Tied a Few For a Friend

He really loves this jig and for the first time in a lot of years he actually got the 12 hot ones, but that was because his son got some from me in spring when we had all that water and the lake was really stained bad. So his dad finally tried one of these that I had suggested to his son and caught some crappie so this time he actually wanted a few, lol! He just will not even try anything other than these Blue and White jigs. I am sending him a sample using the Blue Crystal just to see if I can get him to do something new.

Skip
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I agree with him. In our stained waters here on the coast of NC. they are the bomb. I really like the crystal blue. Did you paint the heads on the blue and white ones. I think that the orange ones would be great in stained water also.

Those look really good!

I just started tying, I can see I have long way to go.

Skip, Great stuff there! Is that 1/16 or 1/8?

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Originally Posted by slammingjack

Skip, Great stuff there! Is that 1/16 or 1/8?

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Thank you!
These are 1/16 oz jigs!

Skip

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I agree with him. In our stained waters here on the coast of NC. they are the bomb. I really like the crystal blue. Did you paint the heads on the blue and white ones. I think that the orange ones would be great in stained water also.

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Yes I painted these heads with Chrome Powder Paint. I do also keep some heads that are Nickel Plated, just don't use them normally, but kind of will if I want some jigs to use and don't feel like getting all that painting stuff out, lol!

Skip

Great work skip!

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The best jig tyers can make them all look the same like that.

I tie the same color with a white head, the Indy, it's been a solid producer from Louisiana to Indiana!


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I tie the same color with a white head, the Indy, it's been a solid producer from Louisiana to Indiana!


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Been using this color like it is here for over 10 years and actually the guy I tied them for has used nothing else for all that time too, lol! Finally we got him to try the Hot Orange ones last spring after we had all the flooding. Silver/BlueWhite is one of my top 3 or 4 color combos.

Only jig I tie with a White head is the Popeye jig that I like a lot with the Black and Yellow tail also is also a thread neck with Red thread and a big Black eye.
Skip

Really really good ties there Skip.

Thanks Ship!

Skip

Always been a big fan of the black & chart but very little experience with the bright orange. They all look good. But come to think of it, I don't remember anything you tied
that I didn't like.
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Always been a big fan of the black & chart but very little experience with the bright orange. They all look good. But come to think of it, I don't remember anything you tied
that I didn't like.
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Thank you RR! Man RR let me tell you this about the Hot Orange tail. Usually I use it on a Roadrunner type bait so a marabou feather also. However I first discovered how well it worked one spring when I was just slow moving down the bank. I had learned that if I wanted to just leave maybe 15 feet of line out and whip my line from one side to the other using a 10' pole I could cover a lot of water on both side of my boat and at the same time cover the very shallow weed line along the bank. Well I ran into a nesting area in water that was 1' to 3' deep and after I found it I just backed off a little and started casting in there and I would pull it out just fast enough that I could still see the bait and also see them come up and take it. That made me think okay when they are on the bank the crawfish color is great I guess because they think they are protecting their eggs?? Then later I also learned this color in stained water, more stained than normal when I use my Chart and Blue. It's works so good in really stained water that this is my go to colors in that kind of water. The first color I will try in conditions like that. So I would say keep a few handy and one day when you go to the lake and it's all stirred up tie one one of this color and see what happens.

Skip

Skip, check your PM's. I like the idea of the long pole and slinging it back and forth across the boat. Should work great with my kayak too.

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Skip, check your PM's. I like the idea of the long pole and slinging it back and forth across the boat. Should work great with my kayak too.

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I don't have any new PM's RR? Not sure what that means.

Skip

Check the PM now Skip and thanks.

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Check the PM now Skip and thanks.

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Okay got it and sorry it took me two replies to answer since after the firs tone I got to thinking maybe I didn't understand the request, lol? Sorry about that!

Skip

Those look great Skip. I think those would do great here in central Mississippi on the rez.

What material is used for the tail?

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What material is used for the tail?

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That is Salt Water Neck Hackle!

Skip

Beautiful jigs