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I went a lil out of my comfort zone with this one. The tail is pearl core braid that is stiffer than chenille. It has just enough strength to hold itself straight. Tying the tail feathers to the braid can definitely get the blood boiling! So you might want to make sure no small children are around. The best way I found is to clamp the feathers to the braid with hemostats and then tie.
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I like it!
Very cool looking.
I like those a lot. I bet the tail has a lot of action.
That is so sweet. I gotta make me some.
That is a very different tie for sure but I like it. I wonder if a snell know will hold the feathers in the braid? Maybe with some head cement or super glue.
I really like that one!!!
It looks like a huge Chironomid! That's one of the main forage foods for my Crappie in the winter here.
That is what I like about this forum. Everyone is so creative. Glad you stepped out of your comfort zone on thhat one. It is a "Thriller" In honor of MJ some fish will be saying Oooooh Oooooh:D:D
That is a really cool lookin jig!!! Awesome job
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Originally Posted by RonDon
That is fantastic!
Very nice!
It 's good to try different things and let us know how you do with it. I wold like to know if the tail just turns into a stick looking when wet and if it does I would think about putting some Flex Cement along the stem to try and hold the tail apart some. I do that on my wing jigs along the stem to at least make them a twin tail and not just collapse when wet. However I do that with Guinea feathers and they are kind of wide so that may help them.
Nice work,
Skip
Great idea, I bet it's a b---- to tie. I might try one after a few "barley pops".
You should of loaned that to a tourny angler. Let him win a couple tourneys and then sold it to a big box mfg. Could of made MoMoney... That's SWEET!!
Thanks for the comps. I tied some of these a while back and got sidetracked... Kinda forgot about them. I dunked one in water but didnt see how it swam. I planned on using it vertically around treetops. As far as the tail having wiggle action on a retrieve, I think you would have to build up end of the tail like skip was referring to. But sitting still or slow moving it looks like the pic. There are definitely a couple things that can be added to improve it.
That's certainly "different" and it looks fishie. I like it.:)
Definitely outside the box. Looks good.
that is a cool looking jig I never thought about tying one up like that.
Nice jig!!!! Mybe try get the feathers in the braid and use a 3 turn whip finish to hold them there???
Fatman
Wow that's nice!
looks nice!interesting idea!ever think about using material such as hair ties for long hair?the material is stiff enough,has a piece of elastic inside of it.i used some to make a few bug lookin flys i haven't tested yet.with hair ties,they are so much easier to come by,because you can find em in most stores probly in all kinds of flashy colors.