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Because my father inspired and taught me to. I come from an artistic family and I enjoy the relaxation it provides.

Plus, I'd been tested analytically, during my developmental years, as one...

Take those curls of kip, between two separate cuts, and face them towards one another. Then tie them laterally to your hook's shank.

I tie jigs for wintertime smallmouth bass. In their...

The greatest advantage to any Regal vise, in my opinion, is its ease in placing your hook within its jaws securely. Its hold is rock solid.

I use a Regal, that was machined during the late 1970s...

A Griffin 3AR should get you in at just under $100. It's an extremely versatile vise. Its jaws rotate 360 degrees. Set them up horizontally to fully utilize the rotation.

FAO on Griffin Vises
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Hello Ijerkum,

Thank you very much for your kind words. I don't know that there is anything truly special about my technique other than I pay close attention to my details and try to tie each jig...

Bookmarked. :cool:

Received my jigs today. :)

Nice job everyone and thank you, Flybuster, for the extras! :cool:

I will try these out should I make it up to Michigan City, IN this fall (Lake Michigan and its...

I am curious about this too. How about a status? Thanks.

Thanks AZ. :)

My jigs mailed out this AM. Enjoyed tying them. Hope they catch some fish for anyone choosing to fish them.

Finished tying these tonight. Will clear the eyelets tomorrow. :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v612/pup_of_ifhs_ipf/citrdrnkmix001.jpg

These are tied on 1/8-oz. ball heads with #2 hooks. ...

AZ,

The jig heads are Eagle Claw and have relatively light bronze hooks. The hook gap appears to measure to a #2 on a Mustad 3261 Aberdeen hook chart. I really don't know which model of hook was...

Those are beautiful jigs. :cool:

A 1/4-ounce head with a 1/0 hook is a combination I use frequently for river bass. I think that those would be sensational river bass jigs as well.

There are...

This is my first group of ties. I'll pick the very best from these to send along.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v612/pup_of_ifhs_ipf/cdcshswap007.jpg

Watched a couple of videos on tying...

Four is fine with me too. :cool:

I've got two styles chosen/created and am in the process of tying for four participants. :cool:

I'll sign up. :)

I do have a suggestion though. You might want to define this swap as trout and steelhead ties if more tyers do not sign up as the deadline approaches.

I know that steelhead...

The jig at the bottom-left is an example of one of my minnow head jigs tied with ebony #5 Lion Suede.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v612/pup_of_ifhs_ipf/rhchenille005.jpg

Excellent-looking jigs! :cool: I like them. What size are your hooks?

You could try looking for Lion Brand Lion Suede (ebony color) at local fabric stores. A skein contains 122 yds. of machine washable (durable) chenille. It might be all of the black chenille that...

NP,

Haven't been by here for a while. Sorry that I didn't reply sooner. Looks like you have plenty for the swap. As it would have happened, I wouldn't have been able to participate comfortably in...

AF,

It's good to read that you had some success with my jigs. With paint and epoxy, those jig heads likely weigh about 5/32 of an ounce on average. I like your idea about swimming them with the...

My swap jigs arrived today.

Nice job Guys. :cool: I hope to have an opportunity to try them out very soon.

Thanks CK3 for running the swap. :)

Want to clean up your chenille, hair, and marabou jigs? I think that a little experimentation with the following might be the way to go.

Enzymes and Detergent

Algae, mud, chenille, hair, and...

AF,

Great-looking ties. :cool:

There's much motivation here (great ties) to get out to my local river and do some fishing for "Them Ol' Brown Fish". ;)

Those are children's hair extensions. Bought mine at the Dollar Tree. I have seen some tyers from NC that use the material for SW jigs. I have some of it and have used it to tie a few jigs.

Not...

I can picture smallmouth bass nailing those feather-tailed creations. Nice job. :cool:

Nice job AZslabber. :)

Thanks AF for the compliment! :cool:

CK3,

Thank you for your kind words. My jigs mailed out this morning. The PO gave me an estimated arrival date of 03/27/10.

Thanks Soswine. :)

I purchased the little 2 x 3 zip bags at Michaels. You could try Hobby Lobby, JoAnn Fabrics, or any big box craft store for that matter.

Here's a photo of the jigs that I've tied for the swap.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v612/pup_of_ifhs_ipf/smbswap003.jpg

Not a very good photo. :( Sorry about that.

Will mail them out...

CK3,

My jigs are finished. I'll try to have them mailed out in a couple of days. Will post a photo of them later this week if that's OK with everyone. :)