First time tie

[lcookie]

Made these this week. Looking for constructive criticism and pointers.

Thanks,

[M_a_c_k]

Looks good for your first... the bottom left could have a shorter skirt... keep up the good work! And you should join www.jigcraft.com so you have 2 places to post your work. :D

[gabowman]

They'll catch fish like they are. I love the green and blue one. Great colors where I fish.

[revtoby]

Tails a little long but awesome first ties... Keep up the good work.

[yellowjacket]

they look good for ur first time tying. i LOVE the one with the blue head

[lcookie]

Thanks folks. I still need to get the tail length down in my head. I purchased some jigs from the local tackle store and some of those had tails way longer than the ones I tied. I take it they do it that way so that I can cut it to the length that I want. I plan on taking my lil girl to get some bream this weekend so I just finished these up. Any help still welcomed.
I think I got the bug.


Thanks,

[yellowjacket]

r these flys or jigs? they look pretty good. good luck this weekend

[lcookie]

Flys

[waxnslabs]

My jigs didn't look no where near that good when I started, nice work. And a long tail isn't a bad thing. Doesn't matter as much as to what it looks like out of the water as to what it does in the water. Sometimes a longer tail will trigger more bites bc of the more action it offers. I've been pulling 3 inch shad out of my catches lately.

[skiptomylu]

Not bad for your first one and mostly all you need is practice tying. As far as tail length a lot of people have critized my tail length and some I do tie shorter, but most I tie longer and I have a lot of customers that like the longer tails. I feel that sometimes longer tails get bit more because they have more action. On the other hand sometimes crappie don't want a lot of action, like very early spring and a couple years back I started using kip tail jigs then more and they do very well at that time.

I say tie them like you want to fish them and take some long and some shorter and see what does better for you. I know I sure catch my share every spring with longer than most using marabou Roadrunners in 1/32 and no one can tell me they are too long because the fish prove it to me every year, over and over again. I also tie my hackle tails a bit longer than many, but feel it's a personal thing as to what each person likes.

If someone tells me they want a jig that is within a certain length I try by best to tie the jig the length they want.

So just keep tying and use both kins and see what you end up liking, but you have to fish them at different times of the year to know what really works best. I think I know, but that's me and not anyone else. Be true to your self and make your self happy as it's a great hobby so as long as they work who cares how long or short the tail is.

The single most important thing is make them durable so they don't start coming apart after just a few fish.

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