Old time Horsehead color - Think I finally got it!!!!!!!!!

Just a quick background on this to show how long I've been trying to pull this off - Year and a half ago a thread here on the board asked about color combo's for Horsehead Jigs. Well the conversation turned to what some of the original colors were. One listed was Chartreuse Head/Teal Body/Chartreuse maribou tail.

After my medical problems I spent lots of time on pouring jigs, powder painting them and spinners and I finally got back into the tying and I tied one that I thought was gonna match it and used peacock herl for the body. Well my good buddy CrappyPappy told me CLOSE but no - so in another thread I had made a bunch of spinners and tied up some extra treble hooks and he saw that I had tied Peacock Neck feathers and the Bluish/Green of the neck feather was the match.

So OFF to the drawing board and I THINK!!!!!! I got it. I pulled out every bag of dubbing I have and my grinder!!!!!!! I used a combination of SLF dubbing in Kingfisher Blue and some Wapsi Super Bright Green Caddis and this was the mix I finally came up with

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and the tied product

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So for all of you who have seen the original did I get it?????? and if not give me some thoughts on it. This was always a great color and caught lots of fish and I want to get it right.

You'll see this in the thread on spinners I made but I decided to post it alone, to get more input!!!

I don't remember that one and probably just my memory. I always used some of the other Original Marabou RR's. I usually used the FL Red/Green/FL Yellow (Chart) or all Chart, all White, FL Red/Chart, Chart/White and a few others. I do like using dubbing too as it offers so many color options.

Looks like it should catch crappie to me!

One thing I have learned since finding this forum is I sux at tying. Your jigs are Gorgeous.

Big B

Believe it or not we were all new tyers at one time!!!!!!! I've seen some folks right here on this board who started 1 1/2 ago and are tying really excellent jigs!!!!!!!!! It's just learning your materials, proportions, and practice and practice. Trust me we've all been there!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

Skip - It's all CrappyPappys fault LOL - we've been going around and around trying to get that body color right. I just can't remember the right shade but I think this is it!!!!!!! I HOPE!!!!!!! LOL

FM ... I think that's about as close as I've ever seen !! Looks good !!

And just to clarify a couple of things :

"CrappyPappy" is another member, totally different person :Doh: Rofl

The Peacock RR was from many years ago ... but it wasn't a "original" color scheme.

NOW ... get them things wet and see if your Crappie like'em as much as mine did Thumbs Up

... cp :cool:

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Originally Posted by Fatman

Big B

Believe it or not we were all new tyers at one time!!!!!!! I've seen some folks right here on this board who started 1 1/2 ago and are tying really excellent jigs!!!!!!!!! It's just learning your materials, proportions, and practice and practice. Trust me we've all been there!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

Skip - It's all CrappyPappys fault LOL - we've been going around and around trying to get that body color right. I just can't remember the right shade but I think this is it!!!!!!! I HOPE!!!!!!! LOL

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One thing I can vouch for is they like Turquoise Marabou because I tied some RR's with some Turquoise marabou tail and they liked it a lot! I bet they like this one you tied too!

That is a great looking color dubbing. I like it better each time I look at it.:):)

lookin nice

never seen a orginal RR color but i love it nice jig

Wow man they look very nice

Thanks all - CP if that's as close as you've ever seen I'll settle for that!! BUT I'm thinking of taking a bit of my mix and adding a small touch of Arizona brand dubbing to get more of a tealish mix to it.

When you guys talk about an original RR... how long ago are we talking??? Just curious...

Blake

We're not talking about when they came out it's basically when we were using a certain color combo. The first time I ever saw the color combo I'm trying to re-create it was 1987.

Those look good Fatman. Gonna try some tomorrow, mostly chart. No bench time yet.

FatMan I will agree with CP that you came as close to the real deal as any one can. Heck that color combo is now older that some of these guys that are starting to learn to tie right now. I got a few yards of chenille that color that is older than the hills.Lols Guess that you could call me a tying material hoarder. Never throw any material away. Tell you how bad it is I came acrossed a box of #10 dry fly hooks made by Herter's from 1963. Dated the box and they were expensive $1.24 for 100. That set me back a copy or two of Mad Magazine.

Good job , Nicely Done, Know that the Crappies and Smallmouth won't leave it alone.

Redman

Thanks Redman -

:Hands ClappingUPDATE : Hey, Fatman ... found the Peacock RR !! It was still tied on my RR casting outfit :Doh: (I could have swore I took it off & changed baits, last time I went fishing Rofl )

BUT >>>>

Now I'm really going to get :bash :hatchet: and who knows what else !!! You see, once I examined this bait, very closely ... I made a startling discovery : this bait is NOT my Berkley Peacock Roadrunner :yikes

This bait appears to be one of the ponyhead custom tied baits that Oregon Slabman made for me, as a subsitute for my long gone Peacock Roadrunner. (& NO, it wasn't sold to me ... it was a gift)

Upon close examination, I discovered that the blade has no markings ... it's a 1/32oz ponyhead (possibly a RR head) ... it has flashabou strands in the tail feathers ... and the chenille body is likely a double wrap of forest green & a bright dark blue.

All the same ... your rendition is as close to what I remember the Peacock RR being, and I commend you on a job well done in putting it together :Hands Clapping

I think you'll like the results you get from :fish with it. I used mine, yesterday ... and though I didn't catch any Crappie on it, I did manage to fool a chunky 15" Bass into biting it Thumbs Up

... cp :cool:

Post me a pic of it Pappy!!!!!!!! and we'll save the strangulation for later LOL Believe me I've really had fun with this!!!! Lately you keep reading about people wanting old no longer made lures and reels. A buddy at work just bought on the auction site a Mitchell 310 UL spinning reel - he doesn't want anything to do with the new ones only the old ones.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42...appy/002-2.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y42...epappy/008.jpg

OK ... not the greatest pics, I know ... but, I'm not used to taking pics of such small objects Rofl

Anyway ... you might be able to see the "banding" effect of the green & blue ... it almost looks like the green was wrapped over the blue, but just a fraction of an inch back from the ends of the blue ... kind of a offset layered effect.
But, you can definitely see the washed out color of the tail feathers, and the generic spinner blade. I could not get the flashabou to show in any of the dozen attempts at taking the pics.
The chartreuse neck thread wrap is glued down tight !!

Oregon Slabman made me several of these jigs ... but, I'll have to dig deep into my reserve tacklebox to see if I can find them. There may be some "unused" ones, in this color, but I'm not really sure. I do know there are some "all Pink" versions, that I had him make for me ... I just haven't used them yet :Doh:
I've just got so many good looking custom made baits, that I haven't had the opportunity to fish with, it's almost ridiculous banghead Rofl I'm just amazed that I even remember I have them, let alone who made them or how long I've had them !!

... cp :cool:

Yeah almost looks the two different colors were rolled together and then wound on. Might have to see If I have something similar and try that too!!!

Thanks for the pic.