A No Thread Approach To Jig Collars

[Pup]

Try using a zip tie to secure material around a jig collar some time.  The jig below has its leather tail tied in with thread.  However, the body material (Hay-Lites Buffalo Hay) is secured with a zip (often called cable) tie.  I got the idea from this fine article, Fishing Jig Making - Without Expensive Moulds?.



It worked fairly simply.  I kept the body material in place, temporarily, with a twist tie, the type you get with a loaf of bread.  Rubbed a little beeswax along the inside of the zip tie.  Once I wrapped and firmly secured the material with this zip tie, I simply removed the twist tie. Clip the tag end off of the zip tie and you are ready to fish the jig.

See if this method won't work for you.

 

[toadfrog]

There is a zip tie gun that pulls then tight and cuts them flush . Got a high dollar one somewhere in my shop . Like everything the somewhere is the problem .

 

[Fin and Fur]

It's right where you left it

 

[Bucho]

Buy another one, work with it for some time and when you want to put it away you will find the "somewhere" place taken by the first one. Works for me everytime.

 

[bucktail]

did you fish it?wondering how it held up to a couple fish?

 

[Pup]

did you fish it?wondering how it held up to a couple fish?

Haven't fished it yet.  I do look forward to fishing this jig when the opportunity is right.  The materials are pretty durable.  This jig is 'tied' with polyester and plastic.

Not an actual 'fish test', however I've taken my fingers and tugged on the polyester strands.  They don't slip.