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Water time is in the works. Fishing licenses are cheap for retirees.;) There are nice-sized smallmouth, as well as spotted bass, in my local river near me. Cannot start catching too many as I'll never get back into jig tying /making, which is something I really loved doing. Brought back a...

Hey Hawn, Keepin' up the site I see... A couple of more purchases and I hope to be back at it. Pouring jigs will become part of my repertoire now that I'm retired. I do want to rejuvenate myself and begin making jigs again. Good to see you're posting.

Just ketchin' up with posts. I hope to be tying again soon, as I've missed it. Been through a divorce and a family fatality. Have a newer job with a career that I love. For the old guard who might remember me, I believe that you know that I'm relatively prolific with post submissions when...

Congratulations FM! Best wishes to you for your retirement.

This looks like a nice mold. Ball Jig Mold #560 Mold made by G.Palmer F/S

Made a nice craft fur find at a local fabric store recently which inspired me to do some tying.  The fur is a fluorescent chartreuse color that seems comparable, to me, to the old Targus Foxx Fur.  I purchased a half yard of it.  It is a valuable and treasured find indeed!  A swatch of it...

These are 1/8-ounce ball heads tied with some of the nicest craft fur I've ever used.  Found it at, of all places, a local Burlington Store among the throw rugs. The 24 x 36-inch rug (864 square inches) can be cut into 8 swatches measuring 9 x 12-inches (108 square inches).  This was a $10.99...

Materials: Eagle Claw 249WA-3/0 Weedless Hook Hammered-silver no. 3 Colorado blade, 2 split rings, and crane swivel Coats & Clark Trilobal Polyester Machine Embroidery Thread 40-wt. - electric green Caron Glimmer Chenille Yarn  - apple Loctite Super Glue Gel Bullet Weights Rubber Grip Sinker -...

My last minute Christmas Shopping resulted in this purchase... ...a huge silver craft fur stocking for 50 percent off. Keep your eyes peeled over the next week or two and have a Merry Christmas.

This one's 7.5 inches long. Perhaps a smaller one should be tied for smallmouth bass, of maybe 4-5 inches in length. I'm hopeful that its tail floats well. The combination of dumbbell with googly eyes provides similar advantages to fishing a lightweight football jig. This could be fished as a...

Includes very small hooks and tools.  Some dubbing and a bucktail. Orvis Fly Tying items.....F/S

Will be back to tying jigs soon. In the meantime, here are three finesse-style worms tied for river smallmouth bass fishing.  Their major components are chenille yarn, latigo lace, craft fur and pony beads.  Remember well that pony beads float in water.  A fishing suggestion appears on the...

Tied the lures below on latigo lace with craft fur tail material, a fluffy chenille yarn, and pony beads.  Pony beads come in a variety of colors and can be combined to produce interesting patterns.  These are designed to sink very slowly as their lace absorbs water.  Their sink rate may be...

All of my photo image links in posts are now obscured by a mask.  For only $400/year from me, we'll be able to see them again.  I'm sorry, but that's unlikely.  It's a little disturbing to me and definitely disappointing. How Photobucket is now shaking down its users I'll be using something...

Made this one a few days ago.  My model was a Zoom Fluke in white pearl color. Hook is a weedless 1/0 bronze baitholder.  Total lure length is approximately six inches. Save