Need jig help

[TheDreamer]

Loving how this thread is turning out. Last night I was in the shop staring at one of my older practice (first few powder painting) swim jigs, and decided to try a few things out. I found a review of guys using 20lb catfish line for bass fishing so I picked some up on black Friday, the line works great for many applications and is beyond strong (this line is what brought in that 4.4). So I decided to take a few feet off the spool and started trimming it into 3" lengths. This allowed me to gather a clump of strands together with a small zip-tie then with a lighter I managed to turn the end into one big strand. After removing the zip-tie the new weed guard looked great. Grabbed the swim jig and tossed in the new guard with no glue/epoxy just to test the fit and it looked great, the only problem I had is with stiffness. Decided to use epoxy tonight and dip the first 1"- 1 1/2" (to stiffen the shaft) then put it into the jig, I think it will work out great. As of now it could easily pass through light grass without a problem but with the epoxy to stiffen up the "shaft" of the guard I think I should be able to avoid any tree and grass fish out there. I will post the test pic shortly so you can see how it turned out without anything on it.

If it does work I will be taking my behind to Dick's, Academy and Wal-Mart to rummage through the clearance bins for colored el-cheapo line that I can turn into what I want.

Drew

[Jason]

Cool idea!

[TheDreamer]

This should work out great once it has been dipped.
(excuse the colors, this is not a production jig lol)

[Justin9j]

I too use super glue to hold my guards in. 

[superharmonix]

Denny and Justin-
I haev not even thought of using Super Glue for the weed guards.  How does it hold up over time getting wet?  I need to change my current system because I have all the exact issues Denny mentioned with Zap A Gap, and epoxy.

Awesome posts!

[floridagrimp]

gary, don't you dare send any freight $, I DON"T WANT IT!!!...I consider you a very valid voice , esp. in saltwater matters.

I am in the process of developing a new family of saltwater baits (*you have to have a trademark, signature bait, at least one or more initially to seperate you from the herd, right???!!!)...so I'll send u samples when I get new ones.

[Justin9j]

Shawn. So far so good.  I have not had one fall out yet.  But I have only done 25 to thirty that way.  Molded them in before I found the Teflon inserts.   
So much easier using the inserts to paint and the glue the guard in.

[Denny Welch]

I haven't had any weedguard failures since I started using super glue about 18 months ago.

[TheDreamer]

Never had a problem with Denny's or Justin's jigs

[superharmonix]

Cool.  Thanks guys.  I think I am going to jump on the bandwagon for my production jigs then.  Awesomeness.  Thanks!

[softworm]

I use loctite supler glue gel. The gel won't soak up on the fibers like the regular glue will and leave the white film on the weedguard