Bucktails!!!!!!!!!

[controlled chaos]

Hey guys I was just talking to my little brother today, he is 20, and he was saying that he has taken up a new hobby. He started to tie his own bucktails and is in the process of taking it to the next level which would be to market them since he has been catching quite a few fish with these homemade jigs. He is mainly using red/white or pink/white on a 3/8 ounce jighead but he has also been trying to mimic the local baitfish of south florida(pilchards) by tying white,tan,green, and some mylar jigs. I told him to sign up on Sportfishermen.com and start posting it up! Is 3.50 a jig a fair price if he were to try and sell these little guys? I think shipping will be relatively cheap if he does the flat rate deal. Just wondering what you all thought, thats all.


My main question to you all is what colors do you prefer in a buctail that is relatively small(1/4oz to 3/4oz)???

By the way, here are a few pics of his recent buctails and his "custom fly tying vice"

Thanks!!!

[sportfishingusa]

they are very nice looking!! plain and to the point which is perfect... 3.50 is a little much depending on the size.. you can get the nice spro style with a gamakatsu hook about 4 ounces for 350-4.00 from locals around by me..

If they are heavier like that i would buy them around 2.50 or maybe 3.00 for a 4-6 ouncer!

[neilinov]

This one in 2 and 4 oz would be a killer here in DE

[controlled chaos]

Yeah, he was using these jigheads which cost about a buck a piece plus the hair and the rest of the stuff. Other jigheads were just ones that he had laying around the house. I guess you gotta have a mold in order for you to make any cash. It is mainly a hobby though so for now he is just making them for friends and family. He is making me a few to try out up here! I will post up the results after I catch a few fish.

[sportfishingusa]

Yeah, he was using these jigheads which cost about a buck a piece plus the hair and the rest of the stuff. Other jigheads were just ones that he had laying around the house. I guess you gotta have a mold in order for you to make any cash. It is mainly a hobby though so for now he is just making them for friends and family. He is making me a few to try out up here! I will post up the results after I catch a few fish.

they do look good. but like you said.. if you want to make any "real money" doing it.. you have to pour your own heads and paint them all yourself!! you can buy the heads wholesale and make them and still push enough to make a buck or two.. but they do look pretty nice!! tell him a little less hair is what i would prefer.

[HOLWACHAGOT]

This one in 2 and 4 oz would be a killer here in DE

Flounder couldn't handle that one around here I bet. The one to the left looks like a nice one for pups. Pretty bucktails.
Holwachagot

[crocker on cape]

gatta love the vice!!!....they look good