Homemade Fishing Lures
March 12, 2007 - 3:54pm — JYork
As part of my preparation for a spring steelhead fishing trip for March 14th to the 21st, I tied some jigs. My skill level is beginner and my equipment is very basic, but the finished jigs look okay and they catch fish.I started tying to repair jigs that I had purchased and worn out catching fish. Even the best jig looks bad after fish have pulled off all the hair or marabou. I just wanted to add some more hair or feathers to make it look like it did when I bought it.
Once I got proficient at adding dressing and cementing that into place on the hook, I graduated to buying painted jig heads and making my own jigs from scratch.
I have no plans to cast jigs head with molten lead and then paint them a special color. I prefer to purchase painted jigs in the weight and color I need.
The tying material/dressing I use is black and white marabou, black fox tail, deer tail in natural and black and squirrel tail. I also have some “flash” material or tinsel that I tie into the jig body too. I also have black – white – red spools of thread and the bobbin for holding the spools, a whip finish tool, a cheap tying vise and head cement. The whole tying kit fits into a small shoe box.
I tied a few in this video clip to show you how easy it is for a beginner to make jigs just in case you ever get the urge to do so.
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