Brayberry

I'll be fishing Tues - Fri this week as the temps are supposed be be from 65 - 77 everyday (Virginia)

I say just enjoy the rare treat of being able to fish all winter without ice fishing

For skipping I like a Arkie head, for Flipping I mostly use a Brush Jig (Shown Below). I can skip 50x's better with a Arkie vs other heads, likewise Flipping I only like a Brush headas it's more weedless then other heads

Never heard of it, but if the checkout is thru Paypal your protected if anything goes wrong. I just checked the site out, kinda weird. I've never seen a Tackle Shop or website that didn't offer at least 1 jig for sale

If a retailer I used a lot had a "Prime" deal, I'd probally be a buyer as long as the price was reasonable and it included extra's alond with free shipping as Amazon Prime does. Off the top of my head, the retailer I'd use it for would be Academy, Bass Pro Shops, possible Cabelas, TW, Fishing Skirts, etc

Be sure it's what you want to do. When I started I probably sent $800+ initially. Lee Production Pot, Molds, Powder Paint, Weedguards, Weedguard Pins, Skirt Tabs, Lead, Wire, Rattles, Bands, etc. It'd probably be cheaper to buy the unpainted jigheads from someone, then paint them yourself, and add a skirt of your choosing, or even painted heads. I've been making heads and such for quite a while and it's a learning process when you start. It's not as easy as it seems. It takes a lot of practice to consistently pour a perfect head, without getting incomplete pours. Buying unpainted jigheads, you can get them as low as $.50 each in bulk, or painted heads around $.80 each in bulk, and it'd be a better way to start. Once you master that, then start thinking about pouring your own.

Personally I use 1/4 oz Swim jig more then any other size, probally 90% of the time, with the remaining 10% being a 3/8 oz. As for color, the color I do best with is a Purple/Green/Blue swimjig I make. Oddly enough I catch many more bass on Bluegill colored swimjig, more then Shad

I'd do $1 each, that way you pocket $.55 per head

I use a heat gun exclusively or bake the jigs in the toaster oven, just depends how many I have to do. Pro Tec is good paint, but I prefer Columbia Coatings

I make about the same thing, only difference is mine have the lead shank with barb, and I sell them for $.75 each if that helps. Also if they want a cheaper hook, I'll drop to $.50 each, hope that helps

I make jigs so I usually have between 300 - 600 on hand at any given time. Just poured 500 heads in the last 2 days so they'll be jigs within a few days as well

I do 350 also, but I do mine a little differently, I put the heads in the own while the oven is still off, after it's filled with heads, I'll turn it on to 350, and let it go for about 40 minutes, I figure 10 minutes warming up, and 30 minutes curing. I've had the best success this way

If your so worried about a weedguard, just get someone to make you the jigs you want with a light weedguard, now you have the best of both worlds. I have a small business selling jigs and I've never received a single order for a jig without a weedguard, but I have had many order for a jig with the stiffest weedguard I could find.

I went cheap at TW and only sent $150, but got 2 rods from Cabelas, and $300 from fishingskirts.com

I can't catch fish with anything Rapala makes. It's a shame too, cause I like the looks of their baits, Any other brand, I can catch them, but Rapala never

Sure I think I could beat KVD if he was limited to a spincast reel. The rods that go with those reels are flimsy, and would be hard to work most lures, not to mention the gear ratio in it would drive you nuts. With him never using a spincast reel, he'd be less accurate with it and the reel would feel awkward to him. He may be able to find the fish, but he'd be frustrated all day trying to catch them. Good luck running and gunning with that combo also, flipping is pretty much out also.

I'm in Virginia and there's a pile of Fishing flea markets. Heck I'm even a vendor at a upcoming one

I've mixed glitter from craft store into my powder paint to get a glitter finish. Most craft store have glitter in a million colors and sizes also

I fish my jigs without rattles almost exclusively. Very Very Very Rarely I'll experiment and add a rattle, but I believe I do better without them unless the water has practically 0 visibility

With Fall here, I've been killing them on a homemade swim jig!

Building your own lures will only be cheaper if you are able to sell some to offset your cost. Cheapest way to go is some Walmart plastic worms and some Eagle Claw hooks

1/4 oz jig 1/8 oz Slider Heads w/ Slider Worms Norman Crappie Crankbait Senko

I'll share a few of my top secret modifications 1) Instead of using a rattle on my jigs, I go to the craft store and buy small metal jingle bells. They will slide right on the hook, and I'll hold it in place with a piece of Berkley Power Worm. Now I've added a different sound then everyone else is doing, and I've added a small amount of scent/taste (Powder Worm) on the hook. 2) When I make my own jigs, and powder coat them, after dipping them in the fluid bed and they are starting to cool down, I'll push my thumb into the back of the jighead. This imprints my fingerprint on the back of the jighead, giving the head a textured finish, that I believe gives off more or a different vibration then a normal jig. It's possible this is just a confidence thing, but I believe it works better. 3) When I buy a brand new crankbait, I'm not a fan of the bright colors, so I leave it in a window for a few weeks, so dull the colors. When it's "done" it looks more natural. 4) If I'm fishing heavy cover with a square bill crankbait, I'll clip off the front facing hook on the treble on the front and back. This keeps the bait from getting snagged, but still catches fish.

To me depends on where the lures are purchased from. My local Ollies has some amazing deals on lures for cheap. I'm getting Zoom plastics for $1.99 each, actual senko's for $2.99 bag, Rapala's for $2.99 each.

I went to James River State Park, near Gladstone VA. The water was high and pretty muddy from recent rains, but still managed 5 - 10 smallies a day, best one went about 2 lbs, and lost a 3 lber on a sunken boat. It was fun and I'll be back there. Ended up camping for 3 days there right on the river