Help My Out With Your Opinions Please.

[skeetbum]

Skip, I tie one similar and do just fine with it. The long flash doesn't produce any more for me, but it sure looks good. Good work, as always. I like the white/pearl of that stuff a lot.

[snake River]

Been using this some, but kind of new and really looks much better in your hand that in these pixs for sure, lot better. Would really appreciate your input. Looking which way to focus really and to try using on these Crappie here.

Skip

there is nothing wrong with those jigs skip they really look terrific I have a question though is that long tensile bother of a fish when they strike your jig. That would seem to bother me because of the length maybe that just made and I have not experimented with a longer tail IP for my tail to be short not any longer than the length of the jig will try to post some pictures of some of my style that I personally may use here. But knowing that your fish there are quite a bit bigger than most of the crappie out west here we have been averaging 8 to 10 inch fish with the occasional 14 we are looking for a better size this fall.

[skiptomylu]

Let me say this since a couple have questioned this. First I will start with a guide here on T-Bend that ties hi own jigs and mostly uses Craft fur and uses the full length so it's longer than any of these.

Next you can cut it easy enough if you don't like it, but if you watch it in the water a little you will find it has more action when a bit long. The entire thing is a bit less than 3", something like 2 3/4" (at most) long from the tip of the head to the end of these strips.

I suggest it may not make any difference as far as more hits like Skeet said, but who knows if that day you would have got as many hits if it was shorter. I don't think it possible to tell that for sure even if 2 people each use a different length since most of the time one guy catches more than the other all the time using the same thing.

Personally I started out tying these shorter, but after trying a few like this I have become a fan of this length and use my vise as the measuring tool. I make sure to cut it to the length so I know about how long it is by just tying it to fit within a certain part on my vise.

Lets also look at it like this, if it was bream we were fishing for it may cause a problem if they attack it from the tail and never hit the hook, but were not fishing for bream, it's crappie and they have a big old mouth and even a crappie under 10" (here not legal if under 10") his mouth is so big that any of these will fit is very easy and really I don't give much credit to the talk of short strikes. I do give credit to them being picky sometimes and a much smaller profile jig is what it takes to get a hit, but then I wouldn't be using this size anyway. I would be using a much smaller, shorter jig for that.

Hey I am no all knowing expert, but have fished for all kinds of fish for most of my life and most fish will get the head of any prey all the way in their mouth if it fits in. Some will eat a fish that is bigger than their mouth will hold and I am pretty sure we have all seen the catfish with a ball stuck in it's mouth or a bass with a fish so large in it's mouth both are floating because the fish he ate was so big it was stuck in it's throat.

I also believe you can tell when they are really eating the jig and when they are just taking it because when you get the right color you will hook them deep in their mouth and not in the lips. On the other hand if your close, but not really the best color you will get a lot of them in their lips and if really eating the jigs I don't see the silver strip as something that will make any trouble. I do think a little extra flash may make for more strikes, but if short or long is the question then I would have so fall on the longer side as it has more action. Besides like I said it's each to cut it a bit shorter than it is and it really not a lot longer than my tails, 1" or less longer.

Just my 2 cents here and my opinion, nothing more.

Skip

[soswine]

I agree with your assessment on crappie taking a bait and wouldnt think the tinsel would be an issue at all. They sure dont seem to mind taking a minnow tipped jig which is a big profile bait even with small minnows.

[skiptomylu]

I agree with your assessment on crappie taking a bait and wouldnt think the tinsel would be an issue at all. They sure dont seem to mind taking a minnow tipped jig which is a big profile bait even with small minnows.

Exactly, just my way of thinking; Big old mouth will take a big old bait. Tiny mouth like a bream will short strike especially if fishing with a crappie jig or something larger than their mouth, but they will still strike at it.

Skip

[skeetbum]

Crystal flash, being stiffer, wouldn't work as well as tinsel in this case. Thats just my opinion. I've tied both on the same combo and the flash just didn't move right. It did catch a few but the tinsel is much more lifelike in the water. What you said about the back of the mouth takes happened to me last fall. 7 out of 13 had to use foreceps to get the jig back. They liked gray with red tinsel that day. I still say, good work Skip.

[skiptomylu]

Thanks Skeet, I have some with red holographic tinsel on a few other jigs and boy that stuff really show up in the water with the sun shining.

[grubfarmer67]

looks like some one mixed a lil glow grn.w/ that cactus...:rolleyes:aren't you special.nice jigs bub"

[skiptomylu]

looks like some one mixed a lil glow grn.w/ that cactus...:rolleyes:aren't you special.nice jigs bub"

No glow in these at all. Just the colors that reflect from that chenille. Nothing special at all, but a few jig with no magic tricks up the sleeve, LOL!

Skip