Need jig help

[TheDreamer]

Hey all you lead creators, I am in need of some information. I have been searching for hours trying to locate the nylon fibers to create my own weed guards. I know you can purchase them ready to go in many different colors and multi-color but I would love to be able to really match the guard to the jig. From the info I have found, many people are using old stock from the 80's-90's. For the life of me I can't find the material to save my life. If any of you know where I can find it please let me know, if you have some in bulk you would be willing to part with feel free to contact me.

Thanks guys,

Drew

[t-billy]

 I have no idea where to buy the nylon fiber material at, but Barlows Tackle and Lure Parts Online both have good selections of weedguards. Just about everything else you might need for making jigs/spinnerbaits as well.

[TheDreamer]

I'm a huge LPO customer, that is where I found the multi-color guards. Although I want to find something different, I would love to be able to do a 3 color (silver, chartreuse and black) on a swim jig. I currently have a new "Chatter Jig" in test phases right now that I designed and this is what the weed guards would be primarily meant for among others.

Side note: My new design landed me my "Oklahoma" PB (4.4) that I will upload shortly.


Drew

[TheDreamer]

Best physical therapy after hand surgery:


There it is.

Drew

[Jason]

Best physical therapy after hand surgery:


There it is.

Drew

Nice chunk!

[t-billy]

 Ha!! That's definitely my kind of physical therapy. Looks like your Oklahoma PB has something in common with all my big'uns. Every single bass over 4.5 lbs I've ever caught in Ohios highly pressured public waters has been caught in cold water, or at night. Congratulations on catching it on a bait you designed and built. That's awsome!!!

[BareKnuckleJigs]

I've made my own Weedguards using a wad of short pieces of 60 lb. Fluorocarbon leader material.  Didn't disappear quite like I'd hoped, though.

[siscojj]

YOU SHOULD TRY FISHBOSS.COM OR FISHINGSKIRTS.COM,THEY DO HAVE THE WEED GUARDS AND EVERYTHING ELSE YOU'D NEED

[floridagrimp]

siscojj..like your LARGE CAPS...for the SEEING IMPAIRED, LOL!!!

Bareknuckles, sent your Christmas present, I must really think a lot of  you!!!

[siscojj]

YEAH SORRY FOR THE CAPS I'M AT WORK AND WE USE THEM

[floridagrimp]

NO PROB, DOESN"T BOTHER ME. 

[superharmonix]

BKJ, when you tried to 60lb line, did you epoxy the cluster in, or?

[BareKnuckleJigs]

Thank You, FloridaG!  Can't wait to Feast De EyeBalls!  I'll "up the effort" on my projects for some Return S&H...!

SuperH, I used a 3/8 oz. Raw Weedless Football Head Jig from Barlow's, clipped off the "tips of the football" then filed them smooth.  Stuck 2 3D Eyes on, then mixed up some 2-part epoxy (don't remember if it was 5-minute or 30-minute) with a light hit of Black Marbling Pigment (for Rod Building) and added some .040" Navy Blue flake.  Coated the Jig's Head, let it set.  Mixed up a little more epoxy once I got the Fluoro Strands ready, touched a little epoxy in the Weedguard Hole and put the cluster in, and worked a little more epoxy around the base of the Weedguard.  It took a bit of doing to support the Weedguard while the epoxy set, but that Jig is clean!  The Weedguard is slightly flexible but I left it longer than most Weedguards, and because the leader material came off of a typical Leader Spool, the Weedguard has a little curve to it.  Testing the Weedguard with my finger, it'd take some doing to get that Jig hung-up, and the inherent flex of the Weedguard "should" give well for the hook-set.  I don't fish Jigs much, so these theories haven't been tested.

[superharmonix]

Nice, BKJ.  I have been looking for a "softer" alternative to regular weedguards.  I may have to try your method the next time I find myself dabbling in the liquid metal.

I was staring at my back stock of 3/8oz football heads and 3/8oz bullet jigs just the other day, and thinking about what colors to powder paint them, then what new thing I could try for a guard.  (At one point I thought maybe I should just sell them as is, unpainted with no weed guards, but what fun would that be?)

Anyway, thanks again for a fantastic idea@

[Denny Welch]

I pour a lot of my own jigs and I've tried several different methods of glueing in the weed guards.  GOOP (plumbers putty)...hard to work with...messy...squishes out if you use too much and won't hold if you use too little...tube gets hard quickly.  Epoxy...gotta work fast or it will set up...usually use too much and it too squishes out...30 minute epoxy will turn yellow.  Zap-a-Gap...used primarily for fly tying...hard plastic container doesn't work well...waaayyy too expenusive ($5 - $6 for a small bottle).

What works best for me is simple super glue. I buy it in tiny single use tubes.  You can usually get several tubes for 99 cents at, guess where.  I can get a couple dozen weedguards glued in quickly with one small tube.

When I'm making jigs for others I'll leave the weedguard at it's regular length.  For personal use, I'll trim it diagonally so that the longer bristles extend just beyond the hook point.

Gary's experiment with florocarbon is intriguing