Imagine you’ve never been ice fishing…ever. (Yikes!) Now let’s make believe that not only have you never pulled a fish through a hole, but you just purchased one of the leading ice-fishing jig manufacturers in the world – Custom Jigs & Spins. Man, what a cool fantasy… For a man named Walt Matan,
this wasn’t fiction, but exactly how his life turned. The year was 1989, and Walt and his father, “Poppee”, literally unfurled the dust-covered white sheets from William Klingbell’s machinery to see what they had won (bought). Beneath the shrouds were the magical apparatuses that forged the most-sought-after ice-fishing lures ever crafted.
“It was just before the official purchase of the company when I mentioned to William I was going ice-fishing and wanted to buy a few jigs to figure this ice-fishing thing out – and, of course, catch fish,” said Matan. “And then William handed me three tiny jigs – three total; that’s it. And to this day they are still the three baits I never leave home without.”
What, exactly, were those three must-haves? Custom Jigs & Spins’ Rat Finkee, Demon and Rocker to be exact. And in the following video, you’ll hear direct from Walt how that first expedition with those iconic jigs – and a chance meeting with an outdoor media icon – helped him grasp the magnitude of those three baits, not to mention the legend of Custom Jigs & Spins.
And if a newbie could catch panfish his first time out, just imagine what the trio of lures can do for an avid ice angler today.
Custom Jigs & Spins started almost 30 years ago producing high quality ice fishing lures. We continue today by improving our existing lures and developing new ones with input from our Pro-Staff and suggestions from serious ice anglers. We’re extremely proud that some of our newest lures, as well as many of our tried and true favorites like the Ratso, Shrimpo, Nuclear Ant and Rat Finkee, have crossed over into the open water market.
We at Custom Jigs & Spins, Inc. use only the highest quality raw materials including Owner and Mustad hooks. Most all of our lures are hand painted with a super hard finish and paint free eyes.”
Our other quality brands include B FISH N Tackle, Flu Flu®, The Worm® and Vertigo Tackle.