Need a slow falling bluegill jig

[8fishermen]

Howdy Y'all,

Its been a while. I am thinking 1/48 or 1/64 oz head. need some ideas for something that has good motion with little effort for a slow presentation. I have been using Sliders fished slow enough to just get the tail to wiggle. I would like to tie up a few in some different colors to see if I can catch them on something I tied.

Oh, BTW, no sinkin' ants please, I have more that a few of those:D. Come on, get creative, Lets see what ya got!

[shipahoy41]

Look at the thread "creating a teardrop" on this forum

[quivira kid]

I've caught a fair number of gills on an 1/80-oz black jig head with brown rabbit tail and brown chenille body with gold tinsel rib.

For gills, I like "buggy" looking stuff.

["G"]

I like 1/180 and 1/100 kiptail jigs for bream.

[JoeFish]

I like 1/180 and 1/100 kiptail jigs for bream.

How do you get a jig that small to drop? My line would be floatin' on the water.

["G"]

What I do is I fish the jig under a bobber but about 18 inches above the jig I place a small split shot. The split shot gets the jig down but it does not affect the fall of the jig or the action of the jig below the splitshot. It works great.

[quivira kid]

I like dipping 'em with a cane pole or putting them under a small bobber.

[JoeFish]

What I do is I fish the jig under a bobber but about 18 inches above the jig I place a small split shot. The split shot gets the jig down but it does not affect the fall of the jig or the action of the jig below the splitshot. It works great.

I'll have to try that... I use 1/80th grizzly jigs and sometimes get a little mad at em'! I always thought of the split shot but now that I think about it the weight above it wouldnt affect the fall rate.

[PBUG2009]

you can put a collar on it like a wooly bugger

[JUNGLEJIMJIGS]

I'd go with a wooly bugger jig as well. 1/64 on a #8 sickle in dark colors.Sometimes I have to bounce them on the surface a couple of times to get them to sink but the slow fall is killer with the gills.For faster sinks i tie my hackle more sparse,less hackle wraps orgive it more weight with lead wire.