Homemade Jig Tying Glue

[funbun]

For instance here's my take on a Mickey Finn, and old fly design with modern materials and thinking. Is this a fly or a jig? It's both really. Not only they is also wiggles and juts about erratically. The disc add weight as well. I may not look like a jig or a fly, but it sure acts like them.



Look up Steelhead tube flies.There's plenty there that crappie fishermen can incorporate, but you won't see it because most fishermen are too engrossed in their on little worlds to expand and try new things.

[skiptomylu]

Yes I have always added in some fly tying into my jigs. When I learned there was no youtube and videos all over the place so most of my good stuff came from FAOL which I have not posted on much in a few years, but love their lessons and tips. Here is one for you, but kind of a cheating way, lol! Here is a Mayfly Jig! This was my fist and only attempt so far, but think it will wok!

Skip

[funbun]

Oh, man, FAOL is classic! I have read many of those articles over the years. There's nothing cheating about that at all. I go as far as replacing the abdomen/tail with real maggot, mealworms or nightcrawlers. Then it become a fly-tied bait harness. It's amazing how people get mad when I do things like that, but people keep watching my videos, lol. Or use a soft plastic! Striper fishermen have combined bait or soft plastics with bucktail jigs for years.

[skiptomylu]

Oh, man, FAOL is classic! I have read many of those articles over the years. There's nothing cheating about that at all. I go as far as replacing the abdomen/tail with real maggot, mealworms or nightcrawlers. Then it become a fly-tied bait harness. It's amazing how people get mad when I do things like that, but people keep watching my videos, lol. Or use a soft plastic! Striper fishermen have combined bait or soft plastics with bucktail jigs for years.

I have an account with Rainy's and really bought a bunch of items from them, but they were just too picky and hard to deal with unless you want to buy enough to stock a store to get best prices. I griped enough they gave me a break, but I have a ton of different kind of bodies and Mayfly tails are part of that. So I am looking forward to doing more different tying. About 5 or 6 years ago I became friends with Don Ordes who tie on the Whiting Pro Team and also devoloped Rope Dub tying that I have been wanting to do a lot more of this on jigs. Now I am about to have that time to do more of that.

He also tie a ton of jigs for me to help me get more ideas trying to get me to go over to his style and not use chenille. I have way over 100 of his tie and some are really cool!

Skip

[snake River]

Been making my own for about 12 years now. The glue I use for when I finish a chenille jig I use my own and it's 50/50 Clear High Gloss Lacquer and Lacquer Thinner (I use MEK). For the kind like Dave's Flexament which I use on thread neck jigs I use some pretty dangerous stuff, it's Toluene and Goo, like shoe goo! Not stuff you want on your skin! The only one I like that is a bought one is Softex as it comes in a jar and sets up very hard!

Also I do use some Sally Henson's Hard as Nails, but usually as a clear over coat as long as it's not over Chartreuse or FL Yellow! After all guys remember fingernail polish is just Lacquer!

Skip

skip you forgot to tell them that a court can of Lacquer will last you for ever this is what we use to finish are jig off same recipe as skip. forgot to mention that we been using Lacquer ever since I was about 14 over 50 some years.

[Cane Pole]

I sniffed a lot of lacquer when I was in the Navy. "If it don't move, paint it."

[JWirth]

Old technique, Rube Cross describes this in Tying American Trout Lures book (1930's) adding thinned DUCO cement on the bucktail wing buts as he tied the bucktail streamer head. Its not a bad head cement just out of favor as tyers change with newer lacquers & cements.

[addictedangler]

Old technique, Rube Cross describes this in Tying American Trout Lures book (1930's) adding thinned DUCO cement on the bucktail wing buts as he tied the bucktail streamer head. Its not a bad head cement just out of favor as tyers change with newer lacquers & cements.

I can remember using the duco cement back in the early 60s when starting to tie. I never thinned it. I guess my heads were a little strange looking but it got the job done for a little tyke tying there first bluegill flys. I think I used that because it was what my Dad had around the house for a general purpose glue. I guess they still make it?

[skiptomylu]

I can remember using the duco cement back in the early 60s when starting to tie. I never thinned it. I guess my heads were a little strange looking but it got the job done for a little tyke tying there first bluegill flys. I think I used that because it was what my Dad had around the house for a general purpose glue. I guess they still make it?

Yes they still make it as I have some, but never used it in my tying.

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