Exceptional Jig

[macon123]

Dollar Tree dollar store often carries mylar shredding for gift bag stuffing in silver, gold and red. The brand name is Viola. I took some 1/16 ounce leadheads from Walmart , powder painted the heads in red and used red thread....tied some jigs with the silver; clipping each doubled strand off at a random angle just behind the hook and added one strand of red down the sides for a stripe. This is done in a fan shape and makes a vertical skirt at the strands of mylar are flat. So far to date, it's caught 20 species of fish....5 saltwater and 15 freshwater including crappie. A friend up in PA, fishing below a dam in the winter, limited out three times in an hour on rainbow trout using it.

The other day I was lookng through Wal Mart at the Christmas clearance stuff and picked up holographic icicles marked down from 2 dollars to 50 cents. It really makes a fine looking flashy jig, refracting a variety of colors in the glitz.

The 16th ounce size works the best of all, if I make them bigger, the catch rate falls off dramatically. Just got lucky when I tied the first one.