Just a little note for the both of you. Take it from me, I've been there. Who the @#*% am I to be giving advice on this subject. Well I am the inventor of "John's Jigs" a company I sold 3 years ago. Still a very popular jig in the Northwest. Before you get in over your head, make sure you have plenty of stock on hand for the tackle shops. When they go big, they really go. I had plenty of trouble keeping stores stocked, even though I had at one time, 7 people employed making jigs. Forget about fishing when they go big, You'll have no time; one of the reasons I sold my company. One last thing; if your jig is patentable, do it. You are entering the most cutthroat business I have ever seen. Even if its not patentable you'll at least have a patent pending until its rejected, keeping copy-cats at bay. Good Luck in your endevour. J-