Jigs4Bass?

[dwiebenga]

I will throw my name in the ring.  I do football, poison tail, ball head, and flipping jigs.  All of my jigs are hand tied with 210 Deniar thread.  Message me here for more details or look me up on Facebook.  @MishinFishinJigs

I plan to bring some more jigs down during the OA Tournament on March 11.  

[Daryk Campbell Sr]

I still have a few from @dwiebenga from a couple years back at one bass I like them. But like Jeff, I need to fish them more. Kinda hard to get the micros to bite them.

[abkeenan]

To piggy back on this anyone know if someone picked up Bo's NuTech Jigs and is selling them? It's all I've used for the last decade and it appears that their website is now defunct and Tackle Warehouse is out of stock/not going to restock assuming. 

RIP Bo.

[TRRANGER]

On 3/15/2023 at 12:59 PM, abkeenan said:

To piggy back on this anyone know if someone picked up Bo's NuTech Jigs and is selling them? It's all I've used for the last decade and it appears that their website is now defunct and Tackle Warehouse is out of stock/not going to restock assuming. 

RIP Bo.

That is terrible, those are the best jig I have ever used. What a shame. 

[Phil Lilley]

We are purchasing a full line of jig making equipment from a guy that lives in Crane.  He has hundreds of mold casts and a ton of stuff (hooks, racks, paint, lead), along with the casting machine and vulcanizer.  We'll take possession of it in June but won't be setup to use it for a while.  It's a long term investment.

I know he makes jigs for a lot of local guides and shops.  We will ease into it slowly but eventually make a business out of it.  First thing we need to do is figure out a place to set it all up.  We have no room for it presently.

It would be cool to develop a line of jigs just for this area - jigs like you guys are talking about.  And you guys could help create them.

[Quillback]

On 3/15/2023 at 12:59 PM, abkeenan said:

To piggy back on this anyone know if someone picked up Bo's NuTech Jigs and is selling them? It's all I've used for the last decade and it appears that their website is now defunct and Tackle Warehouse is out of stock/not going to restock assuming. 

RIP Bo.

There was talk that they might go back into production, but doesn't look like they will.  

[Bill Babler]

Just heard, not going back into production but there may be some quantities for sale. Know more in a day or two. 

[vernon]

On 3/17/2023 at 8:14 AM, TRRANGER said:

That is terrible, those are the best jig I have ever used. What a shame. 

They're the only ones I've used since I first heard about them and that's quite a few years ago now.

Bo's crappie heads are really good too and super versatile.

Guess I'm gonna have to quit giving them away to people to try!

Good thing they're nearly impossible to lose.

[abkeenan]

On 3/17/2023 at 8:39 AM, Phil Lilley said:

We are purchasing a full line of jig making equipment from a guy that lives in Crane.  He has hundreds of mold casts and a ton of stuff (hooks, racks, paint, lead), along with the casting machine and vulcanizer.  We'll take possession of it in June but won't be setup to use it for a while.  It's a long term investment.

I know he makes jigs for a lot of local guides and shops.  We will ease into it slowly but eventually make a business out of it.  First thing we need to do is figure out a place to set it all up.  We have no room for it presently.

It would be cool to develop a line of jigs just for this area - jigs like you guys are talking about.  And you guys could help create them.

Good luck on your business venture, Phil. Not sure what kind of patents or intellectual property rights that Bo's NuTech Lures/Jigs hold but I think it would be really cool if you could somehow acquire them and produce his jigs once again. Part of that is me selfishly wanting them but it would be nice to see his memory live on by keeping his jigs on the end of peoples lines.

[Phil Lilley]

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.