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Vogt
11-09-2007, 08:07 PM
Looking for a good source of black bucktails (smilin' bill style). I've always been fond of the standard white jigs , but I know a few guys like black as well. I would like to try them for myself, but I havent really been able to find them. :huh:

Any suggestions?

Thanks
Strider
11-09-2007, 08:16 PM
Pat,

Check with King Cove.
emgred
11-09-2007, 08:20 PM
Here is a good online source.

http://www.jigsrigsandstuff.com/
hyefisherman2
11-09-2007, 10:00 PM
in the canal at night. they work like a charm right beside black sluggos. ;)
Mike P
11-09-2007, 10:31 PM
M&Ds sells black ball jigs but not smilin' bills.

Rocky Point Fishing Stop on LI has an e-store and sells black (and also purple) bills to 3 oz.

http://www.fishingstop.com/products%20we%20sell/bucktails.htm
spence
11-09-2007, 10:37 PM
If I remember CMS stocks them...

-spence
ThomCat
11-10-2007, 04:15 AM
Quaker Lane B&T No. Kingstown, RI
Vogt
11-10-2007, 05:47 PM
Thanks guys
zimmy
11-13-2007, 01:13 PM
SOL sells em and they are nice...
Back Beach
11-13-2007, 02:45 PM
If I remember CMS stocks them...

-spence

I bought a jig mold there (CMS) last winter and made my own smilin bills in the 3/4 to 2oz sizes. Good way to kill some time in the winter. Also leaves you with an unlimited lifetime supply of jigs in various sizes and colors. Just a thought.
Mike P
11-13-2007, 04:19 PM
SOL sells em and they are nice...

I think I read that the guy who was tying them for Tim isn't making them any more. :confused:
Pt.JudeJoe
11-13-2007, 04:54 PM
what size are you looking for?
Vogt
11-13-2007, 07:20 PM
what size are you looking for?

I ussually use 1-2 ounces,
zimmy
11-14-2007, 10:43 AM
I think I read that the guy who was tying them for Tim isn't making them any more. :confused:

too bad... they were really nice.
bobG
11-14-2007, 12:39 PM
Will Tim still be stocking the round heads for plastics? Those are nice too.
Mike P
11-14-2007, 03:17 PM
Will Tim still be stocking the round heads for plastics? Those are nice too.

It looks like it. A couple of weeks ago the 4 and 5 oz sizes were on backorder. Looks like he now has them in stock.

For the bucktails, he has a disclaimer on the order page that "sorry, we are no longer taking orders for these bucktails" :(

I think the guy who was making them basically couldn't keep making them as cheap as Tim would like to sell them--lead has gone up in price, and when you add in dying the hair, painting and baking the heads, tying, I guess it wasn't cost-effective for him to keep doing it.

The ball jigs are plain lead and there, it's just a question of melting and pouring.