This document provides a step-by-step tutorial for making your own jig heads. It outlines the necessary materials, which include hooks, split shot weights, enamel paints, vinegar or lemon juice, and pliers. It then describes the four steps to make the jig heads: 1) attaching the split shot weight to the hook, 2) painting the hook and weight with enamel paint, 3) adding painted nail heads to create eyes, and 4) customizing with additional paint details. The overall goal is to create homemade jig heads that can be used to trigger aggressive strikes from fish like trout, bass, and walleye.

1. Make your own Jig headStep by Step Tutorial

2. Fishing a JIG HEAD can trigger aggressive strikes from large trout and bass.Jigs of varying sizes allows an angler to fish shallow streams to deep lakes. Jig heads with trailers and skirts trigger strikes for Walleye, Trout, and Bass. Techniques include bottom bouncing, Wave across multiple depths by rising and dropping the jig, or lure action.Learn how make your own jig heads with this easy step by step tutorial.www.fishn-life.com

3. www.fishn-life.comMaking a Jig Head: Parts Needed To Make your own Jig Heads, you will need the following:Hook size 6 through 12

4. Varying sizes of split shot weight

5. Enamel paints: yellow, red, blue, white and black

6. Vinegar or lemon juice

7. Pliers

8. 2 different size nails with flat heads www.fishn-life.comMaking a Jig Head: STEP ONE Obtain a hook and desired split shot size

9. For this demonstration a size 6 hook is shown

10. Micro or mini-jigs, use a size 12 hook with BB size split shot or slightly larger size split shot.www.fishn-life.comMaking a Jig Head: STEP TWO Pry open the split shot weight so that it is wide enough to fit around the shank of a hook.

11. Crimp the split shot weight around the hook shank by the hook eye.

12. Flatten the sides with pliers and vary between each jig head that is made.

13. Dip the split shot, hook eye end in a container of vinegar or lemon juice – this will aid in the paint sticking to the split shot.www.fishn-life.comMaking a Jig Head: STEP THREE Obtain the base color of enamel paint you wish to use. (yellow is used for this tutorial)

14. Use pliers to hold the hook near the hook bend

15. Dip hook eye end into paint covering split shot weight.

16. Let dry and repeat applying a total of 2 coats of base color.

17. *apply petroleum jelly to hook eye prior to dipping. This will prevent needing to cut away the paint layer from the hook eye.www.fishn-life.comMaking a Jig Head: STEP FOUR Once 2nd coat of paint is dry, use larger size nail head and dip into paint and apply to coated split shot.

18. Repeat on each side to create eye area.

19. Once dry, use small nail head and dip into black paint and apply to eye area.

20. If desired, add some flare to bottom size of jig head to represent injured prey fish. Nail tip edge side works well for this.Cut away paint from hook eye or wipe away paint if petroleum jelly was used.

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