Tubes vs. Tied Jigs?

[lunker]

I caught at least 300 off one of Skip's jigs last year. I used the same one for about 3 weekends in a row during the spawn. I caught so many on that one jig it was crazy. I finally broke it off on a fish I was trying to lift into the boat. I retied every so often but got lazy with it I guess and got a weak spot in my line and broke it off. It was his texas craw color.

by the way, the paint was almost gone off the head and the tail was missing about half the hackle I started with.

[deathb4disco]

hand ties ... are more durable.I've caught over 300 fish on a jig I made before I retired it.It's pretty chewed up but if I tied it to my line now it would catch fish.How many can you catch on a tube,10?

Very true. Hand-tied will last longer, but you pay for that durability. Tubes, on the other hand, are dirt cheap. Bass Pro sells a package of 40 for $3.

How many hand-ties can you buy for $3?

[OKSTATEjiggy]

How many hand-ties can you buy for $3? [/QUOTE]

That's why we tie our own.

My jigs have never fallen apart, but then I tend to lose jigs real quick. I think the longest I've kept a jig was around 3 or 4 days at the lake.

[PawPaw Gene]

Here's a jig that caught a bunch of fish. On this trip I brought home 98 bluegills, 26 Crappie, 3 bass and one red fish. Threw back twice that many. Keep only the males. This jig had been used on a previous trip to also land a big bunch. I retied after a couple dozen fish.




Here are the fish caught on it, enjoy







"gene"

[deathb4disco]

That's why we tie our own.

Touche. :D But many don't.

My jigs have never fallen apart, but then I tend to lose jigs real quick.

Same here. Snags are the enemy. I shudder to think how many of my jigs are decorating underwater trees!

[deathb4disco]

Here are the fish caught on it, enjoy

That is one nice mixed bag of fish! Congrats!

[JUNGLEJIMJIGS]

Now that's what I like to see. Catchin em is the fun part but I sure would'nt want to be the one cleaning all them. I bet that was some tasty fish frys.

[rocket rich]

how about Paddle Bugs and Puddle Jumpers .. You are missing something if you don't try these. ofcourse use nibbles and Paste.. but that's a givin

[lynn sanders]

Well I only use hand tied hair jigs that i make for my self and customers. It's not that big of a lost and they last longer than plastic. Hair or maribor has a great deal more life like action while in the water than plastics do and there for you will catch more on hair type jigs than plastics during those hard bite times.

[skiptomylu]

Have not see anyone mention that when the water temp is below 50 or so the soft plastics don't do as well as they do when the temp is above 50. Still above or below I use my hand tied jigs like 98% of the time even though I have probably as may pounds of soft plastic as anyone. Lots of mine are bass worms and such, but plenty of crappie soft plastics as well.

Just wish I would learn that no matter how much of the soft plastic I buy I will not use it hardly at all.

Skip