Guys I'm tying up some 1/64oz kiptail/calftail jigs for bluegill with #8 sickles.
What colors are good combos?
So far I tied some chartreuse head with black body.
Black head with white body. Any othe suggestions?
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Guys I'm tying up some 1/64oz kiptail/calftail jigs for bluegill with #8 sickles.
What colors are good combos?
So far I tied some chartreuse head with black body.
Black head with white body. Any othe suggestions?
Solid black
Solid red
Solid chartreuse
Solid olive
Well. That makes it really easy to tie too. Thanks
Colors of things they eat in the natural environment. Olive, brown, black. I tend to stay away from metallic or bright colors. Tie with a contrasting color of thread such as red or white for a little flash. That's just how I do it but I'm no expert.
glo-pink
silver with holographic glitter
black
Chart head/black body
Green chart head/black body
olive head/olive body
One of the original bream gitters that I remember seeing were a black head and a short squirrel tail. Found them in TJ Stallings Dad's shop. They've no doubt been mass produced or spread around. Ronnie Stallings at TTI Blakemore might be able to shed a little light on what they were. Folks would buy them by the card.
I will take what DBD has except substitute tan/brown in place of chartreuse.
I have been doing some searching.
Seems toot sure the colors that come up the most are the colors black, natural green(olive) and for some reason red.
There's not allot of info out there on tyed jigs or jig patterns, colors for them.
A guy by name of Jim Gronow. From Maryland has some good info and articles out there.
"My favorite 1/48 oz pony head,1/64 oz plain jighead,killer bream color"orange head,black body,orange tail.#2, black head,black body,orange tail,#3 gold head black body,orange tail.
Red is my #1 color. It imitates bloodworms, which is a natural food source.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smoltz
I realized that after seeing this. In winter I made up tungsten bead chironomid fly patterns to fish as a dropper off my regular tungsten ice jigs.
They worked well they live in the mudd and are bright deep red and a swimmers.
I have caught panfish through the ice that there whole mouth was full of red chironomids.
Now I need to see which red powder paint to go with.
Like other have said, black, brown, olive, also red.
I always thought the red/orange simulated the colors of a spawning bluegill and irritated them enough to strike.
I do much better with the natural colors than the bright neons for most panfish.
plain lead head, red thread, black for the top and yellow chart for the bottom, with a pink crappie nibble, fished under a small float.
Bitter's has the bream killers you speak of. Black head with natural squirrel tail. Two different sizes
You forgot the part about holding your tongue to the left if wind is coming over right shoulder. :cheers2Quote:
Originally Posted by redear
All are sounding like great color combinations. And with sound explanations. I study the history of and have tied flies for some 20 years so fully agree with the info being provided!
I still sit her wondering how come there are "plastics" that are coming out in 150 different colors a year? LOL
If you want to sell some of them after you get them tied, send me a pm.