When buying a jig, is hand tied jigs a big deal to you? will you spend an extra $1 or $2 for hand tied? Do you only buy banded? It really doesn't matter to you?

nope!

I'm the minority here, but I like the rubber bands instead.  I can change the skirt on the fly if need be, if the skirt gets ripped up by a fish, turlte, or whatever I can replace it.  Also I'll lose the jig way way way before any bands rot.  The rubber bands now a days are made way better then the 90's anyway.

Probably 90% of what I buy from my jig guys are hand tied. If I assemble them myself it will be a collar style though I may wire tie them as a winter project.

As a side note wire tie should be no more than $.50 extra per jig. If you buy from Siebert Mike gives you a wire or collar option.

Probably 90% of what I buy from my jig guys are hand tied. If I assemble them myself it will be a collar style though I may wire tie them as a winter project.

As a side note wire tie should be no more than $.50 extra per jig. If you buy from Siebert Mike gives you a wire or collar option.

 

Digression: I don't know anything about tying jigs, but I have discovered my wife has tons of crafting wire. Suppose I ask her if I can "borrow" some for exactly this purpose; what should I check to see what she has?

from now on, all I'm buying are Siebert wire tied jigs.

I like 22 or 24 gauge floral wire for silicone or rubber skirt material. You can find it at your local craft store for just a few bucks.

Nope!

I use a tiny zip-tie to hold every skirt on every thing!

Hand tied jigs, such as those siebert outdoors makes, are sometimes cheaper than other jigs.

from now on, all I'm buying are Siebert wire tied jigs.

^^This ^^ ... For what Mike Siebert provides - I make every effort to use his hand crafted jigs first !

Probably 80% of the Jigs I use are Ernest Langley's. They are hand tied but I would still buy them if he used a collar. Great quality and colors..

I only use hand made wire tied jigs now. I use to use banded ones, but I keep a large assortment of jigs. I have multiple of sizes, styles for each color I throw. I was getting a lot of band rot. I also started having issues with the guards. This was a VERY reputable company that I basically no longer use.

I only use rubber collers. Simple, cheap, effective, easy to use, and easy to change skirts.

Wire-tie is better. If it comes with a rubber band, no big deal. I spend a few seconds to wire-tie it myself.

 

 

I get the impression that

 

1. Some/ most of you fish straight silicone jigs.

2. You fish them straight out of package without any modifications whatsoever.

 

Is that right?

 No , I am not picky on skirts . I once bought a bunch of cheap spinnerbats for a quarter a piece just to get the skirts  .

Wire-tie is better. If it comes with a rubber band, no big deal. I spend a few seconds to wire-tie it myself.

 

 

I get the impression that

 

1. Some/ most of you fish straight silicone jigs.

2. You fish them straight out of package without any modifications whatsoever.

 

Is that right?

 

 

There aren't many things I fish straight out of the package. I like to tweak and tune. 

I prefer to be able to switch between skirts. 

That being said I also prefer most hand tied jigs.

I think it's situation specific for me and probably about 50/50.

I buy jigheads and I wire tie them myself. I use rubber skirt material pretty much exclusively. Cost per jig is less than a buck each.

 

I fish hand-tied jigs exclusively. Tholmes custom made, silicone, rubber, bucktail, maribou, etc. All the way from 1/80 oz. trout and panfish jigs to 1 oz. bucktaila for stripers. I haven't bought a jig in 40 years.

 

Tom

There aren't many things I fish straight out of the package. I like to tweak and tune.

Same here

i like the wire tie after trying them...  only another .35 with siebert and never have to worry about losing the skirt or the band rotting.

The only thing I'm picky about on a jig is the hook, the skirt and collar can be replaced, if I keep it long enough, I bank fish some rocky spots and sometimes my jigs don't make it back.

Siebert Outdoors, wire tied for me.

 

 

 

It doesn't matter all that much to me. Like a lot of us, I will probably lose a jig before the collar rots or the skirt gets torn to shreds. I have them made both ways though, and I do like the option for a wire tied.

Recently I've had 2 bands fail from a manufacturer I did not expet it from so I will be hand tying new skirts on. Having said that my D&M jigs still have their bands on and never slide off. My Siebert & North Star jigs (hand tied only jigs) have never failed and never slide. If I can wait I'll order hand tied jigs and if I can't and D&M has what I am looking for I have zero issue ordering them.