duck feather jigs

[Hlleonard]

I won't call you Mr because I don't think its proper to address somebody so much younger than yourself in that fashion....I do have a dilemma though.....At some point in anchient history, I started fishing the jig and pork chunk and began catching fish on the thing and soon learned that it was expensive losing 4 or 5 jigs a day so I started making my own at maybe 25 cents a piece instead of the couple of bucks or so they cost in the tackle shop.....The other day in maybe three hours I lost three jigs...
At 2 dollars a pop that could get expensive, especially in a creek where the depth changes so radically....has anybody found any jigs that work as well (preferrable at Walmart) as the punisher jigs....it seems maribu jigs are cheap and plentiful but I haven't tried them yet.....not sure my un-nimble fingers could tie the things anymore..even if I could find the right stuff to make them out of.

[elnutsmalljaws]

You might look at the weekguard that you are using on your jigs and make sure it is stiff enough to not get hung up as bad but still let it bend when you get a bite to set the hook. Also, try some different ways to get your jig unhung when it happens. One of the best ways I ever was shown, again by Dave Stewart who showed me a LOT of different fishing stuff that I would not have known any other way, is the Bow and Arrow technique (at least this is what I call it), first when you think you are hung don't just start pulling and yanking on the jig because this will just set the hook further into whatever and if it is wood, good luck. I hold my thumb on my spool with one hand and make the line tight by raising my rod tip up in the air and then take my other hand and pull back the line between the reel and first eye on the rod like a bow and arrow pulling back the strings to launch the arrow and snap it a couple of times. This seems to spring the bait actually "backwards" and will get it loose. This has saved me no telling how many jigs, crankbaits, spinnerbaits and other lures. You could also invest in a lure retriever to help you save these jigs. I have one but never use it just because it takes too much time. I look at baits in fishing sort of like golf balls in playing golf. You are going to lose them from time to time and that is just part of the price we pay to play. You may consider the type of jig head you are pouring as well versus the cover you are fishing. I use football head jigs when fishing flats with not a lot of wood cover but has more rock, I use round head jigs when fishing around wood and a pointed jig head when fishing in grass. The best of these that I found to give you a sample to look at are the D&L Football, Last Cast Finesse Jigs (round head EXCELLENT weed guard) and Punisher jigs that have a more pointed head on them. Never poured my own and probably never will sort of why I don't tie my own FNF jigs or others. The only thing I "make" in regards to fishing is the FNF bobbers because they are so easy to do and I don't need any special molds or other stuff to get started. Hope this helps.

[Hlleonard]

Thanks....I never heard of the " bow n arrow " thingy...I'll give that a try.....
I had a retriver one time also and quit using it for same reason...just too much time and hastle....

[waterdog101]

I won't call you Mr because I don't think its proper to address somebody so much younger than yourself in that fashion....I do have a dilemma though.....At some point in anchient history, I started fishing the jig and pork chunk and began catching fish on the thing and soon learned that it was expensive losing 4 or 5 jigs a day so I started making my own at maybe 25 cents a piece instead of the couple of bucks or so they cost in the tackle shop.....The other day in maybe three hours I lost three jigs...
At 2 dollars a pop that could get expensive, especially in a creek where the depth changes so radically....has anybody found any jigs that work as well (preferrable at Walmart) as the punisher jigs....it seems maribu jigs are cheap and plentiful but I haven't tried them yet.....not sure my un-nimble fingers could tie the things anymore..even if I could find the right stuff to make them out of.

I to lose a lot of jigs, I do get most of my snags free, by troling in to the bank trying to get behind my jig, from the direction, i was fishing it. then stick the end of the rod down to the water and just shake it, comes loose most of the time.