Jigs4Bass?

[Phil Lilley]

Or the easiest way would be to somehow get the original cast or mold.

[dblades]

I know making a new  mold for the spin-casting machine and getting it vulcanized, is something of an art..

[vernon]

Shortly after Bo's passing I placed an order for some jigs and assorted other NuTech products and received a phone call by a young man named Taylor who was a college student and worked part time for Bo.

He was doing his best to keep things going and couldn't have been more helpful or personable.  He indicated at the time that he hoped to keep things afloat until someone else came along to take the company over.

Unfortunately that apparently never happened.

I just went back to an email exchange I had with him dated 7/19/21 but there was no other pertinent information nor his full name.

[Dutch]

Bo lived between Cassville and Roaring River on AA hwy off hwy 112.   The phone number I have may have been his home.  If any of you want to try to get more information.  417-847-0808

[Bill Babler]

From what I know, Bo owned 1/2 the company. The other owner contacted one of Bo’s best buddies last Friday.

Said he was going to the storage unit where everything was kept. Owner lives out of state and has no intention of continuing the business, just wants out.

Not by the piece but the entire works. Wanted to know if this person just wanted to buy it all at a discount price. 

I have not heard anything since. 
 

[rps]

His 1/8 ounce bare crappie jig was the best deep Ned jig ever. I always wished he would pour a 1/16..

No offense dtrs5kprs.

[vernon]

10 hours ago, rps said:

His 1/8 ounce bare crappie jig was the best deep Ned jig ever. I always wished he would pour a 1/16..

No offense dtrs5kprs.

Agreed!  I asked Bo once about a 1/16 oz crappie head and he said, "There's no need.  The 1/8 oz will do anything that a 1/16 oz will.  You just need to adjust the size of your line to change the rate of fall."

I've got about a million jig heads but rarely use anything for smaller soft plastics than Bo's crappie head.

Dave's are the best Ned heads ever but I'm not nearly as proficient as he is and on lazy days (which seem to occur much more frequently in recent years) I sometimes prefer the fact that Bo's very seldom get hung up and when they do they pretty much never break off.

And again no offense to Dave! 

[abkeenan]

On 3/21/2023 at 2:24 AM, Phil Lilley said:

First thing is to acquire one and look it over.  Again, I know nothing about bass jigs - what makes one better than the other.  I know our "trout" jigs are made to drop in a circle in the water column.  It's not my design but copied from Jerry Dudley's jig.  The jig mold would have to be carved out by our cnc machine which involves hours of programing and trial and error.  When we get it up and running, and have time, we can give it a shot.

There's really only so much one can improve on when it comes to jigs. It's a lump of lead molded to a hook in various configurations after all. But I believe that the thoughts and theories behinds Bo's jig make the absolute most sense, scientifically speaking. The mechanics of his design are sound and in my estimation lead to just better performance in snagging less and hooking up with fish more. Every single fish I've ever caught on his jig has been "hooked in the top of the head" as Bo used to say. That is due to the mechanics of the design of his double independent weed guards. For that reason alone is why I use it. No foul hooking or skin hooking fish which can lead to missed fish. That doesn't happen when the hook is driven through the top hard plate of the basses mouth.

Here are some videos of the physics of it all: