This is my first attempt at tying anything other than a squirrel tailed bream catching jig tied with sewing thread and I probably only tied a dozen of those. Got me a vise, some stuff including ceramic eyed bobbins, "real" thread (Danville 210), some maribou, some chenille and other accoutrements. My first jig didn't look too good because I trimmed the maribou. The next 3 looked alright I think. Fish catchable at least. It would have helped if I could remember to put flash in all of them as I make them.

So far I've learned that wrestling maribou to get it distributed around the jig and getting flash on both sides of the hook, takes some practice, or maybe a talent that I do not currently possess. Doing decent on the maribou distribution, but the flash wants to wind up all on one side.

I wanted a "Monkey Milk" look but the chenille is darker than it looked in the pictures on the website. Give me some honest feedback.