Painting old squid jigs.

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Painting old squid jigs.

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Got a couple of chewed up yamashitas. Anyone had a success peeling off the torn mesh and giving them a new paint job? Apart from torn mesh they are sound.
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Hey Keith;
You could look at these 'skins'.... They are from a previous post on 'Lure Log"
They are called jigskinz. http://www.motackle.com.au/jigskinz.html
I now stick to only 3 squid jig colours, my favourite one being the Yamashita silver whiting look-a-like.
These skins are not as cheap as paint, but maybe a solution.
Otherwise wait till CA have a sale and pick up what you need there.
Sorry, a dead lure is a dead lure.
Although Alex seems to know a 'hand painter' that might be able to help.($$$$$$) :D
Good luck.

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The cloth is meant to provide the"warm" appearance I thought. Maybe just time to spend the $10 on a new jig?
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If it still takes squid just keep using it, painting the body will remove a lot of the appeal to the yamashita jigs. If it's at a point where it stops taking squid as well as it used to it's probably worth buying a new jig. Have heard of people clear coating jigs with varnish but i'm unsure of the specifics of it and it's only done to shimano jigs that have a cloth that deteriorates exceptionally fast.
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Post by Fish Grylls »

Agree the shimanos lose their cloth very easily. Once a jig starts to get torn up I will super glue the cloth onto the jig and this does not affect the squid catching abilities.
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