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I noticed all you guys with excellent jigs are painting the heads.
Is it really necessary?
More bites?
Or just necessary to sell them?
Or extra contrast worth the expense?
Thanks one more time
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I don't think it's necessary but I do enjoy it and love the finished look. I don't powder paint, I use fingernail polish. Taking the time and crafting the jigs is really a labor of love and a hobby I enjoy.
I believe sometimes it adds to the catch appeal of a bait.
May not really make any difference but I’m one who believes in having contrasting colors makes a difference at times. And like SuperDave I just enjoy finishing them.
1/16 and 1/32 #2 red sickle hook powder painted Chartreuse is about all I use. I buy them from a local shop, clean the flash off of them and powder paint them.
Can you catch fish on an unpainted head.....yes! Does painting improve the performance of the bait, certainly. Playing with color schemes is essential to finding what colors work best together. Painting eyes on a jig may catch potential buyers, but adds nothing to the baits appeal to the fish. Fish are drawn to color of different shades and combinations based on water clarity, cloudy or sunny skies, time of day, what type and size prey they are feeding on. I like to powder coat my heads, then apply clear sparkle fingernail polish to add some flash. It has been proven time and again that color matters on not just shirting, but jig head as well. You can take that to the bank!
I have several friends I do jigs for here locally. Some don't want eyes, some don't want paint at all. Me, I like the contrast and the eyes. even if its just a black dot. I really think its having something you believe in on a personal preference.
Personally I believe at times paint color can help, but for the most part I paint for looks and to keep the lead from oxidizing so even if I don't paint them I coat them with Sally's Hard as Nails or something like that. This will not hold up when fishing them, but probably will until they are used?
I keep bringing up the Gray Ghost for several reasons and here is another reason to use it. That jig had an unpainted head and V's for the tail, no tip and Gray Chenille, with a very small hook, that's it! Oh and almost forgot, no eyes either!
Even though it's not dressed to kill, kill is does anyway!
Skip
The ones I tied worked very well for me
Any flash on the GHOST?Quote:
Originally Posted by skiptomylu
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I have used two strands of red crystal flash on some of them. They caught fish with or without
I do it for contrast. There have been many many crappie caught with and without painted heads. Use which you like!
The original gray ghost has no flash. I don’t think it matters much but I wouldn’t get carried away with it. This jig imitates a minnow superbly and I think that’s why it works so good.
I agree with Cray. I believe that a good contrast is important. This is also why when I paint heads for myself I dont do eyes unless I put a contrasting single dot.
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It works for me best in spring and fall. I used 1 strand per side on red crystal flash. otherwise its an all gray jigQuote:
Originally Posted by SuperDave336
I like a couple of strands of flash, you choose the color as I have used about all of them. The ghost has a dominating theme in my box of jigs.
Painted heads are a topic of conversation all the time. I have spent hours painting and putting eyes on. One batch I did years back were bare due to time constraints, and the other guy used painted heads. The fish didn’t notice and bit them both. I keep some painted heads available but the majority that I use are bare. I do need to coat them as Skip suggests, never gave it much thought.
I have ties them both ways, but the original one I had in my hands did not have flash! You can use it though and should be fine either way. You can also take a piece of Red Floss (same a Red Nylon Thread really) and tie it on like I did on the kiptail jigs I tied for some guys in South Louisiana. I believe it gives the impression of blood.Quote:
Originally Posted by brettw
Skip
Also heard one theory that the red imitated the flssh of gills from feeding fish. Either way a little red has been good for meQuote:
Originally Posted by skiptomylu
I like my painted heads!
I have about 15 different powder paint colors, even some disco colors. doesn't seem to matter. Plain heads work just as well. /////i agree with it's a confidence thing really. I don't sell any,but have been known to hand some out, especially to kids. I have even used painted heads with just a minnow on it and have caught fish...
POWDER PAINT FOR SALE [emoji13]Quote:
Originally Posted by Jamesdean
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I paint my heads and add 3d eyes to my jigs. I will admit it matters more to the fisherman than the fish but I also drive a truck with mag wheels instead of black steel. Either will get me to were I am going but nothing wrong with doing a little styling along the wat.