First Bucktail jigs

[Nebe]

CHef, those look sweet. a friend of mine takes the un-painted heads and puts them in a vise to flatten teh sides, then uses flat stick-on eyes. He does this so the eyes never fall off.

[cheferson]

Ive already painted em all ,ill try that next year.I was gonna try putting a dab of epoxy over the eyes and some on the thread too.

[Nebe]

deffinately do that. they will fall apart if you dont. devcon 30 minute epoxy is all you need..

[Jigman]

Originally Posted by cheferson

... was gonna try putting a dab of epoxy over the eyes and some on the thread too.

When you tye them, put a drop or two of zap a gap (the stuff in with the pink lable) on the threads after all the bucktail is added and trimmed. Continue wrapping thread on this and it will get the zap deep into the bucktail and threads. Once done, use some head finish or head cement (fly tying stuff) over the threads. Done this way, your tails will last a loooong time.

Jigman

[cheferson]

Just a fair trade peter, maybe some needles, dannys, or darters.

[seabuggy]

Your jigs look good. Can't tell if you used powder paint or not. I use a lot of jigs trolling. I've found that ss hooks and baked on powder paint last the longest. Remember the bass ore on the bottom along with the rocks, sand, etc. I also use Charley Soares idea of pork rind made out of craft felt from Wal Mart. They are cheap and you throw them away after use. I dip the end in pogy oil, works great.