Sally Hansen, Elvis and Me

Well, I like red hooks, so, I painted a few hooks Sally Red.

It's raining, so I am experimenting.

Pink and Black were Elvis colors in the 50's and 60's. Besides being an Elvis fan, I like pink, chartreuse, white and black stuff anyway.

Personally, I don't believe a fish gives one iota if the hook is red, but colors always invokes interesting conversations.

By the way, these big hooks usually had minners or curly tails attached before I started tying.

My tying inspiration came from you folks. Just wanted to let you know that.

Sally has some good products. I use the clear for head cement. I believe it is as good as any and has a great brush-cap. I have one bottle with the brush in it for jigs and streamers and one with its brush cut off that I use my dubbing needle on small flys. I wish they made clear hooks for flys! Sometimes a trout comes up to a dry fly and refuses it at the last minute. I blame it on him seeing the hook. Perhaps it is good they do not make clear hooks as I would not have anything to blame the last second refusal on!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by addictedangler

Sally has some good products. I use the clear for head cement. I believe it is as good as any and has a great brush-cap. I have one bottle with the brush in it for jigs and streamers and one with its brush cut off that I use my dubbing needle on small flys. I wish they made clear hooks for flys! Sometimes a trout comes up to a dry fly and refuses it at the last minute. I blame it on him seeing the hook. Perhaps it is good they do not make clear hooks as I would not have anything to blame the last second refusal on!

---

I use Sally for the head too. The above jigs were painted several times with Sally clear. Makes the string hard as nails. Ha. If hooks were clear, I would be making regular runs to the EM. I have had hooks stuck in strange places. Catfish barbs are also a menace.

Crappie ketchers.

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-J120A using Crappie.com Fishing mobile app

Well I have always said that red fingernail polish has to last as long if not longer than the read hooks. They are just Gold hooks with Red over that comes off, lol!

I have run into my fair share of guy that like Pink and Black as their favorite color combo. I do like the Pink and Chart colors together though. For me the best day I ever had using Pink we several years back and I was fishing bride pilings pitching and swing back style and the jig was Pink head, FL Red Body which some call Hot Pink, then the tail was Hot Pink. So it was all a bright Hot Pink jig and they liked it!

Skip

Before I started rolling my own jigs, Skeetbum sent me about 100 of pink heads with chartreuse tail and red neck string. Should I say string red neck?:dono Maybe string red neck?:dono

Pink and chartreuse catch year round here.

http://www.crappie.com/crappie/image...er-offline.png

Clear Hooks????, No Way I have enough trouble keeping them out of my thumb now when I can see them. I would have to rent a room in E..R.:yikes:yikesnononononono
Oh ya nice looking ties there Cane:ThumbsUp

Good ties.

Wow. Those look really really really nice. You've gotten really good


Sent from my iPhone using Crappie.com

I never understood how red fishing line "disappears" in the water yet red hooks look like "bleeding" bait
Somebody's lying! LOL

Nice ties

I have read the the color red disappears at 20 feet. I never was a big red person when it comes to panfish personally!

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by addictedangler

I have read the the color red disappears at 20 feet. I never was a big red person when it comes to panfish personally!

---

I would bet that visibility would depend on who is doing the looking. The man or the fish?

I sure like that black and pink tail. Might have to do a little experimenting myself!

I’m liking the yellow/pink combo.
You get any better, it will be a subscription basis, just to view your ties! Big grin [emoji4]


Sent from my iPhone using Crappie.com

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by SeaRay

I never understood how red fishing line "disappears" in the water yet red hooks look like "bleeding" bait
Somebody's lying! LOL

---

red disappears first in the water column so that would make the hook invisible at same depth. maybe like having clear hook, would`t work on a dry fly at the surface. bleeding bait catches fisherman

Scientists say fish and humans have about the same vision. I am most looking down and the fish are mostly looking up. I can see the fish in clear water and they can see me. Next comes the murky waters. I can't see them and they can't see me. Somewhere between clear and murky resides the facts.

Them puppies will hunt CP - great tyes!

I try to use red in all my tyes - especially fluorescent red in the tail.
I like to use red snake eyes for lighter jigs that are used in shallower water.
Blue and glow eyes for deeper water.

Very nice, the black/pink is my favorite!

Tom, if it came from me it was probably red neck sting. Holler when you need more, I'm not tying much lately.