rubber skirt rings

[Bucho]

Hi!

Sorry, this might be a no-brainer to you guys but I´ve never made or used rubber skirts. I now want to since I feel I have to cover a flexibel connection of a 3/0-4/0 open eye seawash hook and the eye of a 1/2 to 3 oz trailer ball. I find it troublesome to tie on the yet open hookeye and would rather just push on a pre-made skirt.
I have a good supply of crazy-legs kind of skirt material which I would like to make use of. What kind of rings should I use? is there a substitute household or industrial product I can make use of? or does it make sense to buy pre-produced skirts? I need fluorescent colours, mainly red and chartreuse.

 

[smalljaw]

First of all, do you want rubber or silicone? Rubber is lively in the water but it also has a tendency to melt and get clumped together when stored for long periods and it comes in basic single colors. Silicone comes in every kind of color and pattern imaginable, the action is on par with rubber, the difference is rubber separates quickly while silicone is a bit slower but it has great breathing action. If you like silicone and the color doesn't matter I have some skirts that I made a while back that I'm not doing anything with, they are 40 strand skirts held together with a rubber skirt collar, I have to look but I know a bunch are golden shiner along with ghost blue, 47 total.

 

[Bucho]

thanks, thats very kind but I am developing products here, so I am far more interested in learning about a source than receiving a limited amount of material. Thanks, too for the info on silicone and rubber, I wasn`t aware of that. Rubber skirt material can also be found in the inside of rubber ropes I guess. Silicone however must be the stuff I´ve benn using for jigs.

So far, I`ve only used it in self made dubbing brushes and individual ties, but I would like to learn how to pre-produce skirts and most of all which rings to use for that.

 

[waynesburgjay]

http://www.barlowstackle.com/ Check these guys out, they have a bunch of tools and materials for tying skirts

 

[Len]

Excellent source for skirt material and supplies...
http://fishingskirts.com/index.php?main_page=index

 

[Bucho]

Excellent source for skirt material and supplies...
http://fishingskirts.com/index.php?main_page=index

Sweet.

I understand I can use regular o-rings from the tool shop to pass the time for shipping & customs? What kind/size band would you recommend for a thick wire hook and a rather thin skirt of about 1/2-1 piece of skirt material?

 

[smalljaw]

Excellent source for skirt material and supplies...
http://fishingskirts.com/index.php?main_page=index

Sweet.

I understand I can use regular o-rings from the tool shop to pass the time for shipping & customs? What kind/size band would you recommend for a thick wire hook and a rather thin skirt of about 1/2-1 piece of skirt material?

I've found regular "o" rings fit too loose, I never tried the skirt rings from boss aka fishing skirts but the regular rubber collars work really well. The skirt collars got a bad rap as years ago they would often dry rot rather quickly but the new ones seem to last awhile, I have spinnerbaits I made using skirts I made with the collars that are over 2 years old and have been in the water and they are still fine. Here is what you want: http://www.barlowstackle.com/Regular-Skirt-Collars--P817.aspx

 

[Bucko]

I agree with smalljaw. o rings fit too loose and roll off. I'd definitely go with the skirt bands.

 

[JUNGLEJIM1]

Definitely skirt bands.

 

[Bucho]

Thats not exactly what I was hoping hear, since this means 3 weeks of waiting and considerable shipping costs, but I apreciate the clear statement. Saves me a lot of trouble.

Thanks! :icon14:

 

[toadfrog]

Small electrical zip ties work for me. Come in a multitude of colors .

 

[Shoemoo]

I wouldn't rule out o-rings. Most of the people here are from the US, which still uses the imperial measurement system for such things. Europe uses metric, so the o-rings used for plumbing might be slightly different sizes. Go to a hardware or plumbing supply store and try some out.