Tied all the jigs I can stand and done all the honey - do chores that are inside. At least there is a ball game today.
Happy New Year, everyone!
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Tied all the jigs I can stand and done all the honey - do chores that are inside. At least there is a ball game today.
Happy New Year, everyone!
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Yep, it was 7 here with -1 wind chill when I got up. Pond is about 1/2 covered with ice and growing. Boarded to death. To cold in garage to even pour jigs.
Sorry, I think that's an outside deal.
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Should be fishing by the end of the week Ikeni. Weather is supposed to break a little.
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Might have to tote an auger with you and pull your finder off the boat to GPS your drill holes Redge!
Attachment 284866 He does practice a lot :Rofl <*)}}}><
X2!
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Y'all need an old central heat unit in the mancave for making jigs and reloading bullets. 70 degrees in the shop, and the big screen TV had games on all week.
Too cold for the "boss of me" to make it out to the shop with new honey do's. :cheers2
Got dat right!!
My wife banished my "fishing crap" to the converted attached garage. At least I have room and a very nice Sun Twin space heater. Some of the jigs that I tied while it was cold have really produced a lot of fish. Probably have to post a pic or two.
Let’s see those jig pics BigSky!
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I already posted a new thread with this pic and a description of the materials that were used. I've also done really well with some standard-type jigs, including pink estaz/green chartreuse marabou and brown chenille/pink hair with flash. I've also tried two new ones that turned out to be duds. Hope to see you again, maybe this summer at a crappie camp. I really enjoyed riding with you in your boat at Skiatook. A lot of great guys at that camp.
Bigsky you inspired me to break out the vice. Attachment 285212Attachment 285213 All 1/8 ounce. One pic is taken with flash engaged on the camera, one pic is without flash, It shows off the flashabou fur nicely.
Since it's sorta show & tell time here are a few of the ones that kept me occupied during the 6 degree wx that prompted this thread initially. These are all with standard tying material except a couple in the box that are red and white. The white is some hair off Emma, the West Highlands White Terrorist (don't tell my wife!) The Clouser minnow and other streamer work great as the upper hook on a double minnow rig. I tend to prefer feather tails but do use maribou and craft hair. I'm a lot slower with these old arthritic hands than I used to be. Hope to hit Thunderbird in a couple days to test my new front unit. I've still got to install the transducer and tape up wires tomorrow. Then I may be at 10killer the week of the 15th (if the weather forecast holds.)
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Y'all have made some really nice looking jigs. I have threatened to make some clousers for fly fishing, even putting a video on making clousers in my favorites on the PC. The guys in Montana do really well with them for trout. I've watched the big boys use them for bass, smallmouths, walleyes, hybrids, and sandies at Hefner, with good success.
Fishers, is that brown jig with the yellowish, orange, brown tail tied with fox fur?
Nice box there Iken, full of goodies! Bigsky, that tail fur for both the brown bodied flies is dyed rabbit strips from bass pro. They are sold for tying zonkers and big bass flies. They have a very durable dye and are barred with black stripes after they get the color on. The middle left red and white striped one is arctic fox dyed red on the tail, it has incredible movement in the water. All the striped ones have an under-body of polar ice dubbing that is picked out after the colored chenille is wrapped over the top to make the stripes. All Tails have a few strips of flashabou in them. Tail materials on some include marabou, dyed elk and spectra hair (nice movement too).
Looks great Ikeni! I watched a couple guys below Texoma dam, wearing out the stripers with clousers.
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