Hey Guys-

I've been stalking your posts over the last week or so and have made a first attempt at tying my own jigs.

If the jigs below look familiar it is because I have absolutely plagiarized the designs I have seen posted.

My question is why do you primarily tie a thin tail design/streamline design? I tied a few last night (not pictured, I don't have those pics on my phone) that used both the tip of the feather and the "marabou" section of the feather to give the jig a much fluffier look around the hook.

Is there a benefit to the more streamline look? Have y'all found it to more effective on crappie?

I have tied about 15 jigs so far and all but about 3 or 4 of them are the style shown below. I didn't branch out and use the marabou section of the feather until last night.

Thanks for all the help, your discussions have provided. Sorry about stealing your designs.

BTW, one more quick question. I used powder coat to paint my jig heads. I made sure to run a needle through the eye tie before curing but about half of them still closed up while they were in the oven, which was unfortunate at best. I have gone to simply not heat treating the heads after powder coat. How will they hold up? My thought process was, I will probably loose the jig before the paint wears off the head of the jig even if I don't cure it.