Gold Badger Gill Jig

[skiptomylu]

What do you guys that fish for Blue Gills a lot think? Wish that I had a smaller head already painted and a regular bend hook would have been nice too. Anyway what do you think? Will the gills get after this or no? Oh and it is a 1/32 #8, but probably would have made it 1/64 if I had one already painted.

This is really dry fly Hackle in the color Gold Badger and a base of Black Floss with gold strip wrapped over the floss.

Skip

[Jiggin_Joe]

yeah skip the kills would love that here in a 64 oz or even 80oz

[skeetbum]

Wish I'd had that this mornin. Fished a friends pond that has chunky gill's that would have liked that. They're big enough I caught em on a #7 Rapala.

[PBUG2009]

i was thinking 1/80 oz size 10 would be a real good size....looks like a killer to me.

[ScottV]

That ought to get em Skip.

[snake River]

are you sure that you're not making jigs for trout skip that is definitely a killer and I'm sure the bluegills are going to love it.

[skiptomylu]

are you sure that you're not making jigs for trout skip that is definitely a killer and I'm sure the bluegills are going to love it.

LOL, I can make trout jigs too, just don't get many call from guys that fish trout. I do have at least one guy that fishing trout.

I stock down to 1/80, but don't get many calls for them and even the 1/64, don't move much. So I was thinking about adding a Blue Gill page to my site. That is kind of why i am asking some of this.

Oh and I have a DVD that I just bought that is going to teach me some new stuff that will just open the door that much more. DVD was not cheap either.

Thanks guys,
Skip

[Fatman]

Nice jig, just hope you can sell enough to cover the necks you'll use to tie them. They seem to cost a fortune!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2 months ago I bought a ginger saddle hackle from Whiting and it ran me $45 bucks, hope it lasts a while.

Fatman

[skiptomylu]

Nice jig, just hope you can sell enough to cover the necks you'll use to tie them. They seem to cost a fortune!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2 months ago I bought a ginger saddle hackle from Whiting and it ran me $45 bucks, hope it lasts a while.

Fatman

LOL, that is the question for sure. I am thinking of a partial solution, but I am not going to use my $72 cape that is coming or the $150 full skin of a Medium Barred Ginger Rooster.

I have some other ideas about this, but I think most are more in line with crappie jigs as I bought some Full Hen skins too and will use that as hackle too. Mature Bird is $35 and has great feathers just like his roosters. Also some less than dry fly quality capes should have some that will work. I have some of them coming too.

Skip

[STUMP HUNTER]

Jig looks like a good one for gills.