Bluegill jigs

An assortment of big bluegill jigs going to Nebraska.


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Nice photo. They look good.

That is a nice assortment of gill jigs there LedHed.
I'm thinking those Neb. gills are in for a rough time. ole Mike

Thnx Mike – getting use to a new camera. Like the macro feature.

Ole Mike

Been catching some really nice BGs out here with them.

The bodies in the middle row.... you just building them up with thread or is that some other material?

great assortment of jigs right there.

Fatman

Thnx again Fatman

AWM
Correct - the body is built up with 3/0 flat wax thread. The trick is to get good penetration with your first sealing coat.

are you putting down a base wrap and adding a tad of sealant and then toss on a bunch of wraps to start building up the body and a touch of sealant and repeat until the body is complete?

AWM
I do the base wrap, tie in crystal flash and red thread. Then add the marabou tail - this helps build the body. Finish building up the body and tie off. I don't add any sealant during the tie only after the jig is tied up. I tie in production mode, usually 12 of one pattern at a time so waiting for sealnt to dry would take too long. The jigs I tie are tuff enough - if it only catches one fish, it did it's job.

Thanks buddy!!