Thread: So what's my problem here?

I can't see much from the picture. I CAN see nothing wrong with it. it's not twisted in 3 diff directions. Looks parallel with hook shank.
Dunno.
I'd catch 50 fish with it though...


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First I don't think you need to wrap the thread so far down the shank and the more you wrap the more you have to adjust the feathers. I tie all my feathers in together, that is a tip and 3 of my little V's stacked on top the tip. I pinch them all together and place on the shank tilted towards me a little to make the rotate it is going to do end up where I want it. Also if you have not tried my little V method for tails, it's really nice because of the bushy effect you get in the tail where the little V's are and then the tip goes a bit more. You just have a little more bulk with the little V's. Also if I want a two color tail I can use two tips or I can just make the V's the 2 colors. When using two tips it's sometimes harder to keep them both straight like you want. Some of this is because the cheap hackle used in jig tying has round stems that roll easy and then not all stems are the same thickness and if the 2 stems are different thickness it seems to me one of them is going to roll more than the other. This is part of the reason I found my method of tying my jig tails using the little V's and once that was figured out I was never to return to the just grab two tips and tie them in way!

Besides if you have two tips tied on a jig, when wet they still just look like a stick on the back of the jig IMHO!

Skip

Looks great to me, go fishing!!

Material sometimes has the tendency to rotate around the shank going with the way the thread is going, that could be your problem, but it certainly doesn't look to be much of a problem! Just drop it in front of a crappie and put him in the boat!

Originally Posted by smoothlures

Material sometimes has the tendency to rotate around the shank going with the way the thread is going, that could be your problem, but it certainly doesn't look to be much of a problem! Just drop it in front of a crappie and put him in the boat!

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I can't expand on what they have said Tom. As the thread tightens, it shifts. Think ahead a little and you'll fix your problem. Nice looking tie there, it will catch fish.

I think you did a nice job, I start with the feathers closer to me and wrap away from me so it comes out close to where I want it. The bottom line is that I think us tiers are much more picky than crappie.

If not to create arts of work, GrumpyLoomis, then why not just buy from the store...lol. I'm brand new to tying but I already feel a huge sense of pride when I'm standing looking at my poles and seeing my creations hanging there.

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