RS Cutom Baits Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 I am currently making flipping jigs and slidding the rattle colar on the body of the jig mannualy, but after about 30 jigs the fingers start to get numb. I was wondering if anyone knows of a tool I could use to help slide the rattle colar on the jig?? Thank you in advance. RS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 RS, I don't know if your jigs have skirts, but this is what I do. On my flippin jigs that will have skirts, I use the rattle collar and put my tabs or loose skirt strands through the rattle collar. This will hold all the loose strands or tabs in place until I get the skirt over the jig collar, so I can tie the skirt on the jig. Once the skirt is tied, I slide the rattle collar over my thread wraps, and this finishes the jig. This is a two-fold purpose system. #1 to hold the skirt tabs together, and #2 it's easier to slide the skirt with the rattle collar over the existing jig collar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caster Posted April 21, 2010 Report Share Posted April 21, 2010 The best way that I have tryed is add a couple of drops of liquid soap in water and dip your hook in and slide the skirt or rattle band on with ease. We build hundreds each day and that what works best for us . Hoe this will help you. Caster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallmouthaholic Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 1 drop of worm oil placed in the center of the collar will solve your problem. I thought someone might say KY-gel in jest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Prager Posted May 8, 2010 Report Share Posted May 8, 2010 These will make your life allot easier. They're also a TU member and listed in the links section http://www.drfun.com/SkirtMaster/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
