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Pulled out a bag of old materials this afternoon,and went to work..
No fancy chenille's,no fancy paint,no 3D eyes,,,just some good old basic colors and combo's..These are some of the colors and materials I got my start with,and will bet I can still catch as many fish on them as all the new high tech stuff I buy and tie....
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those look like a real nightmare for crappies
Good looking jigs.....I know those will catch fish
Well done.
they look fantastic.
how do u get ur hackle 2 stay straight when u lay it down? mine always flares out to its side?
Looks good to me!Thumbs Up
Yellowjacket there is a tutorial in the stickys that Skip did that will show you how to do them right. Easy to follow and can be viewed as a slide show.
Rad Nicely Done the basics are still killer patterns where ever you fish. But what no white tails???
Redman
Thanks guys,,,those combo's have put lots of fish in the boat over the years....
Never had much luck with white tails Redman...Jigman is the king of white tails though White Flag Icon
"OLD SCHOOL JIGS" are always the best!!
They will do the job and I still use a lot of use regular chenille jigs when I fish. I almost never use the stick on eyes, heck I don't even use painted eyes on my personal jig most of the time. YOu could do well and never use any of the fancy stuff as I do most of the time. I have several combos that use regular stuff as most of my go to jigs!
Good Job Rad!
Skip
Skip for some unknown reason I paint eyes on just about all the jigs I tie. I never even painted heads until I started to tie crappie jigs. I guess that it is a habit Paint the head then give it eyes. Hope that it it will make the jigs see better??? I don't know.
Redman
Well my take on painting the heads or not is I can't see it hurting the jig. Eyes are kind of the same, how can they hurt? However if either makes one feel better they will end up catching more since they have more confidence in them and that is big!Quote:
Originally Posted by Redman
Skip
If it looks like it is alive and swimming I don't think the crappie would care if it had a seeing eye dog.
Totally agree!Quote:
Originally Posted by eriksat1