what is your favorite tail material on your jigs?
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what is your favorite tail material on your jigs?
chenille
Usually use Maribou, but just bought a squid tail. Also use some deer tail.
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Here are some I tied up this morning. Use spinnerbaits skirt material. I also like using KipTail for this colder water.
Mostly Rabbit and some squirrel
I use maribou, deer, duck, rubber, and hackle. I think maribou and rubber skirts probably have the best action in water and hackle looks best out of water. Tie plenty of each, cause you'll never know what the fish want on any given day. :dono
For chub style jigs I use mostly use natural Mallard/Teal flank feathers or Marabou fluffs (dyed grizzly and/or fluorescent). Also include in the tail fluorescent red thread or fluorescent crystal flash and sometimes both.
For my Auto style jig - we use "Reptile Rubber" for the legs and tail.
For casting or trolling I like buck tail. For vertical jigging or under a cork marabou.
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Craft fur/hair with flash of colors. Game over!
Oops! Meant to say marabou.Quote:
Originally Posted by deathb4disco
Chenille is body material.
I go along with Cray and use fine rubber skirt material. The material I use has sixty strands per inch.
I have to admit, I can’t decide. I tie with most everything except rabbit (allergies) and like each one for what it brings to the table. Then I mix materials and it’s even worse. For example; 4 strands of rubber, 2 strands of flash, and a shorter Maribou skirt about half as long as the rubber. Works fantastic. Just too many choices. And then you see one someone else has tied and you have another new favorite. I do use some basic ties such as boo with a little flash on a bare lead head, which is what I started tying with. I guess the best I can offer is to see what appeals to you and run with it. Too many choices!!