Startup costs?

[skeetbum]

Powder paint and some of the other stuff can get a little costly, but if you show some restraint (yeah, right) you wont feel it too bad. I have a pretty nice vise, and want for nothing better as they go. Should you change your mind it can always be sold and most, if not all of your money recouped. The feathers and flash and thread and such don't cost much. I find it hard not to stop in to every outdoors store I pass, and I drive for a living. Each store has a bit of different stuff and regionally they differ also. When you're out pokin around stop in to out of the way places, or to someplace you don't get by much. If you don't buy anything you still get to look at stuff first hand. Pictures on line and magazines or catalogs are OK but in person beats all.Time it right and you might be in time for a fly tying class or something. The techniques transfer to the jigs and might make yours better than ours. Glad to see you started and welcome, always room for more.

[1perchjerker]

okfishingfanatic,
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[skeetbum]

Fanatic, if you're smart you'll listen to Perchjerker1. He's a standup guy and will help you get off the ground. He helped me a lot.

[shipahoy41]

Be sure and check the stickies at the top of this forum. Some great suggestions are there for beginners lists and beginner jig videos. After that only your imagination and the size of your wallet contents will hinder you. Start with three or four tying concepts and get good at that. Then the only change will be materials and the final look and color of your jigs.

[snake River]

Once you get in two tying jigs. It's like skip said it's very addicting you'll find out because you be wanting all the pretty Chanel some feathers in the list goes on it doesn't quit. Then you got have all the pretty powder paint a course you have to have all the nice jig heads they got in course you got a have a fancy vice later on. Just don't do like I've done get hooked on tying jigs and making plastic baits then it really gets expensive and once you get hooked on plastics. It's buying all the molds. But if you do get into it you will enjoy it in it something that you are doing to please yourself. And also catch fish. It gets more exciting when you catch fish with your own hand tied jigs.