before i knew about crappie jigs....

very many years before i knew what crappie jigs were and much less that i would be tieing crappie jigs my father is the one that brought home the $20.00 fly tieing kit from bass pro or cabalas this had to be at least 10 or more years ago that i got in to fly/jig tying the vise that i was using didnt swivle adjust up and down and was very thin and filmsey i managed to tie a few jigs i didnt know how to finish them so i did the best i could :) and the other day i was going threw some stuff and i found them so i took some pictures and here they are

http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...21/photo-2.jpg

Well it's good to have that to compare huh? Nice!
Skip

Every one of us started somewhere. The longest journey starts with that first step.

crappie josh,
Those jigs look good.
I know that now you have made improvements in your addiction - even if it is only upgrading your vise (LOL).
Keep the pictures coming and let us know when you catch fish !
1perchjerker

To be able to look back to 10 years ago is good. Nice pic and thanks for sharing the story.

I can describe what Mine looked like,but I sure don't wanna show'im those color's tell Me You were headed the right way ! Your Dad must of had knowledge of the spieces He was after!

actualy dad brought the fly kit home and thats as far as he made it i read on the instruction book and mess around with it and thats what i came out with

And they caught fish too. My first ones came after watching an associate at BPS knoxville show me some basic technique, so I had a leg up. Nice to have history.

well that sad thing is i never really got the chance to try them cause i miss placed them shortly after and when i found them again im not real sure they would hold up in water with out coming undone :)

Neat to look back and see all you've learned now. Thanks for sharing the story. I saved my first jigs so I can look at them later. The crappie would probably like them as well as today's jigs, but I think we tie more for our eyes than for the crappie sometimes. LOL