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Maybe not enough weight in the belly ? Sounds like a productive trip and learning experience , keep after it

Welcome ! Great pattern and materials and nice proportions , I like to make small dubbing brushes for jigs like this too, good luck

LOVE THE MEGA

Catfish and carp on a fly so much fun . Keep up the great work

You will probably end up with a wide variety of bobbins as try different ones, I have a bunch with different colors and sizes of thread ready to go so I don't have to change and rethread a bobbin every time . And like Sharon Macomber said the level of satisfaction and your creativity is no limit . Have fun !!

This was one of my builds, I placed the weight mostly before and some behind belly hook of the wire harness . Used the XPS finesse weights so they slide on the wire form and add a little super glue to hold in place while I pour resin, Wiper smacker !!

Trailers can add bouancy and changes the profile , caught lots of fish with and without but tend to use a trailer . Split tails , paddle tails , swimbaits and even length of the skirt will effect how the trailer does and doesn't work They are an effective bait either way

I have some very cheap and very expensive bobbins and they all work great with this thread , ( be careful while threading not to snag the thread itself ) Petitjean adjustable is one of my favorites .Sometimes while tying it's easy catch the hook point causing it to fray or when whip finishing the hook of the actual whip finisher can pull out a couple strands causing the same look or " blowout " . If you are a right hand tier as you lay down the thread wraps it begins to put a clockwise twist in , that helps to keep all the nylon together , when you don't want the build up of the corded thread spin counter clockwise to flatten out thread ,. Tightline videos will help , Hope this helps

I use the nylon weed guards from the medium size ( 2 strands ) for the wacky rig hooks . 4 strands for the drop shot hooks and smaller finesse wide gap hooks . 1 ) Lay some thread wraps down for a base , flat thread keeps it looking nice and won't bulk up at hook eye . 2 ) Place weed guard material and wrap with flat thread as shown , whip finish with four or five wraps . 3 ) Bend back the fibers with finger to position them and trim to length , I hit the ends with a little heat to round off sharp edges . 4 ) Apply some Hard as Nails and let dry . I have found these can be bent, splayed , or positioned very easily and have held up for years and so easy to do .

Clean design and neat ways to stay organized . Hollow brass tube and press fit to motor ?

Nice !! It reminded me that I need to pour some more Ultra Minnow jigs

Feather Craft Fly Fishing has this, I think it's a great match

Purchased a loon UV light and so far has cured all UV resins . Could be a UV wavelength problem or I'm a big dummy

Amazing information , really annoying anymore to hear or see the pros on T.V. talk about how their lures are designed to hunt only to see the very typical crank bait doing the very predictable wobble . We are all excited to see what you come up with . It's funny how you say it could look " Weird " but we've all seen what this means in the fishing world , weird is the norm . Good Luck Tommy

It's a DoIt mold hook #785 in a size 6 , then just made a little wire bait holder, you can PM me if you're interested in pictures and details of how I modified mold ( quite easy to do ) , thanks Tommy

Batjig mold I modified to have underspin