Black bucktails
 

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

Pat,

Check with King Cove.

Here is a good online source.

http://www.jigsrigsandstuff.com/

in the canal at night. they work like a charm right beside black sluggos. ;)

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%.../bucktails.htm

If I remember CMS stocks them...

-spence

Thanks guys

SOL sells em and they are nice...

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.

I think I read that the guy who was tying them for Tim isn't making them any more. :confused:

what size are you looking for?

I ussually use 1-2 ounces,

too bad... they were really nice.

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.