November

[Micanopy]

I was thinking as I lay in bed last night. Imagining what I might make in the morning. I like the two tone look of mixed marabou in the tail. I like a slim skunk stripe along the length of the chenille. So…….




Wally Marshall says his favorite color combination is blue and white. Here I have two ways of showing blue and white. White body - blue tail - whisp of white marabou, with chartreuse stripe. White tail, whisp of blue marabou, blue body, white skunk stripe.






Wally also likes white and chartreuse and lime and chartreuse. I like purple and chartreuse and orange and chartreuse.





Pink and white is also a favorite of mine. That bottom jig looks really nice in hand. I managed isolate some whispy feathers and lash them in. Pink atop, white belly.


The peacock herls might be fragile and may disappear and falter in action, but boy do they look cool when you have the jig in hand. The light dances much like the flash of a minnow just under the surface. You see it but then it’s gone. My lakes are all stained tanic brown. The degree to which varies for some reason. Different lakes, different times of the year, etc. So a touch of flash might be attractive, might not, but it certainly cannot be if it doesn’t exist. The tinsels seem to provide good flash but I tend to add too much of the stuff. I go wild and end up trimming away once finished tying.


BTW- that bottom jig last shot has a different head. It has the same 6.5 mm neon rhinestone eye, but on a 1/24th oz head. The others are 1/10th ounce. Then there is this one at 1/2 ounce.



This is for dropping almost straight down beside the boat. I can accurately gauge the depth of the jig because the line is short and I can lift rod and gauge it. I like to run these just up from the bottom, maybe two feet up. My lakes are shallow affairs, average depth about six feet. So easy to run these at four feet deep.

I have no idea how well these will work, but imagine they will equal my best plastic baits.

The club called my boss and demanded that he let me attend the next meeting. I thought that was very nice. I wonder what they need me to do. LOL. I plan to carry along a pile of my jigs, both hand ties and plastics to gift away to the old todgers that can barely walk. Let them grope a handful for themselves to take home and imagine fishing with. Sucks to be 97 years old. You might think otherwise but at some point a man gets trapped inside a useless body. The young girls no longer notice, and if they do they just giggle. I am telling you it ain’t for everybody.

A long long time ago a very wise embalmer told me something. He said don’t go jogging around the neighborhood. He said flatly, you will live longer if you sit in the shade and drink beer. Good advice of you live in Florida. If I get to 75 I will be happy with my lot and have no grievances when I meet the maker. I might change my mind once I get close, but being in pain and such all day everyday isn’t for this boy.