On January 8, 2017 at 1:22 AM, RyanDR said:

 

Here are some of the different patterns I've been tying. Not always the prettiest but they catch me fish. Shoutout to @smalljaw67. Watched a bunch of his YouTube videos. Best ones out there to learn how to tie. 

 Gotta agree. @smalljaw67 ties some great jigs and his videos are super easy to follow.  I just got a tieing kit for Christmas that I'm yet to use, but I really look forward to tieing my own flies and jigs.  Buying quality hair/feather patterns is a pain in the ass.  

On 1/23/2017 at 6:44 PM, Turkey sandwich said:

 Buying quality hair/feather patterns is a pain in the ass.  

try bears den, they are near me and have a huge inventory. Price matching and a website. Im not affiliated with them at all, just, been there and saw all the flytying and flyfishing stuff and I know I can get what I want/need there.

 

I'll give that a look.  Hoping to get started on tieing in February.  See this being another hobby that ends up consuming way too much time. 

 

On 1/10/2017 at 6:01 AM, Blackhawk83 said:

You guys are killing me. I have determined to become a better jig fisherman this year and have been disappointed in commercial models available to me. So my question is how much would I need to spend to get started with making my own jigs (1/4 oz to 3/8 oz swimming jigs with living rubber skirts)

I bought some dredge jig heads from @Siebert Outdoors, the owners are about a buck fity each.

The skirts from skirtsunlimited.com, which are $1.50 to $2.50 for a 10 pack depending on quantity you purchase.

I also bought the pencil like tool and a 100 pack of bands from TW (PS you can make the pen tool out of a pen and wire, but it's cheap either way).

 

taking advantage of bulk pricings, I'm sitting at around $2 a jig. 

 somee football jigs ready to be dragged around

my first round of jigs!

i bought some supplies last night to get into tying my own jigs i'm fairly excited to try to tie some hair jigs and feathered trebbles i did a couple last night they are pretty rough but i will post them when i get home 

5 hours ago, Scarborough817 said:

i bought some supplies last night to get into tying my own jigs i'm fairly excited to try to tie some hair jigs and feathered trebbles i did a couple last night they are pretty rough but i will post them when i get home 

I'm very interested in feathering my own trebles and adding a bit of hair to my jigs, can't wait to see what you've been working on.

On 1/22/2017 at 11:20 PM, Karma said:

 

 

Do you get the skirt to stand up by just pulling it to be a bit shorter?

 

 Wed. nites tie at bears den tyers meeting. It's supposed to be a sculpin,.. The fly was much more life like, I just added what I could to a powdercoated jighead I had. Im figuring that when it finally gets wet, that maribou on top is all gunna laydown and look awesome in the water. tail is a rabbit zonker, belly is laser dub.

 

my favourite one is a nice bluegill swim jig with copper feathers and blue and orange guinea fowl feathers