Quote Originally Posted by skiptomylu View Post
I always start at the head and end at the head. I never put glue on before I am finished except with tying rabbit strips. I never have any that come apart. Also you can not feel where I put my glue, no hard spot at all and they hold up fine. Have had more than one person tell me they caught over 300 crappie on one single jig. I believe they do just fine with a good whip finish, I never use the half hitch!

also I make my own glue and the cost is cheap and one trip to the hardware store and that buy has last me 10 years and still don't need any more yet, not even close! I am sure the stuff I use is posted in the sticky post at the top of this page!
Seeing you are from texas, I think I already know the answer to this.. but have you ever dropped a micro tied jig down an ice hole and had bluegills peck at it? They'll grab that tail and keep on tugging until its gone. Your fish down there could swallow these micro jigs in a second, but not up here.. all they do is peck. I've got a bag full of marabou jigs missing the marabou from fishing around bluegills.

I've never had a crappie destroy a jig, not one I've tied nor one I've bought. Crappie are the "gummers" of the fish species, they don't grab and pull. Bluegills grab and pull.

With a standard "crappie jig" I don't think it is really an issue.. but I'm sure you already know that when you are tying a 1/100-1/64 with a #14-#8 hook there really is not a ton of room to wrap thread to secure the tails material. The extra glue helps!