Quote Originally Posted by osbcpreacher View Post
does anyone tie their own jigs for bream fishing? My 10 year old daughter has been watching me tie crappie jigs and she has started tying her own. we are both new to this but shes doin a great job and i've caught over 130 crappie in 3 days fishing over the last 3 weeks with our jigs. Question is what size and patterns/colors are good for bream fishing? She wants to tie her own for bream fishing this summer. WE have been tying simple patterns for the crappie..just chenille bodies and marabou tails.. Any suggestions are appreciated and a pic here would be nice if ya have samples. Thanks and God Bless!

david
One of the most widely used, and most productive jig, is the "popeye jig". It's copied by alot of different people/companies, because it's an absolute killer bait !!
It's basically a ballhead lead on a fly hook, painted white with big black eyes painted on, and chicken hackle body tied on with red thread. Here's a local business that makes a version of it, so you can see what I'm describing : EFish911 Country - Where Anglers Meet

Locally, the size 0 (1/64oz) and size 1 (1/32oz) are used for many species of fish ... Gills, Cats, Crappie, Bass, etc. One of the most productive methods, especially for Gills, is to thread a waxworm/beemoth on the jig and put a clip-on bobber about 3-4ft up the line ... then fish the rock cliff banks/ledges during the monthly spawns. It's not uncommon to catch several other species, while fishing for Gills this way

It doesn't look to be too difficult a tie, if you have the components. One of the best colors for the Gills, is the black feathered version. I like the white and white/chartreuse ones for Crappie & White Bass.

... cp