Materials?

[PanfishHunter]

What is the best place to get jig tying materials? Right now i am considering hackle, marabou, chenille, jigheads, thread, bobbin, scissors, whip finisher, krystal flash, and tinsel from(52 items for 199.88) Rubber leg material from lure parts online (5 ft strips of 15-20) (26.91) Powder psint from tjs tackle (2 oz jars) (55.90) that gives me a running total of $282.69. I would like to get this down to at least under 250 dollars.

 

[BucktailJiger]

CALL ROBERT AT CRAZY ANGLER !!!

 

[Jig Man]

Not sure about the rubber legs, but everything else can be purchased from Crazy Angler...

 

[PanfishHunter]

All i hear about is crazy angler lol. i will give him a try!

 

[Jig Man]

All i hear about is crazy angler lol. i will give him a try!

There is a reason for it..... Check out barlows while your at it. You mentioned you were buying material at Bass pro the other day. They have a good selection also. Cabelas does to. I'm sure there are several fly shops in the Houston area, but the price will be higher, but a better selection of tools. Your vise is prolly your largest one time purchase. Most of us started out with a cheap on then went to one of better quality...

 

[PanfishHunter]

thats what im doing. i bought a vise 2 years ago for 20 dollars. it should help me to work on jigs while waiting to get a PEAK (buying from skip most likely). you guys were right about crazy angler. 7u pieces of marabou at BPS is 23.03 and at crazy angler 1 can get 9 pieces of strung marabou for under 20 bucks! I am guessing that the only thing i will buy from bass pro shops is the chenille, because i cant seem to find it on crazy angler. Not the kind i want/need anyway!

 

[BucktailJiger]

What chenille are you looking for ?

 

[PanfishHunter]

http://www.basspro.com/Ultra-Chenille/product/32575/

http://www.basspro.com/Chenille-Tying-Material/product/32582/

The ultra chenille doesnt have gray or white that i want, but the chenille tying material does. I am getting every color of ultra chenille except worm brown. I just cant seem to find it on crazy angler!

 

[plateboater]

Lurepartsonline has considerable amount of good rubber! Have made a couple purchases from them

 

[PanfishHunter]

thats where i am getting the rubber from, because you recommended it! one question, how are the strips allinged? like IIIIII, or ________?

 

[PanfishHunter]

Update, i am now ordering everything except the rubber leg material and jigheads from crazyangler.com I can get twice as much stuff for less than or the same price!

 

[Len]

I use silicone skirt material for some jigs and here is where I get them from....
http://fishingskirts.com/index.php?main_page=index

 

[PanfishHunter]

he len. i have a bunch of old chatterbaits, so im going to possibly use those. i like the stiffer material for legs... not as much droop.

 

[PanfishHunter]

UPDATE!: I now have nothing in my cart at BPS!!! I am getting everything besides jigheads and leg material at Crazy angler. I found a place called nimrods tackle that sells unpainted no collar heads 100 heads for 10.00-10.25! way better than 4packs of 12 for 15.00

The rubber legs are solid which means i will be able to bar the legs with sharpie.

Big thanks to Crappiejgr for helping me out!

 

[quivira kid]

UPDATE!: I now have nothing in my cart at BPS!!! I am getting everything besides jigheads and leg material at Crazy angler. I found a place called nimrods tackle that sells unpainted no collar heads 100 heads for 10.00-10.25! way better than 4packs of 12 for 15.00

The rubber legs are solid which means i will be able to bar the legs with sharpie.

Big thanks to Crappiejgr for helping me out!

And Crazy Angler sells them $7.70 per 100

 

[StumpHunter]

Sounds like you are off to a great start in materials. It is best to find a couple of places to buy from so you can keep the shipping cost down. Good luck with your tying and be sure to post some pics of your work.

 

[PanfishHunter]

UPDATE!: I now have nothing in my cart at BPS!!! I am getting everything besides jigheads and leg material at Crazy angler. I found a place called nimrods tackle that sells unpainted no collar heads 100 heads for 10.00-10.25! way better than 4packs of 12 for 15.00

The rubber legs are solid which means i will be able to bar the legs with sharpie.

Big thanks to Crappiejgr for helping me out!

And Crazy Angler sells them $7.70 per 100

Are they ball head? and what kind of hooks do they have? i dont really care for sickle hooks. the jigheads im looking at are Mustad bronze.


Yeah i found crazy angler is really good for all my materials, and i am still kind of iffy on jigheads. still dont know where i am gonna get dubbing. im thinkin barlows, as they have the flourescent assortment for steelhead which i am going to use it for bream patterns.

 

[PanfishHunter]

UPDATE: I found some superbright dubbing at CA. I can get peacock tail feathers from a feed store in town for free. So i got that in the bag.

I think that the aberdeen hooks will work better for my style of tying, if i have a specific style!

Basically, i want to do traditional marabou jigs, hackle tail jigs, Auto style jigs, BellySpin/ThroatSpin jigs, hackle collar jigs, Dubbing body jigs w/ or w/o tail. Wooly Jiggers, and probably more, but i cant think of them right now!!

EDIT: I have found that jannsnetcraft has cheaper ultra style chenille in both micro and starndard for less than a dollar. i got 2 packs each of my favorite colors for fishing in each size.

I am getting some cool colors of the newage and crystal chenille from CA, as well as all my marabou, hackle, swivels, rings, blades for bellyspins, powderpaint, thread, tinsel and crystal flash.

I am still getting the bulk rubber legs from lureparts online 3 bucks for 5 ft!

NimrodsTackle seems to have the best price for ballhead jigs with aberdeen hooks (mustad)

Any other suggestions would be appreciated

 

[StumpHunter]

Check this site for jigheads. Always fast shipping and has good prices.
http://chuckanddeb.com/jigheads_and_weights.htm

 

[PanfishHunter]

man, that site is hard to navigate. it does look like they have fairly decent prices. thanks for the info, but i think ill stick with nimrods, and if i dont like it, ill go with someone else. any other tips are welcome!