Finesse Jig's

[rwfleming]

its me again....mr many questions.......what jig mold do you guys use? i want to tie some Finesse Jigs and wanted to know what Jig Mold works best.....i will be tying mainly 1/4oz Finesse Jigs

[archery1]

I love the do-it brush jig mold. Makes a awesome 1/4oz jig with 3/0 hook Get the stiffer weedguards and it hardly ever gets hung up

Good luck

[rwfleming]

I love the do-it brush jig mold. Makes a awesome 1/4oz jig with 3/0 hook Get the stiffer weedguards and it hardly ever gets hung up

Good luck

do you think my Football Head Brush Jig Mold in 1/4 oz would be OK to use? .....i only need to pour about 20 Finesse Jigs.. 

Edited March 5, 2016 by rwfleming

[archery1]

do you think my Football Head Brush Jig Mold in 1/4 oz would be OK to use? .....i only need to pour about 20 Finesse Jigs.. 

never heard of football brush jig head. i have the do-it brush jig head 1/4 , 3/8 or 1/2oz

     http://store.do-itmolds.com/Brush-JigbrSz-14-38-12brHk-32786brCollar-Ring-amp-Barb_p_937.html

[patrick reif]

I modified a 3/16oz round head jig to accept a wire weed guard.   It's the only finesse mold I need

[Jeff Hahn]

I just use the standard Arky Do-It mold.

[CarverGLX]

do you think my Football Head Brush Jig Mold in 1/4 oz would be OK to use? .....i only need to pour about 20 Finesse Jigs..

Football heads work fine for finesse jigs. I make them all the time. In fact almost any jig will work as a finesse jig. Finesse (to me) is more of of a profile or cut of the skirt than the jig itself. Some people would claim that a light weight head makes a finesse jig but that is not nescessarily the case, although not in itself untrue. Pick a jig that suits your needs and make a finesse jig out of it.

[smalljaw]

I make a bunch of different type of finesse jigs and a 1/8oz football with an FG-12 weed guard has been really good. For a typical finesse jig in a 1/4oz I like the Eakins style and I use a Do-it Weedless round head mold. Snoot, I have some youtube videos with that head and it is my favorite for dragging on rocky flats and down 45 degree banks. I tie it conventional style with a crop top or spider cut but the smaller 1/8oz and 3/16oz I use an FG-12 weed guard and in 1/4oz and up I use the FG-30 weed guard. In my opinion, The Eakins style weedless round head is probably the best simply because you can make it with some weight with a standard wire hook and the round head works everywhere so you can throw it in grass, rock or wood. I like the brush jig but it uses too heavy of a hook which leads to needing a MH rod with heavier line, when I fish a finesse jig I'm using #8 or 10# on a medium power casting or spinning rod depending how heavy the jig is.

[dchance]

Football heads work fine for finesse jigs. I make them all the time. In fact almost any jig will work as a finesse jig. Finesse (to me) is more of of a profile or cut of the skirt than the jig itself. Some people would claim that a light weight head makes a finesse jig but that is not nescessarily the case, although not in itself untrue. Pick a jig that suits your needs and make a finesse jig out of it.

I agree with this. I use a 1/2 oz ball head but the mold uses a small 1/0 or 2/0 hook and only about 14 strands of skirt paired with a small craw like a critter craw. gives off a small finesse profile but still heavy enough to fish deeper too.