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Used to buy these from an older guy round here but he has passed on. So now I tie them myself.
bluegill love em! We catch quite a few crappie along the way also.
Have to use a 1/100th with a bobber in the late winter early spring but these are my favorites for this time of year.
A 1/24 with a little piece of rubber worm to give it alittle wobble.
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Meal fit for a king!!!
And alot of fun along the way!
Very nice! Love the ties. Good job!
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nice catch, jigs . :ThumbsUp
killer tyes - WTG
Great ties and good results. How heavy were they?
Beautiful ties.
Nice haul and nice jigs!
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Those look great!
Love the jigs & catch. Makes me hungry.
I imagine the jigs are either 1/64 or 1/32 oz, from the looks of them.
1/24Quote:
Originally Posted by skeetbum
Use to always use 1/32 with collar , but dont like to tie on collar jigs. and 1/24 no collar is very close in weight something like 3 grains heavier I am thinkin.
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Originally Posted by trypman1
2 questions (at least 2). The jigs look very good, but don't recognize the deer hair, what kind is it? The cooked fish looks wonderful, I would like to cook some that looks that good. The fish appears whole. I assume you descaled and gutted them, and cut off the heads. Did you remove the bones or do they desinegrate (spelling)when frying? Did you fry in deep fryer or pan with oil? And lastly what kind of bread crumbs? Thanks, Pop
Nice ties,I'm no good at tying,but I have tied that style,( yours look better), but the fish sure like them.
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Originally Posted by pop
Hair is off the center strip from a mature whitetail bucks back I like it cause it is always darker.
Fish are deep fried whole in canola oil. and I use only martha white yellow cornmeal mix and salt.
The ribs and center bone are still there . Very easy to eat around.
I dont scale I always skin them. I prefer them on the bone VS fillet. ( Just the opposite of how I like crappie)
I had some guys on another forum ask how I skinned them so I did a you tube video.
The way I make the last cut thins the ribs ( so they fry up crispy enough to eat kinda like the tail)
I had been skinning a horrid amount of fish when I done the video so I used glove cause my hand was so sore. without glove I can do it in just under a minute.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHJra4Kdajc
The jg looking pretty is for the fisherman, the fish dont care at all. lolQuote:
Originally Posted by Yaker
Really appreciate the info and video. Thank you, Pop
Thanks Bowmender. I like both the ties and the results. You say a piece of rubber worm. Do you mean a gulp worm or just a small plastic? You obviously know more of this than I do.
I use 4 inch a senco, slice it like a cucumber ,lol 1/16-1/8 slices run point of hook thru the center (flat ways)
up past the curve of the hook.
this makes the little jigs wiggle and the senco is flavored.
It lasts longer than a power bait.
sometimes you can catch 8-12 fish before loosing the piece of worm.
Deer hair is about all I tie with.
Do you purchase the hair and if so where, or do you tan your own? Thanx, Pop
The cheapest place to by deer hair is Fly Tyer's Dungeon: Natural Hairs and Furs for fly tying at a great price from Fly Tyers Dungeon
It's $1 a piece.
Have bow hunted for years. Always saved some hide and salted it nailed it to a board and so on.Quote:
Originally Posted by pop
Until couple years back was delivering a Buck to be mounted to my taxidermist.
I am a B&C measure and he ask me to come in the back and look at a set of antlers.
there in the corner I seen some pieces of hide in a box that he had cut off of his mounts .
These will not be big pieces, but are much larger than what you buy in the tying shops. easily big enough to tie several hundred jigs. He gives them to me. and I suppose most any taxi would do the same. works great!
cool info, for anyone wanting deer hair my son was really wanting to tie a jig with deer hair after watching some videos. I was on the hunt, in Iowa we find them on the side of road. If you cut the tail off and then skin the tail away from the bone and use Borax and let it dry on cardboard you are set for deer hair for some time. Just spread the tail out on cardboard and sprinkle borax on the tail opposite the hair. fun project with your kid or anyone.
thanks for video on the bluegill skin, might try that this winter ice fishing
Yes Sir, I catch probably 99% of my fish on a jig I tie from duck feathers on a head I mold from a discontinued doit mold called a button head, 1/64 with a #8 sickle hook. Old ways sometimes are the best ways.
Never fix what aint broke!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by T-roy 120