Un-Tying?

[duffy]

When you mess up a tying job on a jig do any of you un-tie it and start over? Do you just go down to the messed up part or do you totally disassemble it and start over? I've got a couple that I should have redone before finishing but like a dumb arse didn't and thought I could save them or at least some of the materials.

 

[Jig Man]

Depends on how far into it I am.

 

[jackie53]

Most tye for different reason's.We tye because no one makes what we need for our style of fishing or the clear deep water of our lakes and streams.If you tye very much going to have a lot of bad ones or mistakes.We usually go ahead and fish or use them. One of our biggest seller in plastic's was a mistake in color which now every bait shop has them. If not to far into the jig tear down start over.Have fun with it don't make it a job unless you really enjoy tying for other's.

 

[Fatman]

If it's for a customer re-do it, if you're just going to fish with it, back it off IF you can to the point you think you missed it up.

I did that on a color of powder paint I mixed up!! I didn't write down what I mixed and now I can't remember how to mix more!! DA!!!

Have fun with your tying, and most times if you have a bunch of kids around finish off the jig and give the ones you think you missed up to the kids. Trust me they'll take em and fish the heck out of them.

 

[AllenOK]

I agree with jigman. It really depends on how far into the pattern I am. If I'm almost done, or catch it after I'm done, so be it. If I'm tying that batch for myself, no biggie, I'll fish it. If I'm tying for someone else, then the "reject" goes into my tackle box, no the customer's order.

 

[Jay Wirth]

Depends if its just a matter of unwinding a few wraps to fix the problem or if its tied off. Once its tied off I would cut off all and start over.

 

[QPassage]

I usually just start over. I keep a straight razor on the tool shelf and just make a quick cut and peel it off.

 

[QPassage]

If it's for a customer re-do it, if you're just going to fish with it, back it off IF you can to the point you think you missed it up.  

I did that on a color of powder paint I mixed up!!  I didn't write down what I mixed and now I can't remember how to mix more!! DA!!!

Have fun with your tying, and most times if you have a bunch of kids around finish off the jig and give the ones you think you missed up to the kids.  Trust me they'll take em and fish the heck out of them.

I did the paint thing once to and never could get it back to where I wanted it.  I now keep an excel doc open on my pc when tying and mixing paint.  I just run the stages across the sheet and click save.  It's paid off more than ponce for me.  

 

[Fatman]

Yeah I learned the hard way!! Now I do the same thing plus I write it on top of the powder cap.

 

[joe]

If it's simple stuff, I razor it. If wire core, as in dubbing brushes, midway correction is worth the effort. Split tails (claws) on craws with wrapped posts/spreaders? I go to great lengths to save myself from an entire redo on those kind of ties.

My rule is one of structural integrity, if it's compromised, it's redone. I tie-in most all forms of head weight and don't want anything breaking loose or moving, thus more anal about the strength of things in general. It's a lesson learned from years of small stream/high numbers smallmouth fishing. Smallies are decidedly wrenchy on the bite and it shows where the weakness of a tie is. Largemouth don't seem to have such a powerful and pronounced crush & grind on the bite or when fighting the fish, but the tying philosophy is the same at the vise. I think it saves time and on the water cursing in the long run.

I probably overdo it sometimes.

 

[duffy]

View attachment 5View attachment 6               Well I untied about half of the purple one because it just wasn't right and then still forgot the antenna. The polar flash was wrapped up in the body tie and just looked like crap. I had also used a different skin on the back and it was way too thin which made it look anemic. I also need to straighten the mono that I use for the antenna a bit as it has quite a bit of memory from being on the spool over many many years.  We go down to the Snake and do a little Steelhead fishing once in a while and I thought of trying these just for giggles under a float. Their still not up to spec but gotta start somewhere.

 

[jschmidt]

Straight razor for me. I actually just did it to a bunch of jigs from last year I didn't think we're up to snuff


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