I've been lucky enough as a newbie myself to fish with a few of these guys and see 1st hand how they do it. Rees gave some good advice on not tying a bunch up until you figure out what you like best. Even when you do, I wouldn't get carried away.

Right now, it seems I prefer having an egg sinker wrapped in the line (between the jig drops), and don't take anything apart when I wrap my rods up, but I'm sure having the weight on the bottom would be an advantage for changing weights if needed.

Here's a link that has more info: http://www.crappie.com/crappie/off-t...ging-jigs.html

Get a hold of Donnie here and order you some Gnats too : http://www.crappie.com/crappie/membe...cks-gnats.html