Thread: Non-Standard Jig Tying Materials

Got a chance to tie some jigs recently with materials that are not your normal stuff. These three have really produced a lot of nice crappie. The one on the top has been beaten to death, catching about 150 fish. It has a body that starts with some of the wife's' reddish-purple yarn, then wrapped with a long grizzly hackle. Then the hackle is trimmed down. The tail is a small grizzly hackle.
The middle jig is not the original. After about 150 fish, it came unwound, so I rewrapped with the green sparkle braid. The tail is a bit larger grizzly hackle.
The bottom jig has a black yarn body, over-wrapped with peacock herl. The tail is a hackle from an old cape. The only problem with this jig is that the peacock herl is not very durable. Fortunately peacock herl is pretty cheap.
I "inherited" a very large number of capes with a multitude of colors, enough that I don't think I'll have time to use all of the combinations that I've already tied. Such a sad problem to have.