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Been a member here for awhile just never posted before. I have learned a lot from this site seems to be a great group of people here, the information shared is much appreciated, thank you!
Anyway I just started crappie fishing this past fall been using soft plastics and have been successful but wanted to tie some jigs, been tying trout flies and steelhead jigs for years. Decided to share my first crappie ties here after all the inspiration I have received from this site.
Larger jigs I believe are 1/32, smaller 1/64 not sure on hook sizes just some unpainted heads I had in my tackle box, painted them up and tied.
I can tell you your first efforts into crappie jigs turned out so much better than my first to round. Great looking jigs
Very nice ties. Really like that black and blue jig.
Great looking ties
Hey Steel,
Your ties look real good. I would be happy to fish them anytime. Good Luck
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Looks like a veteran job to me. Great work there.
Very nice. Love some of those colors. Should work good.
Looks like your doing a great job for a beginner. However your tying the wrong end of the chenille in on all the jigs in the top picture. Rayon solid colors have a direction to it and if you tie it in from the right end it will look a lot better and not open so you can see the cotton. The cotton shouldn't show. Take the solid color Rayon chenille in both hands and between your finger and thumb tips gently and pull one direction and then the other. One was will feel more rough and the other will feel more smooth, you want to tie in the rough feeling end and then you body will look a lot better!
This os one of the tips I try to give all my chenille customers to help them with their tying.
Skip
Skip been tying for many years, just not crappie jigs, even tied steelhead jigs for a small local tackle shop for awhile and never new that about chenille, guess you learn something new every day. Thanks for the tip and comments!
Your welcome!Quote:
Originally Posted by addictsteel
Well that is something I had to discover on my own, lol! I picked up a lot of tips on fly boards, but some I just learned the hard way, lol! Also know if your chenille is a little old it gets ugly looking or crushed on itself you can steam it and make it look brand new again! Have to get it into heave steam, but not long and don't get the chenille wet! You will love how it works!
Those look great ! your hooked...
Those are as fine as twine, just saying!
Man I like that bumble bee!
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Redge stole my comment, very nice bumble bee. Good looking ties all around, good balance and color choices. I do a lot of 2 lb stuff and the little jigs keep me busy. Guess I’m just lazy, or maybe in a hurry to see what works best, as I seldom paint my jig heads. I have everything I need, just don’t get it done.
That bumble bee would sure get the redeye on the Collins River in Tn.