Buckeye Fly Factory
Waverly, Ohio

Hand-tied in Waverly, Ohio.
Built for the fish you're after.

Every jig, bucktail, and catfish rig is tied one at a time, to order, by Austin Fairchild. Pick a line below, build it your way, and watch it come together before you spend a dime.

Outfish the catalog? Order Off the Menu — the custom form for anglers who need more than a basic one.

Tied to ordernothing sits in a bin
$5.95 shippingflat, anywhere in the U.S.
Free over $35shipping, that is
Custom colorsone phone call away
Tied to order in Waverly
A tackle box full of hand-tied Buckeye Fly Factory jigs in rows of pink, teal, red, green, and orange
A working box off the bench. Yours gets tied when you order it.

The lineup

Every one of them starts at the same vise and ends up tied the way you spec'd it.

Hot pink panfish jig with a hand-painted crackle head, hanging on a wine cork at the bench — full photo, uncropped Panfish

Hand-Tied Panfish Jigs

Crappie and bluegill jigs from 1/32 to 1/8 oz, hand-painted heads and your pick of six patterns and five tail materials, up to real black bear.

From $3.00 a jig
Build panfish jigs
Single bucktail jig with chartreuse, orange and white hair and flash, black jig head with a red eye, on a plain tan background — full photo, uncropped Bucktails

Bucktails

The river workhorse for saugeye, smallmouth, and walleye. Natural bucktail or step up to fox and bear, 1/8 oz up to a full ounce.

From $4.00 a jig
Build bucktails
Feather-dressed catfish hooks with snap swivels in chartreuse, grizzly, and purple Catfish

Catfish Leaders & Dressed Hooks

Double-hook leaders on 80 lb mono with a feather-dressed circle hook, plus dressed Gamakatsu hooks on their own. Built for flatheads that don't play fair.

Hooks $13 · Leaders $18
Build catfish gear
Large red, white and black musky bucktail jig beside a yellow tape measure on weathered wood, measuring about ten inches — full photo, uncropped Musky

Musky Jigs

Big profiles on heavy hooks, 3/4 to 2 oz. Tied full and dressed to move water, in the same six patterns, with flash if you want it seen.

From $20.00 a jig ($25 premium ties)
Build musky jigs

Too good for the catalog?

Some anglers outfish the standard menu. If that's you, skip the builder and tell Austin exactly what's in your head.

Order Off the Menu

Build your own

Pick a line, walk the steps, and the drawing and the price rebuild themselves as you go.

Your build

Price build-up

Tied to order in Waverly. Nothing is charged here; the order goes in by phone.

Order Off the Menu

For anglers who outfish the catalog. You've got a color nobody ties, a size nobody stocks, or a fish with your name on it. Describe it here, copy the request, and call it in — Austin ties one-offs at the same bench.

Call it in: 740-978-0687

My order

Everything you built, in one list. When it looks right, copy the order and call it in, or read it off the screen. Austin ties it, then it ships.

Nothing here yet Build something up top and hit “Add this build to my order.” It will land here, priced and ready to read off.

Order totals

Call it in: 740-978-0687

The wall

Off the bench and out of the water. Tap any photo to look closer.

From the bench in Waverly

No warehouse, no bulk bins. One vise, a wall of feathers and fur, and a drying rack. Austin Fairchild ties every order himself and checks it before it leaves.

A red and white feather jig clamped in the tying vise
On the viseEach jig starts as a bare hook and a painted head. Nothing gets tied ahead of your order.
Feathers, fur, and tying materials hanging on the shop wall
The material wallMarabou, squirrel, fox, and black bear, kept where he can see every color at once.
Freshly tied jigs hanging on a rack to dry
On the rackHeads cure and paint sets before anything gets bagged, so the finish survives the tackle box.
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