School of 'Cracker

I don't tie as much as I once did so I have a lot of projects that can't get from my mind to the bench. Last couple of years I have used something similar to these on the dropoff of the river channel on the local lakes. They were basic and drab in color and all I could think of was that they resembled bluegill or shellcracker fry. Whatever it was they worked real good til they got hung and said goodbye. Tied on 1/8 and 1/16oz with the collar left but the barb removed, I tied these for the ledges and the Smallies cuz they love a bluegill dinner too. The hooks are heavier than usual because of the Smallies and I believe them to be 1/0 or 2/0 in black chrome. The paint will do but I had hoped for better. 4 have a chocolate brown base while the others have a pumpkin brown instead. I'll post if and when I get them wet, I have high hopes.:crazy:

Looks good Skeet! As long as they work is really all that matters in the end, LOL!

Looks good.if you put a little blue in them they could be gills too.

Good looking ties!

NICE i like the three closest to bobbin:ThumbsUp

Nothing wrong with those...........Looks good

Nice ties Skeet - Hope they get bit by some good ones!!

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Originally Posted by lowe175

Looks good.if you put a little blue in them they could be gills too.

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Thought about how to get the blue in there and got a headache. It would be better though.

Definitely good-looking jigs I definitely love the natural color combination that you used.

First thing I though of when you said smallies (Smallmouth bass?) and the brown color was crawfish which SMB love. Whatever, they look good and work. That is all that matters.

Yes Searay, they're Smallmouth. A friend and I went last winter and drug a jig made of the brown with a brown head and a few strips of flash. The rod almost got pulled out of the boat twice. Never hopped it off the bottom like most crawfish patterns are used. Hopefully these look a little better. I have a couple of gravel points in mind..........

Love them!