Originally Posted by
fowlmood77
Come on and join in on a swap. I do not think anyone would be disappointed, that is not what a swap should be about. When I first started, I would just tie whatever came to mind, but having to tie the same type over and over forced me to get better (in my own eyes at least). To me personally I don't think fish pay attention to how well we humans think a jig looks. It is all about proportion and "catching the fishes eye". I remember hearing of a guy who once took some basic yarn and put it on a jig hook and consistantly caught fish. From what I remember of the story, the jigs looked rather rudimentary, but outperformed the other fishermans tackle. So give it a second thought and just do your best, you may just surprise yourself. As far as awarding 1st, 2nd etc., I do not think that would be beneficial. When I Plugged this idea in here, i never intended for it to become a "competition" (not saying that you were implying that) but that would be how it would be implied. Instead I would recommend the host to post pics of ALL jigs for everyone to see. I understand what you were getting at, I just would hate for this thing to head the wrong way and people feel like they were not worthy of joining in.