A Few Jigs.... 2024

The_Natural reply :

I really enjoy making jigs. I find it not only relaxing, but very rewarding. I'm starting to paint my own crankbaits, but I've got a lot to learn. Jigs are the only baits I can make that I feel are better than what I can purchase from a manufacturer. I hope to say that about my custom cranks one day, but I can't right now. Jigs are very easy to make, and I really enjoy brainstorming the different color combinations and layering the skirts just right. If someone reading this is thinking of making jigs....don't hesitate! Seriously...it really provides instant gratification and the startup costs are very low. I buy all my skirt layers from fishingskirts.com, and if anyone happens to want to duplicate a color I post....just PM me and I'll give you the formula. I'll generally make 10 of the same color, and decide what combos I am going to make before ordering. FYI all my regular jigs and footballs are 80 strands, and my finesse jigs and footballs are 40-50 strands. I use minature zip ties to secure my skirts, which keep the skirt strands in place where I organized them, and prevents the skirt from ever slipping down. As I've said before; I don't pour my own heads. I use All Terrain Tackle footballs, Picasso footballs, and I've used a few Outkast footballs. All Terrain's have a nice and hard finish, but the Picasso heads are airbrushed with a craw pattern, and they use gammy hooks. They are on sale right now at Cabelas. I recently bought a bunch of Cabelas house brand footballs, which use a Mustad hook, but a shotty weedguard. Anyway...here are some jigs....

Siebert Outdoors reply :

Very nice jigs Natural. 8-)

spothogg reply :

Nice looking jigs,

-Spot

whittler reply :

Fantastic jigs and I really like your method of attaching the skirts, looks rock solid.

LooksLikeSinbad reply :

Nice job on those jigs! I have never seen zip ties used to hold the skirt on, how do they hold up?

The_Natural reply :

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Very nice jigs Natural. 8-)

Thanks for the compliment....especially coming from a jig making elder

The_Natural reply :

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Nice job on those jigs! I have never seen zip ties used to hold the skirt on, how do they hold up?

They seem to hold up well. I've been fishing with jigs made this way for about 4 months now, and no signs of wear or slippage.

mattm reply :

Very nice! I love how most are predominatly green or have green in them.

One question though. In the past when I have cut zip ties they are very sharp or pointy on the end. I've cut myself numerous times not being careful around cut zip ties. Do you do anything to dull the ends?

ptomacbass reply :

jig makings addicting isnt it natural. especially once you get a fish on a home made jig. I just started making my own last week.

senko_77 reply :

Natural, those jigs are stupid awesome!

Are the skirts extra thick because you have larger crawfish in your area, or are you trying to achieve a slower fall?

slomoe reply :

Great lookin jigs man.

Stingray23 reply :

very nice looking jigs

The_Natural reply :

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Natural, those jigs are stupid awesome!
Are the skirts extra thick because you have larger crawfish in your area, or are you trying to achieve a slower fall?

Nice observation; a thicker skirt will indeed result in a slower fall. It affects the full skirt jigs more than the finesse jigs, but does affect both. I just adjust the weight accordingly. My intent was not to adjust the fall rate; I'm just trying to make the jig more attractive. I didn't have a set number of strands I wanted to put on each jig when I started making them, I just added layers until the jig looked nice and filled out. I think a lot of other jigs look 'thin'.

OH-bass614 reply :

Could someone post some links or somthing of where you buy the materials...ive been looking around for them but no luck.

By the way very nice jigs man

Jig Man reply :

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Could someone post some links or somthing of where you buy the materials...ive been looking around for them but no luck.
By the way very nice jigs man

Jann's Barlows Stamina Ztackle just to name a few.

Tin reply :

Some sexy colors right there.

I'm a big fan of the watermelon/blue/texas craw combo.

Stingray23 reply :

very nice jigs. i especially like the skirt colors.

detroit1 reply :

;D mattm - i know the feeling. It's like a shard of glass, man! I used a soldering pencil to round it off. Great colors by the way....

ejtaylor822 reply :

Those look great - defintely better than what could be bought. Love the colors. Especially the darker greens.

Munkin reply :

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Could someone post some links or somthing of where you buy the materials...ive been looking around for them but no luck.
By the way very nice jigs man

fishingskirts.com for skirt material.

Allen

spinners reply :

I UES THE ZIP TIES ON SOME OF MY SPINNER BAITS AFTER HAND TIEING ,DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN BUY THEM IN BULK. T.I.A.

TrippyJai reply :

Those jigs are sexy... I really like the green pumpkin.

basspro96 reply :

Hey I am hopefully gonna start making jigs after christmas. Can the natural give me some of his formula's be any chance :?

flippincrazy reply :

those are nice, but the green pumpkin with blue are sweet looking

IDbasser reply :

Those look really nice. I have been debating whether to make or jigs or not. I have been looking on Jannsnetcraft.com at supplies. I wasn't sure about their skirts, so I will checkout your supplier. Thanks for post.

EDIT: I just looked at the web site you get your skirts from. It says they come in 10's. How many does it take to do one of your jigs?

Pitchinkid reply :

Sweet lookin jigs my man.

HB reply :

I've seen lots of jigs with "fuzzy" necks. Do you think it catches more fish than the standard style?

River Rat316 reply :

fishingskirts.com... Charles is a great guy and by far the best prices on skirt material

The_Natural reply :

I'm going to try and shoot a short video on how I make them with the zip ties without using a normal skirt band first. This is the benefit of the zip ties. Wire tying provides a little 'cleaner' look; but you have to put the traditional rubber skirt band on first, and then tie the wire on. It's quite a bit more time consuming, and I saw no benefit over my zip ties. I've gotten to where I can trim the 'tag end' of the zip tie flush with the zip ties 'stopper'. I'll just have to show you. It isn't difficult at all...you'll be spitting out jig after jig in no time. It's been a couple of months since I made those, but I'll grab my jig box if you want to know what the mix of a certain jig is. I'm not a jig salesman, but I did sell some extras on the Texas Fishing Forum. This guy bought the jigs identical to the green pumpkin blue jigs in my pics, only I used a dark red highlight which matches the crawfish of this area. He sent me a PM recently....

"Hey, wanted to let you know, I fish the friday night tourney every friday on Lake Lewisville and tonight we won and had big bass (5.25lbs) which came on the jig I got from you..Thanks!!!!

Just thought you might want to hear this..."

It made me feel good, but I only make them for myself. If you plan on selling jigs, you need to pour your own heads or the profit margin isn't worth it. Also; I generally use 4 layers on my 'full' skirted jigs, and finesse jigs, which equates to 80 strands (full) and 40 (finesse).

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