02-25-2006, 01:13 PM
[cool][#0000ff]Yeah...we bad! One of my favorite lines from an old Richard Pryor movie. That was a great trip yesterday. It was like a lot of my perchin' trips in the "olden days" So far this year, all of my trips have been with other BFTers who were going to show me how it's done "these days". And, so far all I have got is a few dinks.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Yesterday, I used my basic instincts and my old style (and old lures) to "git 'er done". Man, it really felt good to find out that the perch still remembered how to act.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As you know, I don't sell my stuff, but I am always happy to "show and tell". I posted up a "how to" on the fire tiger stuff a few days ago. [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=244935;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread"]LINK TO POST[/url] My cost of materials is low...less than 10 cents per jig. But, if I were to sell them, and recover the cost of my VALUABLE fishing time, nobody could afford them anyway. Especially the fire tiger stuff. There is about 10 to 12 steps in making each of them...just in the painting. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Those "tiger jigs" are made on dart heads. I have attached a couple of pics, of the heads and the new fire tiger colors. The dart heads are made to zig and zag when you retrieve them, which makes them good for fishing either plastics or marabou. BUT, what makes them great for ice fishing is that they hang perfectly horizontal when you fish them straight down. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I fish them by jiggling them and then letting them sit absolutely still. They look like a real minnow, trying to remain motionless. Predators sneak up on them and then WHAM. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Most of the strikes yesterday were hard, with the fish setting the hook themselves. [/#0000ff][#0000ff]No "namby-pamby" nibbles most of the day. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The fish did quiet down in the early afternoon, like they usually do, but we were still catching them when we left the ice. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Let me know when you have a hole in your busy executive schedule. Have your people call my people and we will negotiate a high level conference. Actually, it will be in my basement playroom and tackletorium.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]BassAckward must really have something on you to con you into cleanup detail. Is he still peeved about the sprite and chicken episode?[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Yesterday, I used my basic instincts and my old style (and old lures) to "git 'er done". Man, it really felt good to find out that the perch still remembered how to act.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]As you know, I don't sell my stuff, but I am always happy to "show and tell". I posted up a "how to" on the fire tiger stuff a few days ago. [url "http://www.bigfishtackle.com/cgi-bin/gforum/gforum.cgi?post=244935;sb=post_latest_reply;so=ASC;forum_view=forum_view_collapsed;;page=unread#unread"]LINK TO POST[/url] My cost of materials is low...less than 10 cents per jig. But, if I were to sell them, and recover the cost of my VALUABLE fishing time, nobody could afford them anyway. Especially the fire tiger stuff. There is about 10 to 12 steps in making each of them...just in the painting. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Those "tiger jigs" are made on dart heads. I have attached a couple of pics, of the heads and the new fire tiger colors. The dart heads are made to zig and zag when you retrieve them, which makes them good for fishing either plastics or marabou. BUT, what makes them great for ice fishing is that they hang perfectly horizontal when you fish them straight down. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]I fish them by jiggling them and then letting them sit absolutely still. They look like a real minnow, trying to remain motionless. Predators sneak up on them and then WHAM. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Most of the strikes yesterday were hard, with the fish setting the hook themselves. [/#0000ff][#0000ff]No "namby-pamby" nibbles most of the day. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]The fish did quiet down in the early afternoon, like they usually do, but we were still catching them when we left the ice. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Let me know when you have a hole in your busy executive schedule. Have your people call my people and we will negotiate a high level conference. Actually, it will be in my basement playroom and tackletorium.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]BassAckward must really have something on you to con you into cleanup detail. Is he still peeved about the sprite and chicken episode?[/#0000ff]
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