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Anyone else tie with this stuff? Really becoming a fan of it after bobo gave me a pad and I started using it. Pulled out this jig when nothing else was working today and managed to catch a few. Handed them out and the guys around me started catching fish as well. Really a nice action in the water with the tapered tail. Its a lot softer than bucktail, and more movement. It squishes down a little bit like feather, its not quite as bushy in the water.
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Nope but it look nice congrat buddy!
Looks good. I use a lot of it on my smaller jigs from 1/16 down. Works great when the fish doesn't want a lot of movement. Dock shooting these are also another great use of them. You have to be careful tying them because the hair is slick and will pull out if not tied in tight.
Lot of people use it in place of calf tail hair in tying fly's
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Originally Posted by STUMP HUNTER
Right! I learned that with the first couple I tied. Bluegills pulled half the hair out in 10 minutes. Since then I have been adding a drop of glue to the thread before I place the tail. With the glue and tight wraps, I have had no problems at all.
I want to cry since I've tied so many over the past 2 months. A lot of guys use them exclusively after ice out up here in the northeast.
That is the way to tie them to last. Crappie will kill these jigs red/white/yellow - red/yellow/white.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin22
Yes lots of guys like fishing with it and I find it really good as well and especially when the water is still a bit cool. I have tied a bunch of Kip Tail jigs!
The calf body hair jig did it again today! Hit a different spot and found some spawned out bucks that were pretty aggressive. They loved them. 1/32 head swam slowly parallel to the shore in 2-4 FOW.
Kip tail is a winner in IL. I do get most of mine from CrazyAngler. I 2nd stump with a dash of "krazy glue" makes a difference. One tail can really make a lot of jigs.
I mainly tie with kip and love it. I'd like to try some rabbit soon.
I don't think this is the same stuff as the kip tail. This is body hair, comes on a 2" X 3" or 4" x 4" pad.
They worked again today. Kept enough small males for a meal.
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I been using the kiptail for a long time and really like the stuff, I may have to get some of that body hair to try also, where is a good place to find it?
Mine came from bobo, might give him a call or PM and see if he has any. https://www.facebook.com/BobosBaitNTackle
Just about any place that carries tying supplies should have both body and kip tails. They also usually have Deer, Elk and several other kinds of hair/fur. I am sure JS and Bob Marriott's both have many kinds of hair.Quote:
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http://www.bobmarriottsflyfishingsto...-hair-fur/calf
the page before this has more different kinds of hair and fur it's crazy. The main page that starts hair and fur is 2 pages back, LOL!
Don't know for sure, but Crazy Angler may also have some of what you want. For sure JS will.
Looks good!
Crazyangler is where I purchase.
I started using craft hair and it works too!!
2nd the Craft Hair!
BTW, Not sure how many of you have used the regular Craft Fur, but they have a color in that stuff and it really work great! It's name is Black Frost and I learned about it from a good crappie guide here on Toledo Bend. I tried it probably 8 or 9 years ago and was surprised at how well it did work.
However I look at Kip Tail jigs totally different and since it has less action than feathers or craft fur the crappie really like it a lot before the water warms up a lot. When that water temp is in the low 50's or cooler I am not sure much can regularly beat kip tails.
I buy my kip from Barlow's. Nothing but big full tails from Barlow's.
I bought a kip tail last time I ordered stuff, just to try. I think I'll be tying a lot more now. Seems to be the ticket lots of times. Too bad I only ordered one in Chart, cause I'd like one of each color now!
it is one of my number one materials that I used quite a bit I have great success with that material and I enjoy using it hope to post some more in the future.
It seems that I may be the odd man out. I tie with this material but use them only mid winter and at the end of spawn. Seems the crappie want very little action in the winter and that is where the calf really shines. Yes It can be slick and I use Sally Hansen's to bind it in place. I like to use A thread when tying with it. Seems to work better with a heavier thread.
Redman