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Very creative Tom!! Horizontal balance factor reminds me of my old ice-fishing fav lure (Rapala Ice jig) that exhibited the same, at rest profile. Ice jig is also a great open-water vertical jigging bait. Just another thought...if you take a conventional jighead, normal knot, then do 2 half-hitches to secure the "balance point" on body(chenille)...stay tuned, one for the laboratory.:fish:yikesQuote:
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This shows the hook with the bead and dressmaker pin attached to each other. Then you tie any jig pattern you like. Attachment 366153
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I have some larger ones up closer to 1/8 oz done in this fashion after catching a couple videos by Crappie Hippy. If you don't mind, what size and type beads are you using to obtain the light weights? Thank you a lot, and those jigs look great. Eric.
Mostly 3/16 and 5/32 inch diameter brass beads. I use 1/8" diameter brass on my smaller bluegill nymph jig flies. These are 1/8 brass beads and weigh around 1/120 oz and I fish these under a fixed float down to about 6 feet These are Diachii 4640 size 14's..Attachment 366237Attachment 366238
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During the hard water season I use a spring bobber on all my ice fishing rods. These will detect the lightest bites.
During the soft water season I use a Thill balanced bobber. These are balanced with solder or lead wire to upset with the weight of a given lite jig weight. This system works well detecting up bites and adds weight to help for casting distance.
Good info great discussion
Tom
Where do you get your pin and beads?
Here in South Louisiana, I seek out panfish mostly. I occasionally tie my own micro jigs (1/64, 1/80) and have been very successful with the following setup. Shakespeare micro ultralight rod (7ft/6in), Lew's Laser Lite Speed Spin loaded with Stren 2lbs test mono, (optional 1.5 Comal peg float), BB or 3/0 split shot 18inches above micro jig.
The best technique is to cast and slow retrieve without float or cast and slow jigging retrieve with float. The rod and reel are inexpensive and allows you to cast smaller jigs a greater distance. Here are some that work for me.
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Nice work on those micro jigs. They will catch every thing in the lake sometimes.
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My advice: make sure hook gap is adequate when using large diameter lures. Too small a gap and fish are lost because of poor hook sets. I use braid in 2# diameter/ 8 # test. If using a 1/64 oz jig and small plastic lure, I go with a fluorocarbon leaders of 4# test for better lure action, better strike sensitivity and less line bow. But if the lure is heavier overall - IE using a 4" Kut Tail worm, I go with straight braid.
The number of soft plastic lures that catch any fish including panfish is unlimited. You can even use parts of large soft plastic lures such as this tail cut from a 5" finesse worm:
https://i.imgur.com/KoFu2ZN.jpg
Beetle Spins with small soft plastic like the Crappie Magnet (left photo) does very well:
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Kut Tail rigged on a 1/64 oz jig with #4 hook (left) and a 1/24 oz jig with same hook size (right):
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https://i.imgur.com/L4FDvX8.jpg
This year I'm going to use 1/64 and 1/32 oz jigs more often and with more soft plastic designs and sizes.