Blind Popeye

It’s a goofy little jig I tied from some leftovers on the tying bench a while back. 1/43 and I think 3 or 4 V’s and some olive thread. No paint on the head and a #8 sickle hook. It was the only thing that they would hit this past Sunday. Keep in mind that I fished four hours and caught one shellcracker before they started getting busy. Here’s the jig and a pic of the better fish. I lost another very similar in size and fight at boat side. Tried to lip him and bumped the jig, you know the rest. Point to all this is; it doesn’t have to look like a jig to be the best of the day. If you think it will work, tie it, try it and find out. I call it blind because it looks kinda like a Popeye but has no eyes.
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Good lesson. Thanks

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Originally Posted by skeetbum

It’s a goofy little jig I tied from some leftovers on the tying bench a while back. 1/43 and I think 3 or 4 V’s and some olive thread. No paint on the head and a #8 sickle hook. It was the only thing that they would hit this past Sunday. Keep in mind that I fished four hours and caught one shellcracker before they started getting busy. Here’s the jig and a pic of the better fish. I lost another very similar in size and fight at boat side. Tried to lip him and bumped the jig, you know the rest. Point to all this is; it doesn’t have to look like a jig to be the best of the day. If you think it will work, tie it, try it and find out. I call it blind because it looks kinda like a Popeye but has no eyes.
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It’s a goofy little jig I tied from some leftovers.... It was the only thing that they would hit!
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That's a super nice looking jig.
Just because of leftovers!
Me likey!

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Nice little thread neck jig

Very cool. Lindy makes a line of little feather jigs called the Lil' Nipper. The jigs have painted heads, though, and have more feathers, which condense a bit when fished. They are about all I've used off our dock this past year as they work very well. I'm tying some variations as they are a touch expensive for what they are made of.

Great experiment Skeetbum. You actually tied a jig with a large tail and no body and the fish loved it. If we show them something they have not seen before it triggers a response from them. Thanks for sharing.

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Love tying that style!! Great work Skeet!!!

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Very cool. Lindy makes a line of little feather jigs called the Lil' Nipper. The jigs have painted heads, though, and have more feathers, which condense a bit when fished. They are about all I've used off our dock this past year as they work very well. I'm tying some variations as they are a touch expensive for what they are made of.

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Yes,I use those,and after the fish beat them up they look just like skeetbum's jig Lol,but they work just the same without the eyes.

Nice job! I always take a few feather jigs with me.

Been making them for almost 40 years now. They have caught everything for a 50+ muskie....to a 40+ flathead and a ton of crappie in between. I tie 1000's every year.....never leave home without them...

Cool jigs! I make some real similar and they've done well also.

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Great experiment Skeetbum. You actually tied a jig with a large tail and no body and the fish loved it. If we show them something they have not seen before it triggers a response from them. Thanks for sharing.

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Thanks Tom. It’s a new favorite of mine. It looks like a big tail but I guess it’s just how it looks. The whole thing is just about 3/4” long.

I like that and not much different than another jig that has very little material on it, the Popeye Jig I use to tie a lot for myself. It was just a thread neck jig too, but Hackle tips and two colors Black and Chartreuse. The head was painted While and a big Black eye, lol! I remember the first time I used one, the first time I noticed it after being in the water it made me think, wow that looking like a stick, lol! Just so happens that was a day I got tired of tying and went down to my bank and had a small cork and a 1/32 Oz jig. I was so surprised when I caught 16 that afternoon right there off my bank, then another 10 before the weekend to have a good fish fry.

I don't use that jig near enough and now maybe I will have to try yours too! Not to mention that this will give me a good way to use my marabou tips that I have saved for something like 14 years, lol!

Skip

Thanks Skip. You can imagine what my box of tied jigs looks like, and with all those choices, this simple thing made a big difference on the day. Now I have to go put a couple more in my already stuffed box.

Good job Skeet. I like it and sure the fish do too! Keep up the good work.

Nice and simple!