Life expectancy ?

[skeetbum]

I’d say that it did its job and had a good life. If my jigs last for anything close to that long I’m a happy guy, and a few have gone past that. But as already said, nothing lasts forever and bass and mudfish destroy mine pretty regular. That was a good lookin jig you made Jim and it’s still going. Good work showing through.

[Ketchn]

Nothing lasts forever, head and hook still looks good. Maybe get another 100 with a little plastic or nibble. I love the little duck feather jigs. They catch everything.

One fella out of Louisiana tied me some pretty jigs pretty cheap back when ,not sure about how he tied em , but around 15 crappie and they were done every time I wet em …
Around 50 fish is a decent average if you can keep trash fish off them . 100 or so ain’t bad and it’s likely possible it would have made 150 if the bass didn’t destroy it ….
I personally love the mean minner jig head , used them often back when , excellent big bluegill jig head and great with less than 1 inch plastics on em .

[Ketchn]

I have found I can catch many crappie on a single jig but those white bass are hard on them.

Sandies ruin plastics and hand ties too , we used to have a fella in these parts that tied some bucktail jigs just for sand bass , used some kind of indestructible white stuff from a local craft shop , might have heard of him , he went by … sand bass Johnny ….darn good guide if you like them kind of fish , he has since passed away , but he was well known over near ft worth for hammering sandbass ….

[NIMROD]

Look at Takeum jigs. I been using them for awhile. Get several trips and several hundred fish if I don't break one off.

[Ketchn]

Shoot bro I got one SK gave me years ago and way past a thousand fish later it looks like the day he gave it to me ….not kidding
A fella named Skip made me one I used for 3 or 4 years too ….
Life expectancy has lots to do with what bites the jig , crappie are pretty gentle on jigs most of the time

[hdhntr]

I've got several of those duck feather jigs from JJJ but use them in spawning beds where I'm not in brush and they lead to Kaboom! most of the time I keep my box of his beauties in the car if I'm not going into brush where I usually live.

[hdhntr]

put a trout magnet on it and it will ketch another 100

[Rojo]

Y'all got some very hungry fish.

[Ketchn]

Y'all got some very hungry fish.

used my 4 year old SK handtie yesterday btw , just kuz .....still looking prime and hammering
and still on my rod this morning as I type , when I made jigs back when , some of the jigs I thought would last a while did not and some I thought were not going to make it hung around , might just be a bit of the luck of the draw

[SuperDave336]

used my 4 year old SK handtie yesterday btw , just kuz .....still looking prime and hammering
and still on my rod this morning as I type , when I made jigs back when , some of the jigs I thought would last a while did not and some I thought were not going to make it hung around , might just be a bit of the luck of the draw

SK makes some good hand ties jigs. Wish he still tied but nowadays he uses plastics more. Told him the other day a thumbnail pic of jigs he tied was awesome.