Customizing Jig Skirts with Gary Klein | DIY Pro 

When Gary Klein talks about fishing you shut up and listen. Love his passion for the sport

When he’s not fishing on the tournament trail he’s building jigs .....that’s love and dedication!

I Met Gary in the early '90s at a tournament in Livingston, TX. Gary was on the "backside" having the Mercury crew install a new lower unit - (lots of BIG stumps in Lake Livingston). Anyways, I stopped, introduced myself, and talked with Gary for several minutes. He is as nice of a professional fisherman as I've ever met. Rick Clunn won the event on several types of shallow diving cranks. As an afterthought- I also had the wonderful opportunity to meet Bryan Kerchal. Talked w/him for a while. As we all know Bryan Kerchal was killed in a plane crash only months later.

I had a cousin pass from covid last year and I inherited his jig making kit and wow its cool. 10 do it molds, lead pot, the powder coating gadget made from pvc an aquarium pump and coffee filters. Every color of powder coat paint under the sun. 6 colors of living rubber and 5 plano boxes of silicone, a jig tying vice. 50 lbs of lead ingets… I haven’t started tying them with wire or braid. I have a tool that will open a jig rubber and I can get silicone and living rubber too. I really like the flashaboo tensil that are in a lot of jigs now. I found 15 different colors of that stuff on a fly tying site. I didn’t like it when I bought it but its so random it makes jigs more natural in my opinion. Not to mention it really puts off flash on sunny days. I love a skirt i make I named Crown Royal. Purple silicone with gold flake and dark green living rubber. I think it’s called mardi gras.

Gary Klein, one of the greats

Mr Klein if you are to somehow see this, thank you.. you truly are one of the greats and so easy to listen to speak when it comes to fishing

Just got your boss pitching jog heads to build ,awsome Gary!

When you see a seasoned pro with a bunch of 3700 Thins lined up with tabs all organized and it reminds you of your EXACT SETUP....you know you must be doing something right! By the way, I even have that exact vise! 🤣

Been doing this for 20 years. Where did I learn it? From you Mr. Klein. Good stuff. I pretty much learned how to jig fish from you good sir. Thank you!

Gary’s jig skills are unmatched. Between his styles of tying them and how many tabs he uses. It’s absolutely an art!

That's a super smart way to recycle your old braid or use the last of the spool. Great video thank you.

Awesome video. Thanks for sharing. Great teaching the skills necessary

Gary Klein we love u in Louisiana , I remember when locals said Gary ran down camp canal wide open in Venice , Louisiana and one of there guys that owned a camp there shot a gun up in the air during his BASS tournament here , this is just what I heard not sure , too try to stop him , it’s an idle zone

I've got a bunch of Gary's skirts from boss skirts and I love em

LOVE tying my own jigs and love making videos showing others how to as well! Good stuff Gary!

Awesome sir! Thank you.

Thank ypu sir!

Great Vedio been wondering how to do that

Where is the best place to purchase that type of jig vise? I see the fly fishing vice at Cabellas at a reasonable price but I dont think they will handle the larger size hooks.

Great video, what and where is the best place to order these types of materials?

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Where is he getting his kit from

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this guy's is literately a walking meme off the get go, his wife be like: I bet his thinking about other women, meanwhile, I wonder how i can modify my jigs.

Interesting, he never mentioned the rubber…they showed a ton of rubber but never acknowledged it 🧐