Thread: Jig Maker ……. Jig Maker

Some very nice jig heads. Are you “double dipping” for that scheme?

Originally Posted by BuckeyeCrappie

Some very nice jig heads. Are you “double dipping” for that scheme?

Yes sir.

I have tried every technique I have seen for painting heads. This one is a quick dip in the container of white, then gently dipping into a second container of color, but just down in so far and back out. This creates a Hot Spot effect that draws in your eye.







These are the 1/20th ounce heads. Very thin and missing their lead bait keepers. I want to have some jigs for trolling high in the water column. I know I could drop down to 1/32nd ounce, but I can also just let out less line, too. These will go on my outside rods.

Thanks for the explanation. Makes sense…

Made up some more of the 1/20th ounce and the 1/16th ounce jigs.







Soon it should be time to start catching some crappie. Been a tough Summer for crappie fishing. Some have figured them out and caught a few, others, like me, not so much. Trolling in that hot Summer Sun is an ordeal. Compounded by my wife refusing to arise early. Been arriving at the lake at 10 a.m. and by then the fish are already down in the grassy bottom. The water is hot, but I feel it has more to do with the angle of the sunlight. In Summer the Sun is more directly shining down through the water column. As the Sun sides down the horizon, that angle changes. So without eyelids or sunglasses, they hide underneath stuff. That is why early in the morning is a good time because their eyes can tolerate things.

Also, the eyes on minnows do not adjust as fast as they do for crappie and bass. So they cannot see the ambush as easily as the killers can see them. So dark to light in the morning, light to dark in the evening, advantage crappie.

I just need to tell her she cannot go fishing. Take off early before she even knows I am gone. Refuse to answer my phone and stuff. Leave little notes about how the dishes need done and about the spot on the floor and stuff. Then I might be able to catch a few fish. Shame that it has come to this, but fishing is very very important.

My wife isn’t an early riser either..I patiently wait and fer sure don’t leave notes…maybe the notes are your way of getting her up to go with you…

Not much time to piddle round today. Only managed these few.

Those are sort of interesting.





This is something new.












I wrapped the chennile, then lashed on some ostrich feathers, then topped those with mareaboo feathers. When held up to the fan the action is excellent. The belly takes on a minnow profile and waggles about some. I like it.



Been bike riding in the evenings after work. Probably can’t go fishing this weekend. My dog sill loves me and that ain’t so bad I guess. Been setting out dry corn cobs for the deer and hogs. Hope to get a fat doe before Thanksgiving. Break in that new riffle…..Weatherby Vanguard WeatherGuard in 6.5 Creedmore. The only interesting riffle is the one you got when the moment is upon you. Bang you missed has always been such a rarity for me. Other than with BB guns. Can’t remember but one time I missed a deer. Pair of does on an all out sprint trying to escape the drivers. We looked and looked but never found blood. I didn’t think I missed but maybe so.

There is an art to taking four deer in the woods. You line up that first one, making sure you got it. Then imagine swinging over to take the second one. Then bang, quick bang again, and now you are half way there. On your own of course because now they are going through the bushes like dolphins at sea. Here one second gone the next, then another pops up. We used to think that we would miss using scopes to shoot running deer. Nope, we hit them just fine.

This week flew by. Always does.

SlabSauce (or not) those jigs and they should hammer them. Beautiful work. I am about to start whitetail chasing myself. Good luck on your hunting adventures.