T.S. Jig

[troutingintas]

T.S. JIG

Hook: #4 Gamakatsu jig hook.
Head: Bullet head - dark green nail polish (to match peacock herl)
Tag: Oval silver tinsel and yellow floss dressed long.
Tail: Peacock sword herl
Body: Rear 2/3 fluorescent green floss
Rib: Oval silver tinsel over fluorescent green floss
Veiling: Fluorescent green floss over rear half of body
Body: Front 1/3 peacock herl
Wing: Dyed fluorescent green squirrel tail.
Collar: Yellow hackle.

This fly is an adaption of the Taylor Special, a salmon fly which was created in 1986 by Arthur Taylor an artist from Lee, Main, USA. The front part of the body was originally made with green wool but later, Bill Taylor substituted peacock for the green wool. Another variation of Arthurs Taylor original dressed used either gray or red squirrel in the wing, peacock herl mid-wing and peacock sword for the tail.
As a trout jig, it would work well in summer when grasshoppers are on the menu.
Do crappies like grasshoppers?