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[1aB]

Since my first in 1960 or so, I've tied a few jigs, but...have never used or even held in my hands chenille. So, what is the mid-body wrap called and what is it for?

[skiptomylu]

Chenille is the body part of jigs that use chenille like most of mine. It is not pipe cleaners or that stuff you get at walmart either. Good tying chenille comes in Rayon and Nylon with Nylon being a little more costly and make for a neater jig.

Skip
Here is a pic of chenille...

[laserdoc]

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It is called chenille. Guess it makes the body bigger and it hides all the thread you use to tie stuff on.

[poppop]

Now let me ask another dumb question. After you hide the thread with the chenille..how do you keep the chenille from coming loose.

[laserdoc]

flex glue. A little dab will do ya

[skiptomylu]

Mostly with a good whip finish after trapping it with the thread. Actually I don't think my jigs would come apart even if I didn't put that one drop of thinned glue.

So my answer is with the thread and a whip finish. Some like a different knot, but the whip finish is king.

Skip

[poppop]

thanks guys

[skiptomylu]

Oh and you trap it before you cut it off to length.

Skip

[JUNGLEJIMJIGS]

Check out Skip's sticky on this page titled "How to tie a jig." He ties with chenille on that jig. It takes you right through on the steps. That's some awesome looking NEW AGE CHENILLE in Skip's photo.I need to get some of those colors.What colors are these Skip?

[fish_4_all]

Since my first in 1960 or so, I've tied a few jigs, but...have never used or even held in my hands chenille. So, what is the mid-body wrap called and what is it for?

As far as I know it is called the thorax or body. Some call it the mid section, some call it the shank section.

As for what it is for, just to give the jig or fly some body and size. This sets it off from the tail section and also creates a nice thick section that is normally just a little bit bigger or slightly smaller than the head of the jig. Most critters that fish eat that I have found have a larger body than their head but most jigs I see are just the opposite.