Originally Posted by
azslabber
I caught two largemouth with a jig like this one yesterday.I was going to make a pair of them,but got lazy.What a mistake that was.It's an 1/8 oz. football head with no collar.Custom poured for me by Grousefly.Has a 1/0 long shanked hook that I was going to use for hellgramites.When it is wet it looks like a little black snake in the water.So a leech or something that is swimming in that lake for sure.Did'nt get to use it long as I got it hung up.Bouncing it off the bottom was the best way that I found to use it.I painted it black,cleaned the eye out good,then I cured it for about 5 minutes and then poured a light coat of Pro Tek red in the cap of the jar,then just dipped the ends of the jig into that light layer of paint so it would'nt get too big for the eye.I had a couple of them with a white eye,chartruse eye,but they wanted the one that was red.???Tied with black marabou,no flash or anything.Just El Natural.I put a wrap of black #3 chenille back to the bend of the hook before tying on feathers.