Hello and my jigs

Well I guess I should say hello. Didn't see an introduce yourself section so. From Washington, way out on the coast. Lots of places to fish but not a ton of crappie/panfish, not that I can catch anyway.

I have a jig I was looking for feedback on from some who might have an idea if they will work.
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...llection-1.jpg

Does anyone think they will work for anything? I have caught rainbow trout, cutthroat, and sea bass on them and caught steelhead on larger ones.

Anyone think they might work for crappie, bream, perch, hybrids and other panfish?

If they are small enough, bream (bluegill, sunfish, perhaps perch) should do well.

If you don't mind sharing, how are you making them? Very interesting. Welcome to the board and thanks for posting.

Good stuff - are you weaving?

those look fine. I think they will work great for bream and other small panfish i dont know if crappie will eat that or not. but they might. you never know till you try. Welcome to the site. I use to live in washington. I lived in the mountains of north bend. Good see a fellow fisherman from there.

i would think gills would do well on them and so would perch what size hooks are they

Those look real close to hellgramites insects in some of the rivers I fish.Tie something off the back and you would have a crayfish look-alike as well. Bet you could do very well catching smallmouth bass and rock bass.

Please give some info on what the materials are...... are they weighted?

The curved ones in the pictures are size 8 mustad 37160 hooks. I have tied them on size 10 and 12 so I think I can make ones small enough for just about anything. On straight hooks I have tied them on sizes as small as 16 but with only a couple crochets they really don't look right. I think the straight one is an extra long size 4 or 6 right off the top of my head, and that one is weighted. The curved ones might be, might not be. Can be done either way. They do sink without being weighted.

I have tied these one hooks for size 16 all the way up to 5/0.

I have seen a lot of woven patterns so I would have to say no. These are crocheted. I have only seen one way to do it so it the best way I know to explain it. I actually use a crochet hook to tie them but it can be done without one.

Since those who want to make their own will find out how anyway. :p Crochet fly tying instructions I have tried to sell these before without much luck but I have a bunch to offer if anyone is interested.

I couldn't find anything on the site rules about selling anything so if there is something I need to do or get permission someone please let me know.

I can weight them or leave them plain, all depends on how I tie them. Almost all of the smaller ones are weighted by using lead core trolling line. Makes a really nice base that I can use pliers on to flatten a little to really give a nice clean appearance.

Base material can also be chenille, vernille or whatever else so you can add a scent or add some under color that can show between the segments.

Larva Lace is the material I prefer for the crochet. Works really well and makes nice tight crochets. They lack some colors I would really like to have in the hallow stuff but oh well. I am not sure that bright colors like chartreuse and orange would work for most pan fish anyway. Trout they might as I have caught them on orange colored ones but crappie and perch might be turned off by them. Will post pictures of the bright colored ones. Larva lace does have a new material that is a lot brighter so it is an option now but it is solid and not hallow so the crochet segments will look different. Might be better, might not, won't know until I can afford to get some and try it.

Oh, just in case anyone wanted to know, Larva lace is now owned by Hagens, the site follows:

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It took me more than a month to find the new site.

The large ones are not tied with Larva Lace, it is regular craft lace. Larva laces is just not big enough to use. I can make the large ones with it but the cost is prohibitive.

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...Smalljigs1.jpg
Smaller ones, size 10-4
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l2...l/BigJigs1.jpg
Bigger ones, size 2-5/0

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I hope you enjoy the site and this board. I am one of the Mods on this board so if you have any questions I will be happy to answer them. However I am going out of town tomorrow and will be back Jan 1. Got to visit my son and his family as he is still recovering from being blown up by an IED in Baghdad 2 years ago today. So am heading to Tampa where he is now.

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Cool looking tie you have there though and I like them.

Skip

Thank you skip, now I know so I don't have a post vanish on me. :)

Those are really cool, the black and yellow looks just like a catapla worm. Should catch some bream for sure.