New jig

Tried a new jig tonight. This is the second powder coated head I've tried and the first time I've tried 3 different tail colors.

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1/16 oz red sickle #4
Watermelon Flake powder paint
Reds Olive chenille body
Olive hackle
Tan hackle
Orange Marabou

Sweet jig Gator. Great work!!

Thanks! I'm very happy with how they are coming out only having tied about 20 jigs. I really like the way your jig heads look when "dressed". I'll get a couple more ready today and try them out Mon & Tue. Hopefully we can find someplace away from the flood waters.

Here is the first one I did.
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1/8 oz red sickle #2
Real Craw powder paint
Henry's Lake chenille body
Ginger hackle tail

terrific looking jig their gator .

Your doing great to be a beginner so just keep tying and experimenting. It's so much fun to do something different, but I will say sometimes I think my most simple jigs are the best fish catchers. I mean we love to get fancy and be colorful, but really some of my most successful jigs are simple, very simple. I have a color that I use a lot and do well, but there are a bunch of guys here on Toledo Bend that use it a lot too, well lets say 2 jig combos. Heck there is a guy that lives not all that far from me that only will use one jig color and it's been like this for 4-5 years ever since I got him to try it. Here is that jig....
http://thumpitjigs.com/images/DSC00583.JPG

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I really like that orange head... That jig looks sweet!

Nice work... Clean ties. Your a quick study man.

Thanks guys! Maybe I get a little touch from my grandfather. He tied and sold trout flys around Roaring River by Cassville MO for years. I use to watch him make them while we watched a baseball game on black & white TV (a VERY long time ago). Grandma would fix us root beer floats during the 7th inning!

Very nice color matches!

That watermelon flake wold be areal winner around here. Nice work, and the ties are sweet.