River Jigs

[SteveZ]

Go to Big Z's Custom Jigs on Facebook. I make them and sell them there.

[SteveZ]

Originally Posted by Eye owa

Nice steve. Let's go fishing !

Have you been out much? The fishing has been pretty slow this spring. Did well on Red Rock early but it has been slow lately.

[SteveZ]

Originally Posted by pjcodner

Steve - those are great looking jigs and it gives me something to shoot for as I am just starting out tying my own. One question I have for you is what type of bobbin do you use and whip finisher?

I have a ceramic bobbin that was fairly cheap from Amazon and it worked great until this past weekend. It started cutting the thread I am using and I noticed that the ceramic insert was cracked.

Also my whip finisher seems small as I am having a hard time getting to spin over larger jig heads.

I use this whip finisher: https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/cabe...E&gclsrc=aw.ds

and this thread bobbin: https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/cabelas-material-bobbin

I like a quality bobbin and whip finisher and have never had any issues with either. I like to have a bit of tension on my bobbin so I will wrap the thread once around the side bar to add a bit of tension.

[SteveZ]

Originally Posted by Bill Krejca

Very nice looking, Steve! You must fish in rocks a bit, huh? Funny, I have not had a lot of luck with the marker striped bucktails, maybe it is just one of those personal things with me. Well done!!!

Bill

The last time we went to Red Wing the yellow/white bucktails with the magic marker stripes on them were killer. Both of the big fish we caught (31" 12.6lbs & 30" 10.2lbs) were caught on that jig.

[kzoofisher]

Originally Posted by SteveZ

I use this whip finisher: https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/cabe...E&gclsrc=aw.ds

and this thread bobbin: https://www.cabelas.com/shop/en/cabelas-material-bobbin

I like a quality bobbin and whip finisher and have never had any issues with either. I like to have a bit of tension on my bobbin so I will wrap the thread once around the side bar to add a bit of tension.

Try this bobbin. Heavy thread is hard on inserts. This design will also hold the thread tighter.

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Dr_S...SABEgLr9fD_BwE

This 6” whip finish tool might give you more room

https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Dr_S...SABEgLr9fD_BwE

Man, I’m having a bad time lately replying to the wrong post. This was meant for pj