Non-Standard Jig Tying Materials

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Got a chance to tie some jigs recently with materials that are not your normal stuff. These three have really produced a lot of nice crappie. The one on the top has been beaten to death, catching about 150 fish. It has a body that starts with some of the wife's' reddish-purple yarn, then wrapped with a long grizzly hackle. Then the hackle is trimmed down. The tail is a small grizzly hackle.
The middle jig is not the original. After about 150 fish, it came unwound, so I rewrapped with the green sparkle braid. The tail is a bit larger grizzly hackle.
The bottom jig has a black yarn body, over-wrapped with peacock herl. The tail is a hackle from an old cape. The only problem with this jig is that the peacock herl is not very durable. Fortunately peacock herl is pretty cheap.
I "inherited" a very large number of capes with a multitude of colors, enough that I don't think I'll have time to use all of the combinations that I've already tied. Such a sad problem to have.

Look good to me, I use a lot of household items for jigs.

Looks good to me. While I tie a lot with Maribu and deer hair, I'm getting ready to try some craft fur the Mrs snagged up at a clearance sale. Keep it up Sky

cp, I got some arctic fox fur from Skiptomylou. He gave me a good price on it, cheaper than what it was at other sites. Thus far, I have only tied two jigs with it (right before we went to Montana), and now I don't know where I put them (halfzeimers again). Since I just came down with a bug, maybe that fox fur should be used to make some more "different" jigs. Let me know how the craft fur works out. My wife is always at the craft store. Well, actually she is always at one or the other grandkid's house.

Attachment 285215Attachment 285216Bigsky you inspired me to break out the vice. All 1/8 ounce. One pic is taken with flash engaged on the camera, one pic is without flash, It shows off the flashabou fur nicely.

I have been busy too with the cold weather.

Some very nice looking color combos there, ledge. Hope you don't mind if I tie some of those myself.

how about a jig swap, Bigskyfisherman? not a big swap, just a couple of my favorite colors?

Nice Jigs TC, you got busy with it!