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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: Gooey on October 09, 2007, 06:01:37 PM

Title: Any jig tiers out there?
Post by: Gooey on October 09, 2007, 06:01:37 PM

Hey gang, I tied up a new jig pattern this weekend and got a fish on its first cast!!!!  I have been tying jigs for 4-5 seasons but this was my first bunny jig (oppoed to marabou).  it is way easier to tie than marabou so I am thinking about ordering a bunch.  I found a guy on ebay selling full pelts (sounds like a lot of fur to me) and as I need a wide variety of colors in both zonker and cross cut, I thought that sharing an order may make sense.

Anyone want to go in on a larger order of bunny strips?

Let me know.

Thanks

Title: Re: Any jig tiers out there?
Post by: Sterling C on October 09, 2007, 09:29:15 PM

I'd be in. They work well for pike and walleye too  ;D

Title: Re: Any jig tiers out there?
Post by: Gooey on October 10, 2007, 08:00:45 AM

Thanks biff...any color requests?  I was thinking the typical salmon steelhead colors (purple, pink, cherise, black, canary yellow, chartruese, orange).

Title: Re: Any jig tiers out there?
Post by: Sterling C on October 10, 2007, 03:57:58 PM

The ones I most commonly use are...

Canary yellow (cross cut & zonker)
Chartruse (cross cut & zonker) I probably use more chartruse than all other colors combined.
Purple (cross cut)
Pink (zonker)
Red (zonker)
Black (cross cut)

Never had any luck with orange.

Title: Re: Any jig tiers out there?
Post by: norm_2 on October 10, 2007, 07:54:32 PM

Gooey, assuming the price will be better than the packages in the stores, I will take some.  The colors Biffchan listed sound good.  I have used them once in a while and sometimes have even been successful.

Title: Re: Any jig tiers out there?
Post by: Gooey on October 10, 2007, 08:54:35 PM

Hi Gang,

i will send a rfq for the colors mentioned and once I have that, I will get back to you witha cost.  Any idea on the amount you each want...I would say a 6inch cross cut is required to wrap 1 jig...if you could tell me how many inches you want or how many jigs worth, that would help.

thanks

Gooey

Title: Re: Any jig tiers out there?
Post by: Gooey on October 12, 2007, 10:08:41 AM

I find that if you salt your shrimp they will become so tuff they can withstand just about anything....no need for a loop.  Do you fish roe (chunk or sac) with a jig?  It seems that would kill the action of the jig once yolk gets on the hair/feathers?!?