Jig color combinations. Looking for some new inspiration.

Here are some of my favorite combos I tie, but I'm looking for some new colors to add to my collection.
Head - Body - Tail
Pink-black-chartreuse green
Orange-lite brown-lite blue
Chartreuse-white pearl-chartreuse
White-pink-chartreuse
Dark green(baby bass)-black-yellow
Chartreuse-dark green-green
Chartreuse-red-black
Pink-chartreuse yellow-white

Many of these combos have names like volcano, Carmel delight, etc. I can list exact combos if needed. Also I use powder paints so names like junebug, ruby slipper, sapphire are in my collection. Any help on new ideas are appreciated. Also when I powder coat sometimes I two tone them, dipping in full color then dipping bottom half in a different color. I like white with half glow green or blue a lot and maybe add some pepper flake too.

try a black head yellow body and a white tail. or a black head pink body and char tail

Thanks I'll give those a try, never can go wrong with dark heads and light body's . When I fish I only use about 3 combos, all include chartreuse and eather black, pink or white. I would like some "eye candy colors" jigs that are nice to look at too. I put a few on eBay once in awhile or trade for minnows but have no intention of selling. "a lot of work"

Here are some color combos I tied recently.
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Those are nice. Is that a chrome paint. If so where do you find that. It looks good with the blue. It would also look good with a silver body and grey tail with a flash streamer down the side like a shad. Your pink- black- chartreuse on the bottom is my favorite secret weapon. Man, I also really like that chrome -chartreuse yellow- blue

I got hooked last year on one of the first color combos I ever saw on the shelf at the old Gibson Discount Store. Yellow head, black body, yellow tail. I get a very vibrant yellow by double dipping the head. First dip in yellow chart and then dip in transparent (candy) gold. I fish mostly off colored water and this combination was money last year. Warning: when you see the yellow you get from this double dip, you'll be hooked. Not all suppliers carry the candy gold, I get mine from Jann's Netcraft.

The hottest crappie catching color on the Santee Cooper lakes during the last year has been black head, chartreuse body, dark blue tail.

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Those are nice. Is that a chrome paint. If so where do you find that. It looks good with the blue. It would also look good with a silver body and grey tail with a flash streamer down the side like a shad. Your pink- black- chartreuse on the bottom is my favorite secret weapon. Man, I also really like that chrome -chartreuse yellow- blue

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yes it is a chrome powder from Columbia Coatings...Powders

Heres some colors I am trying out now, havent fished them but I like how they go together. These will probally get a spinner and be used for white bass since they are 1/8 oz. Also Len thanks for the powder link. I am going to be busy trying to get all the colors I like from them now.
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Here are a few combinations that have been flying off the shelves and you might like.
NightProwler

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Great post jighead I need to try more of these combos... Jighead your jigs that you posted the tail hair on them is hackle? or deer hair?

Thanks,

Michael

Okay here are my favorites and for what conditions.

Stained water....
Chart/Blue/Chart
Silver/FL Yellow/FL Blue
FL Red/Kelly Green/FL Yellow
FL Red/Black & FL Yellow/Hot Orange (also can have a Chart head!
All Hot pink
Clear water meaning I can see at least 3 feet down.
Silver/Blue/White
Silver/Silver Crystal/Blue
Silver/Rainbow Crystal/Blue

Have a lot more, but these you will always find tied on my rods as well as lot of other guys rods.

I have some new stuff that I really like, but too many colors in the chenille to say, but I posted on here not more than a couple months back and should be able to find...
2 new Fire Tiger colors and 2 new Electric Chickens with mixed color chenilles. I have a lot of new stuff I am liking a lot including Estaz materials.

Thanks for all the ideas. A lot of nice jigs. I have my tying stuff with me and will be tying in the hotel when I get off work, trying some of those new combos. Luckily this time when I traveled for work it put me 30 minutes off of Kentucky lake. It will be a good spot to try them out.

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Great post jighead I need to try more of these combos... Jighead your jigs that you posted the tail hair on them is hackle? or deer hair?

Thanks,

Michael

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They are bucktail. I like using the tips so they look alittle thin but I just like them that way. I used to tie a lot of marabou but my dad said he likes the tail ones cause they last. So I've been on a bucktail kick.

nice jig guys alot of nice colors

skip
I need to learn that new weave you do on that yellow and black body combo I love that look and around here we have alot of sweat bee's and they are always on the water here and there

Nightprowler, Like the white head with the pink and chartreuse and blue a lot. I usually only do pink and blue or pink and chartreuse but haven't combined them like you did. Also how do you get your eyes so neat. I use vinyl paints for eyes but they never look real good. That's why I quit with the eyes.

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nice jig guys alot of nice colors

skip
I need to learn that new weave you do on that yellow and black body combo I love that look and around here we have alot of sweat bee's and they are always on the water here and there

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It come from a fly pattern and I have been tying it for a couple years now. The name of the pattern of the fly I think is Tiger Weave Bitch Creek Nymph.

I don't want to hijack the thread but I had a quick question regarding bucktail. I have some deer belly hair that seems to fragile however I have never used a bucktail before. Is the bucktail alot more durable or is it very similar to the deer belly hair?

small 1/64th oz. glow heads/red thread collar and multi color kip tail jigs have been hot in my neck of the woods. fl. blue over fl yellow and purple over chartruese tails have been very good. white head/ red thread collar white tail has been good too.

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I don't want to hijack the thread but I had a quick question regarding bucktail. I have some deer belly hair that seems to fragile however I have never used a bucktail before. Is the bucktail alot more durable or is it very similar to the deer belly hair?

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i never used deer belly hair but heard the advantages are: more even length and less hollow disadvantage: shorter.

here are some that i referred to earlier.
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I guess that I don't fool to much with different color combos any more. The last time that I did that I ended up a all black kiptail thread neck. One of the thing that I would recommend would be to do a search on Jungle Jim's Flash Ducks. He has a lot of different color combos and they are super easy to tie. They are becoming one of my favorites. Or you could just go to Skip's site and look at a bunch of his patterns he does just about every color combo pattern that you could want.

Redman

Pink head, black body and white tail

I usally use this on a cloudy day

My favorite color in any stained water is pink head/yellow body and pink tail feathers. The yellow body is not a florecent or chartruse color just bright yellow

I think a lot is overlooked when it comes to color combinations. My favorites are ones that are mostly one color set. Dark colors with a splash or a couple strips of a bright color or all bright with a strip/splash of dark.

My favorite and most successful non peacock jig for trout is a copper head, black or dark olive body, purple or black tail with just a little orange, red or pink tied into the tail.

The only crappie I have caught on a jig was on one similar and one that all white with a lateral line in black crystal flash imitating a silver shiner or whatever they are called around here.

just got home from working outta state and got on crappie.com. love all these new colors to try out. had boxes of materials i ordered while away and time off..... its like xmas for me. cant decide what to tie first. thats a good problem.

they are bucktail, just got a box with kiptail and squirrel tail so ill be doing some of them soon too.

Go to the Dollar Tree dollar store and get a couple bags of gift bag shredding by the Voila company. Be sure to get silver, red and Iridescent. Make a few with silver and add a red stripe on each side. The iridescent is great and must add, it comes with about 80 percent clear strands. Don't pitch the clear, just use Sharpies to get all sorts of colors. Try a color on one side and another on the other side. Brown on one, Orange on the other side makes a rich redbrown.

If you have to buy Sharpies, go for the big fat ones......they have a nice wide chisel point, great for coloring a strip in one pull.



The iridescent most often radiates a nice green glow in the water. Gave one to a friend, he caught a w6w lb largemouth and 3 rainbows a tad over 3 lbs. each.

I've used orange on yellow maribou, with moderate sucess in virginia streams. The pattern I used was a "SMP" aka Skip Morris Panfish. red/white, black white, Chartruse/white blue/white are other colors I've used but have only tied the Orange/yellow.

Heres a few that are some mad crappie catchers


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Crappiejigmakers those are my favorite jigs I've seen on here ! great tyies.

Thanks

I agree. I think these are some nice jigs. I have my favorites that I keep stocked up for fishing but I get a good feeling of accomplishment when I tie a nice jig. Sometimes I will even take it downstairs and show the wife. The usual response is "that's nice", which means let me get back to my book. Anyway I'm glad to know there are others out there and enjoy these pictures. One day it would be nice to get everyone together and have a show to trade ideas and see them in person. Maybe I'm weird but looking at hundreds or thousands of different jigs sounds like a blast to me.

Look at the sticky above the board for jig pictures - that will give you all kinds of ideas!!

Here is a few of my favorites here on Truman.

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All white is not a color COMBO, but I'm beginning to believe its highly overlooked. Which is funny bc I'm just figuring it out.
Tried to work it in with a grey ,

http://img.tapatalk.com/d/12/11/14/dy3adare.jpg

But haven't had but one chance to fish it with null results.
Have a feeling it's Gon work. And make me happy happy happy.