Northwest Fishing Reports

Santa came early bringing me a Football Jig mold (FBB-4H-AFM) that makes 1/8oz, 1/4oz, 3/8oz, and 1/2oz football jigs with or without a weedguard using 60-degree regular or flateye hooks and a finesse dropshot mold (FDS-8-A) that makes 1/32oz, 1/16oz, 1/8oz, 3/16oz, 1/4oz, 3/8oz, 1/2oz, and 5/8oz dropshot weights. Here are some photos from my first attempt using the molds.

Those look Sweet. Are you going to sell them?? When the flw tour hit richland, this summer, my buddy works in sporting goods at Walmart there, said all the pros were looking for them. Ive seen some of your pics, how do you use them, for some of those lunkers you have caught this year??

dude thats awesome!!!!!! those jigs look great. i would use them without thinking twice!!

Im just wondering, any reason you didnt add weed guards?

sweet man!

michaelunbewust wrote:Are you going to sell them??..... Ive seen some of your pics, how do you use them, for some of those lunkers you have caught this year??

No plans to sell them... just for personal use (and a neighbor with a bass boat... and a coworker with an ample lead supply). It's pretty hard to find them locally and I was tired of the mail order places being sold out of the ones I liked. I usually add a craw or twin tail grub to them and fish them slowly hopping along the bottom.

the1fishingpro wrote:Im just wondering, any reason you didnt add weed guards?

They all have a hole molded in them where a weedguard can be glued in place. I do it this way rather than molding the guard in place because it is easier to do the powder paint without a weedguard and add it later if I want. I don't usually use a weedguard since I feel that it takes away from the finesse aspect of the way I fish these.

them's purdy.... you can make me some

Dilbert-

Nice jigs. What did you end up using for paint? I have seen the type you heat up the jig head and dip in the paint, but I didn't like the rough texture it seemed to produce. I have also dipped them, but due to ignorance, I used the wrong type of paint. Once I put on any plastic, whether it was a skirt or grub...the paint would essentially melt and become sticky. Whatever you used looks to have produced a nice smooth finish... Thanks!


Chad

leahcim_dahc wrote:Dilbert-
Nice jigs. What did you end up using for paint? I have seen the type you heat up the jig head and dip in the paint, but I didn't like the rough texture it seemed to produce. I have also dipped them, but due to ignorance, I used the wrong type of paint. Once I put on any plastic, whether it was a skirt or grub...the paint would essentially melt and become sticky. Whatever you used looks to have produced a nice smooth finish... Thanks!
Chad

I used Pro-Tec powder paint. There is a little trial and error until you find the right amount to heat the jig head before dipping it in the powder. Then, even if it is dull or lumpy, it smooths right out when you cure it in the oven. Once cured it's chip resistant and wormproof.

zen leecher aka Bill W wrote:them's purdy.... you can make me some

I'm all out of lead

zen leecher aka Bill W wrote:them's purdy.... you can make me some

Of course he can Bill! He's just sitting at home today. You should see the fish he caught yesterday! Gigantic.

Hey... he said he's sick and I believe him. The part about running out of lead...

i only use jigs with weedguards when im flipping into heavy cover. if you dont have to use a weed guard it just makes your jigs look that much better.

It sure makes a good winter hobby, doesn't it.

cavdad45 wrote:It sure makes a good winter hobby, doesn't it.

Yeah, but it takes away from my other winter hobby, brewing beer. I can't remember the last time I fired up the mash tun.

dilbert wrote:

cavdad45 wrote:It sure makes a good winter hobby, doesn't it.

Yeah, but it takes away from my other winter hobby, brewing beer. I can't remember the last time I fired up the mash tun.

Mash tin??? Is your car rigged to out run the revenuers?? yee-haw!!

zen leecher aka Bill W wrote: Mash tin??? Is your car rigged to out run the revenuers?? yee-haw!!

It's legal for me to brew 200 gallons of beer a year before I have to worry about that. I think the most I've made in one year was 50 gallons.

dilbert wrote:

zen leecher aka Bill W wrote: Mash tin??? Is your car rigged to out run the revenuers?? yee-haw!!

It's legal for me to brew 200 gallons of beer a year before I have to worry about that. I think the most I've made in one year was 50 gallons.

After 200 gallons its time to use the old General Lee.

Those are killer jigs, maybe Santa will take you to some sweet spots to throw'em:bigsmurf: