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Okay, I have been tying jigs for a long time for salmon and steelhead but I see a lot of different proportions and locations for jigs for crappie and other panfish.
If some of you don't mind, could you tell me and anyone who wants to use this where you would put the following: (please)
Body
Tail
Wings
Legs
Wing Case
Anything else
Well since I'm new to tying I think on a #4 hook I would bring the tail out to B1/2 or C and a #2 hook a bit past A. Body on a#4 hook G to the head and #2 f to the head
I would do a websearch on Dogpile Web Search and type in Steelhead jigs. You can then see what is being made and used effectively and then duplicate and replicate as needed.
Generally when I tie my crappie jigs I like my tail to extend past the hook no more than 1/3 the total size of the hook to eliminate short strikes. I use the same principal if I was tying a "Wooly Bugger" for trout. Your best help IMHO would be to search what is already effective and then adopt to your own style.
I like the bodies of my jigs to go from D to I, at least 4 to I. The tails I like to extend out to A, and probably a little beyond. I like my jig length to be about twice the length of the hook, maybe slightly less.
Well I don't know much about the fish you are after, but I like my jigs as follows. Body to the hook point, but not passed the barb. I like the tail a little longer than in your pic, but it's hard to tell with that drawing?? On tail length and want it about 2x the length of the hook or maybe a little longer if it's a short hook, but I am counting the part tied in that goes all the way to the head.
That is the most important part of the jigs so I can't say too much about legs and wings.
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Well this is about crappie, not steelhead. I know what works for them.
This is more of a general consensus to help others have a starting point for crappie.
Here is thge way I do it... I wrap the thread, eyeball the tail, string on some chennile, glue, glue, glue some more and let dry. I do catch fish on them!!
I had one heck of a time getting my swap jigs to look consistent, never done 25 of the same thing before. My last one did not look the same as the first, but I do believe my last one looked the best! Just throw one together and remember, a razor is close by for quick disassembley. :D I just took apart about 10 last night that I made a year ago that never caught a fish! :o Oh well!
I have always read that the body on a fly or jig or whatever should run from the hook point to the backside of the eye, and the tail should be 1 1/2 the hook shank, hook shank being from the point of the hook to the eye.
Have always tried to follow this rule. And i have tied everything from bass hair bugs to small nymphs, and it seems to work for me.
Fish I tie Mine depending upon what I'm tring to do today I caught 43 crappie and 1 black bass and 1 brim on the same jig I tie it with small chennel I start at the 1/2 bend in the hook and go all the way to the head with variouse goodies added in sometimes I tie the boddies short I either go long or short I try to stay away from mid-range bodies.The jig today was like a sickle butt with fins coming out the perch-minnow effect