"minner imataters "

http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/a...9/rosyred1.jpg


This is what I am trying to imitate. It is a color phase of the fathead minnow,

I tied one with a bit of orange bucktail the other with red/barred orange marabou. The other two are shiner imatations.

http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/a...9/DSC00210.jpg

I think for final model I will go with orange/gold heads on the jigs. The orange colored fathead goes by many nicknames . Ruby Reds , Rosy Reds and on and on. I have had good success with the real thing as a trout bait and ice fishing bait. For whatever reason they outfish normally colored fatheads by a substansial margin.

hays

ya said it before I could even post the body and tail colors look really good but the head color unpainted breaks up the match!! Might have to play a little to match the color of their head like a real pale orange and I see what you mean with the gold (the eye of the minnow) hey it took me a minute LOL.

Either way buddy NICE!!!!!!!!!

Fatman

very NICE Hays :cool:

Those are very nice. :cool:

closest color chenille i can think of to that color on them minnows would be (Bait fish in #2,or #3)Then I would use a little red 140 denier for the collar between the jig head and start of the wrapped chenille to imitate red gills.Flat fish carries the color (Baitfish):D

I like the marabou you need some power paint on the head I believe a light orange or something close to that maybe a crawfish color.

Tight lookin jigs. Just enough flash.

http://i962.photobucket.com/albums/a...1029/Rosie.jpg

Improved but still spearminting. Head color be tuff.

Nice Hays keep em coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fatman