Garybassman Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 Does anyone know what they are using to make skirt collars and where I can buy the material? I make all my own spinnerbaits,jigs and bladed jigs. I hand tie most of my stuff but I still like to use colored collars. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD_mudbug Posted January 21, 2022 Report Share Posted January 21, 2022 (edited) It is silicone tubing cut into sections. LPO, Janns, Barlows have the collars. https://www.lurepartsonline.com/01-Regular-Skirt-Collars https://www.jannsnetcraft.com/skirt-collars-rattles/345431.aspx https://barlowstackle.com/regular-skirt-collars-b/ You can also find them on eBay and Amazon. If you are talking about getting a length of the tubing uncut, I don't think I have seen tubing with the same wall thickness as a skirt collar for sale. You can find various diameters of silicone tubing on Amazon. Most of the uncut lengths of tubing are thin-walled. Just an observation - I avoid the clear collars and the transparent amber or 'natural' ones. Those collars seem to break down faster once exposed to to sun and water. The solid color ones last much longer. Plus, the solid ones usually get gummy and stretched out before they fail. You can see when they are about to fail and can re-band the skirt. It's tough to tell when the clear or transparent collars are about to fail sometimes. You usually find out when there is a pile of skirt strands at the bottom of the storage box. If you are looking for a specific colored collar and can't find it (for example blue), you can use a white collar and color it with a Sharpie. The color lasts for a long time. Edited January 21, 2022 by JD_mudbug grammar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
basskat Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 O rings work as well if not better. They last much longer without breaking down. I pick them up at a local commercial gasket / hose vender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark poulson Posted January 22, 2022 Report Share Posted January 22, 2022 I use floral wire to wrap my jigs and spinnerbaits. I hand tie with thread, so I can build up my skirts the way I want to, and then do a wire wrap over that. I leave the wire tag ends long, facing down, and twist the tag ends as I pull them tight with needle nosed vise grips. When I'm done, I leave 3/4" of twisted wire, and I fold that back down toward the hook. It provides great bail holder for soft plastic trailers. I just thread it into the trailer's body as I push it up toward the head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingComponents Posted February 6, 2022 Report Share Posted February 6, 2022 When I made skirts for lure companies that used rattle systems on their jigs I always used amber bands as they seem to take more stretching 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
