Recycled Squid Jag

[piratepom 3,197]

Going through some old gear I found a few old Squid jags that have seen better days, so I tried to breathe new life into one of them. Quite happy how it came up and looking forward to getting it wet.

[southie THE BANGA 2,304]

Very creative mate... I like that! 

 

Might have a crack with some of my old jags aswell!

 

 

Thanks for the idea!

[piratepom 3,197]

Did another one. Not so happy with the finish, but it's going to get used at least one more time now.

[Luke5600 61]

I remember back when I was a young lad my parents used to buy me those really cheap squid jigs that were flat white and I used to paint them with nail polish, I've had them for a good 15 years or so and they still hold their colours amazingly well.
If you leave them in the sun for a day after you paint them the smell of the polish pretty much disappears and you can get ones that are clear with gold/silver reflective glitter in them.
Just make sure you send the missus to the shop or buy them online though, I'm not sure the excuse "It's for fishing" would work   

Could be easier then spray painting them mate apart from that they look good

[Scissors 308]

omg the more worn and torn the better, I can't believe what I am seeing.

[keenfisho 1,416]

nice work mate, i like the top one will work well on the nights with a full moon

[piratepom 3,197]

Thanks lads.

 

I was supposed to clearing up the garage, and came across loads of odd and sods including the old jags and my sons old spray cans, so messing around with the jags was way more fun than the garage tidy!  

[troppo65 0]

What do you use for the eyes, couple of my old favourites are eyeless!

[piratepom 3,197]

Yeah my go to jag is eyeless and featherless too. The eyes on these 2 were still on them before the make over. Shouldn't be to hard to find eyes as on the black jag from craft shops and the like.

[bjorn2fish 4,612]

Let us know how they go PP. I'm liking the black and was wondering about silver, never tried silver myself.

[archerfish 685]

troppo65 (and anyone else who's interested)

 

SPOTLIGHT Stores are your friend. "Joggle" Eyes (i.e. the pupils move around) are available in various sizes from 3mm upwards for the princely sum of $0.99 per packet. If this is not quite what you're chasing, they have any number of glass beads in untold sizes and colours which can quite easily be Superglued on to your jag to provide the right "eye" effect.

 

 

Cheers

af

[troppo65 0]

Looks like I'm off to Spotlight on the weekend, cheers

[rotare 491]

Another alternative for fish eyes to buy some of those realsitic 3D, solid looking things off of ebay.  There's a local ebay seller that does 20 or so for $2 which includes postage.  Last time I brought them they gave me another 10 or so of various sizes as samples!  I think the sellers store is called something like Discount city fishing and they have plenty of different styles and sizes of eyes to choose from.  I stole some of those joggle style eyes from my kids craft box once for my lures, but found a lot either fell apart in the water or filled with water.