New to jig tying coments?

[flytier]

Sorry a little blurred.

[skiptomylu]

You need some jig heads that don't have a collar. I am sure they will catch some crappie, but I need more close up pics to really see enough to say much. Still good job for being new to this. Keep tying and get some heads that don't have a collar!

[flytier]

Thanks: Had a box of these laying around, didn't know that it mattered. Any colors better than the other? I see them all colors.

[kickingback]

They look good for first ties! Like skip said, you can get some collarless jig heads to tie and make the "body" look more like the baits body but I started with collars too and I caught a few on them as well. I had a bit bigger body but they worked. The colors depend on your lake your fishing and the weather conditions mainly. Black/chartreuse are preferred in lakes I fish and even at night. But pink heads, char, orange, black, red and green are all good colors in my book.

[skiptomylu]

Thanks: Had a box of these laying around, didn't know that it mattered. Any colors better than the other? I see them all colors.

Colors like he said depends some on the lake you fish, but some things just seem to work very well most ay place. Chartreuse of course is probably number one to go with most any other color to make a combo. I really like Chart/Blue/Chart for stained water, Silver/Silver/Blue, Silver/Blue/White, Silver/Chart/Blue maybe these more for water I can see at least 3' down. Chart and black. Pink or Pink and Chart. Personally I think blue and Chart is at least as good as Black and Chart and not just in my lake. Also a color that seems to travel well and not so often used is Silver/Ginger/Purple. I have a fried that is a guide and he uses that in 1/32 oz jigs and He uses it on the lakes he fishes around where he lives, but also when he come here for a weekend of fishing. He kills the crappie on this little jig!

[BuckeyeKdog]

Collars make it tough, but you can always use the collar to your advantage. Wrap your chenille on the collar and keep your feathers on the hook. I use collars a lot especially for bucktail and hair jigs as well as some maribou. the collar adds size to a body and when tying feathers over the collar lets you add a bit of bulk to the look of the jig without going overboard on materials.

[skiptomylu]

Collars make it tough, but you can always use the collar to your advantage. Wrap your chenille on the collar and keep your feathers on the hook. I use collars a lot especially for bucktail and hair jigs as well as some maribou. the collar adds size to a body and when tying feathers over the collar lets you add a bit of bulk to the look of the jig without going overboard on materials.

I do like a collar if tying hair.

[flytier]

Is hackle on collar a good or bad idea?

[skiptomylu]

It looks fine and may well be, but if something cuts the steam, the jig is pretty much done so maybe tie in a piece of copper wire before you tie in the hackle and then after the hackle is tied in wrap the copper wire over the hackle to help protect it and keep it in place even if cut. Lots of fly patterns call for the wire over palmered hackle.

[flytier]

Good idea thanks.