Fall Crappie jig tying questions!

Hey guys,
Im Christian and I just started tying jigs about a month ago. I have had success with a few of my experiments but have literally no idea what a am doing.

Could anybody give me some guidance as far as what colors, sizes, and patterns work best in the fall. I'd like to tie a big batch in preparation

I am in South East Texas and fish mainly from the bank or kayak.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated

Thanks!

I am not in Texas. For the area I fish a Gray Ghost has been a good one for me

Thankyou foe the reply jack

Do you fish stained water?

Yes. All of the water I fish is stained

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Originally Posted by Anovak141

Could anybody give me some guidance as far as what colors, sizes, and patterns work best in the fall.

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Head - 1/32 or 1/16 - any color you want, but I like red or pink

Body - chartreuse chenille

Tail - chartreuse marabou

You can experiment with colors, but a simple chenille body/marabou tail will catch fish anywhere.

If you're just starting out, don't complicate things. Practice tying one style of jig until you can do it blindfolded.

I like a 1/16 or 1/24 white or gray jig. Chartreuse/white is good too. Great starting place and I’ve always had good luck with those.

For fall, I like the black/ chartreuse and Black and grey! I do paint my heads, red, blue. pink or black.

Welcome to the gang. Must warn you that tying is addictive. All of the guys here are very happy to help, spread the information on how to.

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Black/chartreuse, white/chartreuse and gray ghosts are great and seem to work pretty much all over. Silver head, blue body and white tail is another good combo that has worked for me in all seasons.

Something special about catching fish on your own creations - enjoy!!

I don't live that far from you, well it's about 150 miles, but I do know East Texas and SE Texas waters pretty well. I will list a few colors for you and they will be 3 colors, head/body/tail.

Chartreuse/Blue/Chartreuse
Chartreuse/Black/Chartreuse
All Hot Pink

Some seem to work in almost all lakes and here are a couple
Silver/Blue/White (also big clear water colors, but seems to work every place)
Gray Ghost(also big clear water colors, but seems to work every place)
Silver/FL Yellow/FL Blue

A couple pictures to help with my color picks.

Also know all the jigs I am sowing below are 1/32 Oz and what I use in spring. Summer when they go into deeper water I go to a 1/8 and sometimes even a 1/4 Oz jig.

These are my favorites and for me if I can see my jig 3' down in the water, it's clear!
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This is a Roadrunner type Gray Ghost which is just a 1/16th Oz jig.
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Skip

Those Gray Ghost Road Runners look awesome

I've never seen anything from Skip that wasn't awesome....lol. I'm sure you could take those anywhere and get a boat full.

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Originally Posted by skiptomylu

I don't live that far from you, well it's about 150 miles, but I do know East Texas and SE Texas waters pretty well. I will list a few colors for you and they will be 3 colors, head/body/tail.

Chartreuse/Blue/Chartreuse
Chartreuse/Black/Chartreuse
All Hot Pink

Some seem to work in almost all lakes and here are a couple
Silver/Blue/White (also big clear water colors, but seems to work every place)
Gray Ghost(also big clear water colors, but seems to work every place)
Silver/FL Yellow/FL Blue

A couple pictures to help with my color picks.

Also know all the jigs I am sowing below are 1/32 Oz and what I use in spring. Summer when they go into deeper water I go to a 1/8 and sometimes even a 1/4 Oz jig.

These are my favorites and for me if I can see my jig 3' down in the water, it's clear!
Attachment 355898

This is a Roadrunner type Gray Ghost which is just a 1/16th Oz jig.
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Skip

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They look awesome skip special that gray one.

Thank you guys!

BTW, I think this may be the Gray Ghost Roadrunners I did using Hackle and not Marabou!

Skip

Thank you skip
Those look like killers


Definitely going to tie some gray ghosts and a variety of chartreuse combos

I made a chartreuse and fluorescent orange jig that caught me this black crappie yesterdayAttachment 356558

Good job on the tying and catching.

Nice fish. Better on one of your own. We all have our favorites for where we fish. Sometimes that changes regionally or seasonally, but that is something that time will teach you. Tie a few of each color and let the fish decide. Some bright colors and darker colors also. Gray ghost variations do well most anywhere and I change the tail color or add another color to it. Like mostly gray with a v cut from below the hackle feather tip or two added for a belly effect. Skip has a tutorial (I think) on cutting the V’s off of the hackle feather. I tie with them a lot and like the look, and the fish seem to like em too. Welcome to the addiction and I look forward to seeing what works for you.

Nice colors on that sacalait!!!
Keep it simple.... something with a fl chartreuse is usually all that is needed here. I like to mix it with fl orange or fl pink and a darker color in between. Contrast

And then have you a backup natural baitfish pattern

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i like gray a bunch, mix it with red, yellow, i dont think you can go wrong, BEST OF LUCK