?Them boys got the plastic worm together in the late 40's... 49 to be exact.Good luck Snake.
grubfarmer

[Redman]

Grub nice bit of history. I can tell you from what I know that this part of jig fishing history is some what a mystery. I have a lot of oral history about the ledhead. Its modern origin is in the Shannon Twin spin out of Chicago. A fellow in Iowa claimed to have a jig in 1947 first true lead head. Mold were built by Geo. F. Myer, and James Stone. James Stone was from Effingham, Ill. Myer was based in Spirit Lake, Iowa working for Berkley and Company. First Hooks were hand bent. By 1949 Mustad was making a 90 degree jig hook and they were starting to be produced all over the U.S.

Companies like Hilt,Do-it, and Ament started to pop up and produce jig mold in the 1950's and 60's. The first jig that we knew in Iowa was the Cap's Rock-a-Roo out of Arnolds Park, Ia. Lace Ghee of Wapsi promoted these jigs and others followed. One of the resons that Do-it is located in Iowa originally they cast parts for John Deere. It is my understanding that Lacy got them to start building jig molds. At that time they were located in Waterloo and later moved to Denver,Iowa. I have a Mold from them that is marked Waterloo so know I am right about this.

I knew a lot of these old boys and Charaters they wher. Lacy use to like to fish yellow perch on the Iowa Great lakes and I would have to help clean his catch. I live not far from Cap Kennedy, James Stone and Geo. F. Myer. I have hunted pheasants with Geo. Myer. I fished with Cap and James many times. James Stone move to Arnolds Park in the Early 1960's.

Some time I would like to write a piece on the evolution of the lead head from 1947 to present. That would be a fun project for a old gezzer like me.

Redman

[moswampy]

it would be a great read that would be appreciated also.

[snake River]

redman I also would like to read about the past Pertaining to jig mold history.