The Jelly and Hackle Jig..How to make them photos

I know many of you do not see all the other great forums on crappie.com so I wanted to post the jelly and hackle jigs here also. They are super easy to assemble but they are quite deadly on crappies as well as Bream. I usually use a jelly body and then thread hackle, marabou or flashabou through them. Use a needle with a large eye. Add a drop of super glue to the back of a jig head and thread the jelly body on to the jighead.


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sometimes I will also cut the tail off these and thread a marabou tail on too.

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Try this technique out the next time you want to create some jigs to fish with.

Nice info, thanks for sharing Ship!

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Nice info, thanks for sharing Ship!

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No problem. Got to keep the crappiehappy.

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Great information and photo directions.
This should be in the archives or a sticky

thanks

Those are great - where do you get the jelly bodies from?

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Originally Posted by richstick

Those are great - where do you get the jelly bodies from?

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Go to the DYI plastics forum here on Crappie.com and send a pm to Snake River who is Bob Hinkle. He will fix you right up with the Jilly Jelly bodies.

I want to publicly thank the moderators as well as Snake River for their consideration and approval in making this topic a stickie. This has been posted in the DYI plastics forum for over six months but we were still getting a ton of inquiries on the process. By posting this as a stickie I believe we have helped several youth groups because they now have a project that their groups or even teacher's classrooms can do.

This also may spur many individuals to get into tying jigs by giving them a feeling of confidence that they accomplished something and actually made something that catches fish. Thank you one and all.

Making your own jigs is an art. Ive been at it for over 6 yrs now. I learn something new everyday, from you guys here at CDC...THANKS!!!

in the future we will have many different designs of plastic bodies and we will post them as they are available if you have a youth group that is starting into tying jigs or making jelly in the previous steps above it would like donation of bodies for your group please let me know we will be more than happy to donate them if anyone else has questions on building jelly jigs I would be more than happy to answer all questions there are many different materials to be used for the tail Mike has used hackle also marabou also you can use silicone rubber or living rubber for the tail also you may add crystal/to anyone other materials or more flash this is a wonderful hobby to get into either using rubber bodies or making your own personal jigs is our posted on this page is a world of fun also it is a beautiful hobby to have we've been at it for over 45 years and we never grew tired of it yet we started out when we were about 15 years old we are 64 years old now we started out way before many of the materials were available especially jig heads we only had a few different ones to work with this was way back before plastics were introduced such is skirts in many of the plastic bodies that are used now for crappie fishing I hope everyone will enjoy making these jelly jigs and of course regular jigs have fun.

When using hackle or marabou you will want to cut the stem at about 2.25 inches from the tip. That stem in that area should be thin enough to just thread a little in the needle eye. When you pull it through, I try to make the overall length about 2 inches.

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What a great thread, there are so many directions you can go from here, laminates????? I have one question though super glue..doesn't it have an effect on plastic? I've tried to glue eye's on and there's something happen that they fall off?

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try this next time

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shipahoy41 said well here again i love your romans 12;9-19 as well as your ideas on the sharpie i have took your
tetnique a step farther by using this on marbu as well as bucktail and use a blue and chartruse with black bars and a red tail sortof the grizly effect so to say and have had realy great success thanks for the tips and im sure ill be using it in many other ways in the future as well thanks for shareing your tips its greatly apreciated thanks again .

hers some pics for yaAttachment 65038Attachment 65039
the trick works well on bucktail as well as mabu and even hackel feathers

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shipahoy41 said well here again i love your romans 12;9-19 as well as your ideas on the sharpie i have took your
tetnique a step farther by using this on marbu as well as bucktail and use a blue and chartruse with black bars and a red tail sortof the grizly effect so to say and have had realy great success thanks for the tips and im sure ill be using it in many other ways in the future as well thanks for shareing your tips its greatly apreciated thanks again .

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I love the photos of those. You can do lots of things with Sharpie. I also add perch stripes marabou or some jelly jig plastics. Have fun and catch some fish with your creations. Take care.

nice ideas! thanks for sharing

Great info!

Ship and Bob, do you sell kits? Not everyone is into tyeing jigs, nor do they have the hackle, feathers and what not to make them. Just a thought.

I can make you the jelly bodies and order you some marabou,

Mike, PM me with the details, since I also want some of those minnows. Thanks

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Mike, PM me with the details, since I also want some of those minnows. Thanks

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I sent you a PM. Shoot me the email. Thanks.

Hey ship, show my 13 year old your thread last night and he made some jelly/hackle jigs last night. We didn't have the regular jellys. We took soft plastics and cut them then threaded them on. Worked really well. Mama was very impressed! Thanks for your hard work coming up with this and posting it!

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Hey ship, show my 13 year old your thread last night and he made some jelly/hackle jigs last night. We didn't have the regular jellys. We took soft plastics and cut them then threaded them on. Worked really well. Mama was very impressed! Thanks for your hard work coming up with this and posting it!

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You're welcome.

Sometimes I add uv flash in the tails.

Wonderful idea !
Plastic worm could be cut up for bodies
So many ideas
Thanks for sharing

When tying up jigs it's not expensive just buy a little at a time .I do that and I finally have every color of bucktail and flash.just need some hackle looking to get better at making jigs.

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Here is a video from Snake River also.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6bZE_7YvpE

that gives me a idea i will keep my jig hooks after the rubber deteriorates or gits torn off . will try by cutting up some old bass worms i have . those hair jigs are good on lake blackshear .

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Originally Posted by S10CHEVY

Ship and Bob, do you sell kits? Not everyone is into tyeing jigs, nor do they have the hackle, feathers and what not to make them. Just a thought.

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No I have no kits made up. I don't tie a lot any more, but do every once in a while and it's just what they ask for. I do a few special things like real Roadrunners, Glow Jigs that last and are as bright as can be. Matter of fact when I take a picture of them I have to let the brightness die down a little or the picture doesn't come out well. I tie a few flies also, but I don't tie for others much any more. If you have something special you want, PM me.

Skip

You can get feathers or rubber legs from Janns Netcraft. You can cut up old bass worms to use for the bodies.

I do not have kits for sale. I stopped selling to the public when I turned 73. I make soft plastic lures for myself and close friends.

I love this so much that I started doing this myself as well. I use the Bobbin Threader to get it done along with either used plastics or specific soft plastics such as the Z-Man because they are buoyant. I kind of like using the pin shown on the original post. maybe i can find a large needle from an arts and craft store and cut the thread hole with a Dremel tool and make it into a hook.

Here's a vid of me using the bobbin pin threader tho:
https://youtu.be/-GUN3fYcKjo

You did a nice job rawr215. I still just use a big needle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6bZE_7YvpE&t=6s

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big needles looks like it would definitely work better, but this is what i have lol

I found some large needles at walmart, cheap. They work for me.

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I found some large needles at walmart, cheap. They work for me.

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I get mine there also. You can get about 5 for the price you pay for a soda now.

The pack I bought had 5 or 6 different size hooks. I've used several of them depending on the material. You can also buy a women's boa with the feathers while your there...lol.

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You can also buy a women's boa with the feathers while your there...lol.

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Do not forget to check Flea Markets, garage sales and thrift stores. Lots of places you will find tail material. LOL

Great post and threads ; thanks fellas...