New jig

[Gator Bait]

Tried a new jig tonight. This is the second powder coated head I've tried and the first time I've tried 3 different tail colors.



1/16 oz red sickle #4
Watermelon Flake powder paint
Reds Olive chenille body
Olive hackle
Tan hackle
Orange Marabou

[RonDon]

Sweet jig Gator. Great work!!

[Gator Bait]

Thanks! I'm very happy with how they are coming out only having tied about 20 jigs. I really like the way your jig heads look when "dressed". I'll get a couple more ready today and try them out Mon & Tue. Hopefully we can find someplace away from the flood waters.

Here is the first one I did.

1/8 oz red sickle #2
Real Craw powder paint
Henry's Lake chenille body
Ginger hackle tail

[snake River]

terrific looking jig their gator .

[skiptomylu]

Your doing great to be a beginner so just keep tying and experimenting. It's so much fun to do something different, but I will say sometimes I think my most simple jigs are the best fish catchers. I mean we love to get fancy and be colorful, but really some of my most successful jigs are simple, very simple. I have a color that I use a lot and do well, but there are a bunch of guys here on Toledo Bend that use it a lot too, well lets say 2 jig combos. Heck there is a guy that lives not all that far from me that only will use one jig color and it's been like this for 4-5 years ever since I got him to try it. Here is that jig....
http://thumpitjigs.com/images/DSC00583.JPG

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[VaCrappieMan]

I really like that orange head... That jig looks sweet!

[revtoby]

Nice work... Clean ties. Your a quick study man.

[Gator Bait]

Thanks guys! Maybe I get a little touch from my grandfather. He tied and sold trout flys around Roaring River by Cassville MO for years. I use to watch him make them while we watched a baseball game on black & white TV (a VERY long time ago). Grandma would fix us root beer floats during the 7th inning!

[Len]

Very nice color matches!

[skeetbum]

That watermelon flake wold be areal winner around here. Nice work, and the ties are sweet.