Mixed up

Spoke to my brother in Atlanta Tuesday and he told me that all of the jigs I had given him at Christmas were hung in the brush over in Stone Mountain Lake.:( Said he could use some more when I got time. He saw the Guinea feather jigs I had tied and posted and asked for some of those. I told him I'd fix him up.I haven't sat at the desk for this long in a good while. Thought y'all might want to take a look. If Jim's looking, here's a preview. They are from 1/80 to 1/16. Them little ones are cool.:cool:

Nice looking jigs. I like those blue/gray head with gray body and tail jigs a lot.

Those look great skeetbum.

hey skeet they are nice. gettn ready to tie some guinea feather jigs myself. Bought like 7 different colors. Last fall from flatfish.

I can be at Stone Mountain in a few hours so tell your brother to let me know when he gets those jigs hung up in trees and I'll go retrieve them!! :D
Very nice jigs. I like the small jig too but I like the looks of all of em, nice work :).

Looks great! I have some Guinea, but never tied or fished any.

Hey Skeet you like Guinea huh? I have one for you, but a little harder to tie since the feather stem has to sit on top of the hook shank and be perfectly flat going across the back or bottom depending on how your looking at it. I first tied one of these (which was something I just dreamed up) about 4 years ago and took it out and caught lots of bass and crappie. Most everything wanted it as I pulled it along like I do everything in the spring. Gonna put a picture in a minute, but let me explain tying it. You have to cut you feather into one of my little V's, LOL! Then hold it well and tie in on your hook like you see in this picture and once you finish thing the jig keep it in you vise, flat! I use some flex glue I make, but Flexament will do just fine. Anyway take some home made tool of wood, like a big tooth pick or wood skewer like I use and dip in in the glue and just put a little going right down that stem on both sides and on both sides of the feathers and let it dry. This will help keep the feather from just collapsing on it's self and keep the tips apart. I call is a wind jig and I don't make them on the cheap end and they are a bit of a pain to make, but they work great!

If you have any questions just PM me.
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Here is it below...
http://thumpitjigs.com/images/Captur...5-23_00007.JPG

they look good skip,i especialy like the tiny ones because i use tiny sizes most the time

Very nice Skeet.You are a good brother,lol.

Hey Skeet, heres a tip to save some jigs. Get a couple 1 oz casting weight and a paper clip. Run your line and the casting weight eyelet on the paper clip. Let them slide down the line to knock the jig loose. It will usually get them loose, if not, let some slack in the line and the weight falls below the jig snag. A few quick jerks and this will do the trick. I started doing this a few months ago. At first I thought I'd lose the jig and the 1-oz weight. Surprisingly, I have yet to lose the first jig or weight since I've been doing this. Give it a try.

Thanks for all the good words folks. NP, Like a plugknocker with a spin. I like it. My brother is coming on with the crappie fishing but his time is more limited than mine. He and my Nephew chase green fish a lot and there isn't a good lake nearby that gives up Crappie on a regular basis. So if they lose a few, I can deal with it. We all know that if you're not getting hung up, you're not fishing in the right place.
Agrihawg, that's probably my favorite of my hand ties. It put's a lot of fish in the boat. I've tied it with neck hackle, maribou, and those are soft hen saddle hackle, and they all work. Just a touch of red and the chenille varies from plain gray to shiny white, still works good. Try some if you haven't already, you'll like the results.
Skip, looking forward to the pics, your ideas always get my mind running. That's the floss we spoke of in the gray jigs, I think it's called flex floss. Real easy to work with. The mailman made me happy also, the colors are great. Thanks. Shot some docks today and came home with 6 nice fat keepers. All on my hand ties. Also saw a cloud of shad as big as my Jimmy today, them fish are gonna be fat soon. Tight lines, one and all.

Well I hope it runs in a good direction, LOL! That jig is kind of my representation of a twin tail.

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