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11-09-2007, 08:07 PM
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Join Date: May 2005
Location: Mid Coastal CT
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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. 
Any suggestions?
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11-09-2007, 08:16 PM
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When in doubt....Fish!
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Home of the CSA
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Pat,
Check with King Cove.
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11-09-2007, 08:20 PM
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Curmudgeon
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Patchogue & NYC
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I'd rather be fishing! 
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11-09-2007, 10:00 PM
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ditch boy
Join Date: Jun 2007
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in the canal at night. they work like a charm right beside black sluggos.  |
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11-09-2007, 10:31 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
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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 |
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools, because they have to say something.
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11-09-2007, 10:37 PM
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Location: RI
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If I remember CMS stocks them...
-spence
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11-10-2007, 04:15 AM
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Location: Coventry, RI
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Quaker Lane B&T No. Kingstown, RI
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Catch'em up,
ThomCat
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11-10-2007, 05:47 PM
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Thanks guys
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11-13-2007, 01:13 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Bethany CT
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SOL sells em and they are nice...
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No, no, no. we’re 30… 30, three zero.
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11-13-2007, 02:45 PM
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Respect your elvers
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: franklin ma
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Quote:
Originally Posted by spence
If I remember CMS stocks them...
-spence
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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. |
It's not the bait
At the end of your line
It's the fishing hole
Where all the fish is blind
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11-13-2007, 04:19 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: 61° 30′ 0″ N, 23° 46′ 0″ E
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Quote:
Originally Posted by zimmy
SOL sells em and they are nice...
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I think I read that the guy who was tying them for Tim isn't making them any more.  |
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11-13-2007, 04:54 PM
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Location: newport
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what size are you looking for?
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11-13-2007, 07:20 PM
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Location: Mid Coastal CT
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pt.JudeJoe
what size are you looking for?
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I ussually use 1-2 ounces, |
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11-14-2007, 10:43 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Bethany CT
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mike P
I think I read that the guy who was tying them for Tim isn't making them any more. |
too bad... they were really nice. |
No, no, no. we’re 30… 30, three zero.
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11-14-2007, 12:39 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bourne, Ma
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Will Tim still be stocking the round heads for plastics? Those are nice too.
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11-14-2007, 03:17 PM
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Jiggin' Leper Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2000
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bobG
Will Tim still be stocking the round heads for plastics? Those are nice too.
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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. |
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