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I haven't tied any for awhile and have been wanting to try the famous Gray Ghost.
I used three shad-gray V's, one black V and then one more gray V. 1/16 oz #4 sickle hook.
Shorter or longer feathers?
Too heavy?
Too big of hook?
Chrome head or Smoke?
All feedback welcomed.
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From my side of the fence, those are just right. Very good ties. Now nothing is written in stone here, but I have some input; A jig tied with all V's I have seen referred to as a stinger. Those look just like the ones I tie, as I like the longest feather I can get. My Ghosts have many faces. My favorite is a bare head, hackle feather and 4 V's, one or 2 strands of flash, chart or silver, and regular gray chenille in medium or large size. As I drop the size of the head, everything else shrinks with it. I have also added 1 strand of red rubber that isn't longer than the feather, very subtle. A friend and I have had many good days throwing these ties and variations of them before he passed last year. One day we boated 16 keepers in just under an hour, and Billy took em all home to dinner. Have fun with em, that's a great pattern and some very nice ties. Weight and hook are a good match and I prefer the smoke head. Find the one that they like on your home water and tie some in smaller sizes for when they get picky.
Those are really nice!!
I do like those. Gonna have to add that to my library.
Keep up the good work!!
On the chrome head is that powder paint? If so which one? Thanks in advance.
Chrome is Pro-tec powder paint
Sweet jigs!
Good looking jigs. I like the smoke myself but I'm sure the fish won't care
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Definitely natural looking good job.
Thanks Dreamer.
They look fine, but I do use a #6 Sickle on mine and I do that because the original was even a smaller hook on the 1/16. You did well on the tail as that is a normal amount for this jig. I use the #6 also because it is shorter than the #4 and feel the tail of that kind fits better on a #6 and if you happen to tie some smaller hackle on that type the hook would stick out too much for me. It sill will work just fine, but I do like the tail extending past the hook as much as I can.
Oh also just as an FYI I usually just coat the lead head with Sally Henson's Hard as Nails because the original didn't have anything on it, just an unpainted head which this jig is and was so popular I didn't feel the need to really improve it much.
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My favorite clear water color. Great job.
I've seen lots of different versions. Looks great to me! Very Nice! Just add water.
Really like the variation and got excited about tying a smaller version of the ones used this spring but couldn't find the sickle hooks with ball heads so ordered some on line and now am 'waiting' on delivery and changing to an ultralight rod and casting.--shu
Great looking ties. One of my favorite patterns to tie for spring crappie
Pardon dumb question but whats a V??
If you guys would spend just a little time reading the sticky post at the top of this board a lot of the questions like this would be answered. The word V is in the topic on this sticky thread.Quote:
Originally Posted by Little_Otter
http://www.crappie.com/crappie/jig-t...cutting-video/
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