What's everyone's overall lenght of your #1 go to hand tie?
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What's everyone's overall lenght of your #1 go to hand tie?
Most times 1and halt inch but do go up to two and a half.
Depends what size fish are biting at the time,,,,
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Originally Posted by Takeum
And how they are biting. If they seem to be biting short or just the tail. I want it shortened up to get them closer to the hook
I always go smaller in the winter. Larger when they are deeper in the summer and the shad are getting bigger.
For me it depends on the materials I am using and that would be like 2" to 2 3/4" long. Even using the same hook size one of my jigs that is tied with say kiptail will be shorter than one I tie using marabou. I should also say changing size of the lead head and hook size (like going from a 1/32 #6 hook to 1/8 #2) will also change the size.
That's about as well as I can tell you what length my jigs are.
Good luck,
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My approach is to tie the same jig on several sizes til I find which one works best for me where I fish. A 1/16 is about an inch and a half and if it tie it bigger or smaller I just change the proportions to make it look balanced like the 1/16 is.
I tie from 1/4 to 1/64 jig heads. All of them have a time and place when I am out on the water.