If I have to choose one lure to fish anywhere in the world it will be a bucktail jig.

I made these yesterday.



This one is 4 oz



and the others are 1 oz







What do you guys think?

I think that if we ever get to meet up, you'd better bring a few of them with you..........

They look bloody nice!

Thanks Steve,

We will make a plan next year.

Will be back in Africa early in Jan.

Do you cast the heads? With all the soft plastic stuff around I sort of gave up on bucktails but yours look interesting.

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Originally posted by Mikelravy:
Do you cast the heads? With all the soft plastic stuff around I sort of gave up on bucktails but yours look interesting.

Thanks,

I use a mould I bought from Do-it.com

They have moulds for almost any shape of jig you can think off.

I enjoy making them and catching fish with them.

I cant remember when was the last time I put a soft plastic on a jig to fish with....

I've never tried fishing bucktails. I mostly use butterfly style jigs, crippled herring style or lead heads.

I have not tried the butterfly jig before but will be giving them a test in Angola as soon as I get my gear there.

I had 3 of the 400gr blue sardine jigs last year. It worked very well, but unfortunately I managed to hang up and loose them all on the rocks I need to order some more for this season.

How is that TLD working as a jigging reel?

I have the TLD15 and its an awesome light tolling reel.

So far the tld-20's have worked well. I have one single speed, and two 2 speed's. I'd wanted to get avet reels, but due to budget constraints went with the shimano's. I imagine for the amount of use I'll put in the shimanos they'll hold up fine.

I will be using my Trini 16 once I get my jigging rod moved from Dubai.

Think I am going to have a lot of fun jigging here in Angola