The_Bear

Oh man, I have gone down the rabbit hole on research for BFS. I want to try it out like you wouldn’t believe! Thanks for the report!

Thank you to everyone for the replies! I appreciate it a ton, this forum is great! I think I’m going to go with the Arkie mold to start, I’m sure I will add to the collection at some point.

Out of curiosity, why the football head over the others? I have been looking at the fishing skirts website and I love a lot of the colors.

Hey everyone, I have an opportunity to get some lead melting equipment and a bunch of lead for free, and I’ve been thinking about getting into making my own jigs. Unfortunately right now I only have room in the budget for one Do-it mold, some hooks, some skirts, weed guards, powder paint, etc. My question to you is if you could only have one jig to fish and have some success what would it be? My thought is to get the Arkie style mold so I can make some assorted size and color Arkie heads. Would this be a good plan? I was also considering the Ball Head mold because I’ve heard people preferring those over the Arkie style. Also as far as colors I was planning on black/blue, green pumpkin, and maybe some brown jigs. Do you think those colors would afford me some reasonable success?

Thanks everyone!

Hey all, Moved to Idaho about 4 1/2 years ago. Recently got back into fishing after not really having done it since I moved down here. I currently am residing in southern Idaho in the Magic Valley, mostly just fish local lakes and the Snake River here close to town. This summer I’m planning on hitting the bass fishing hard as I’ve recently learned it’s an absolute blast. I grew up fishing mostly worms or spinners and such for trout or whatever would bite up in Montana. I now try to do a decent mix of fly fishing and conventional fishing. Looking forward to reading these forums and learning as much as I can!