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Well its a start...
Nice gnats
The fish should love them. .
Bet the crappie like them and that is the real test! Looks good for first so welcome to the addiction which is hardly got a good hold yet, but it's coming, LOL!
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Ha thanks. I've got to work on the whip finish and wrapping the rubber material. My apologies for not using the correct terminology for the rubber material.
When end I add it in it seems to shoot out all over the place and takes twice as much wrapping to get it hidden or wrapped down. Any suggestions or does it normally do that? I've also tried using extra long length to wrap and then gold back over and wrap. That seems to work better, but can sometimes give me a bulky wrap.
One men question though, when tying these gnats, can I use a straight Aberdeen or is the jig style hook the only way to go on these gnats?
I use Aberdeen hooks to make my version of crappie candy and they work good
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They look good - you can use whatever hook you want
Welcome to the sickness. Before long you'll be up to your eyes in jigs but it sure is fun
This is very addictive!!! Seems like all I can think about is tying the next one...very strange to me. Never thought I'd have the patience to do this. Granted I'm only tying easy little things, but they are fun to tie
I'd do some on both hooks. Up here when the water gets covered with ice, there are two distinctly different presentations that fish want: horizontal, like what you jig hook ties will give you, and vertical, such as what an aberdeen tie would give you. Most people up here and fishing under the ice will use the horizontal presentation to find out if fish are actively hitting. If they are slow the horizontal presentation is what will get the fish, but if they are smacking the bait many of the anglers will go vertical because it tends to offer an even better yet bite.Quote:
Originally Posted by Predator861
This ideology will work just as well in open water just as well as it works under the ice. Savvy ice anglers quickly learn that huddled fish crowding the bottom when cold fronts move thru or when the water is at its coldest are the slowest fish to bite and that they can prefer the bait being offered flat and with very , very little movement. Fished under a float these gnats should make those neutral and even negative take a swipe at the flies. These same savvy ice anglers will know that the crappies that are off the bottom and up in the water column a ways and come and go fairly quick on the flasher screen are those actively feeding and are the ones to target. If you get lookers at those higher up using a horizontal fly, switch to a vertical fly without a float and do a slight lift/drop type of jigging keeping the line tight on each drop....the drop is where the hit will come.
I see you're from Mississippi Predator, but when the water is cold, its cold all over and the fish won't give a hoot about the ice unless they are froze to it. Just remember that all of the fish we are after live in liquid and that they are not hindered by the latitudes at which they are found. 40 degree water in Mississippi is the same as 40 degree water in Minnesota, the barometer and the length of available light are the only two variables the fish care about.
I've been building my own rods for many years and you guys that tie flies and make jigs are stirring another interest.
Careful now. Tying flies will lead to jig casting and which will take you down the path of dying your own feathers and furs and that will lead to plastic injection which will lead to painting custom hard baits....yada, tada, yada. lol Go for it elk hunter and you'll have something to do while you wait for the epoxy to harden.Quote:
Originally Posted by elkhunter
Well if the interests is rising up then make the jump, but fist know if you like it then this will cost you a lot more than you can imagine at this time! I guarantee that, LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by elkhunter
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Fine work and great looking.
I believe they will do the trick, good work.
I tie them on Aberdeans, I prefer the Matzuo Sickle. Hard to find and they are a little larger in diameter than the others but for the fish we catch down here like the larger hook and hooking power. Have found that the jig hook tangles more on a dropper and have a tendency to break right in the bend with bigger fish.
On your wrapping the silicone legs, use 6/7 strands at a time I have found that making a couple of loose wraps with thread really close to the front then wrap back tightening as you go has worked better for me. Fought the spidering of the legs until I started that.