Skinny Minnies

Waiting for the weather to cool I decided to paint a few jigs. I came across some tube jig heads and needing a time killer I painted them up. I think they should make a nice ice jig and I rarely have seen bluegills turn small jigs down all year long. 1/64 oz.

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Very nice jigs! Thinking I'll be making a few of these myself....

I made some of these last year but yours look better. I tried cramming chenille on them and the thread neck looks better. Good job.

Good looking jigs. Let us know how they work!!!

These look great and will be a good fish producer.
I make a simular jig from the tube jig heads I call KISS Bugs The tail material I use is fine rubber hackle. (60 strands per inch) Head sizes 1/48,1/32,1/16,and 1/8 once.
I believe this type of pattern emmulates fry and evering eats fry.

I make these too but I fish them in open water before it gets hard. They work well here. Yours look really good.

Looking good for sure!

Looks like a winning idea, but I would suggest one more color combo and that is the Blue and White. That's a great all around color combo.

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Originally Posted by skiptomylu

Looks like a winning idea, but I would suggest one more color combo and that is the Blue and White. That's a great all around color combo.

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It's hard to beat the chartreuse green or clown pattern( char/orange).

Those are really nice, now go get some fish.

Looking good

I have one suggestion for tail ties. After you do the whip finish use a very hard head cement. I use UV cement.
I tried my Hard as Nails head cement and the fish destroyed the thread in short order. The thread takes way more pounding than a collar tie. After switching to the UV cement no more thread problems.

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Originally Posted by skiptomylu

Looks like a winning idea, but I would suggest one more color combo and that is the Blue and White. That's a great all around color combo.

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I took care of that lack of blue/white thing. Also got a load of dark clothes thru the wash.

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Originally Posted by RLS40

I have one suggestion for tail ties. After you do the whip finish use a very hard head cement. I use UV cement.
I tried my Hard as Nails head cement and the fish destroyed the thread in short order. The thread takes way more pounding than a collar tie. After switching to the UV cement no more thread problems.

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Thanks for the advice. Any suggestion on tooling up for the UV cement?

Hey I have a recommendation unless you want the UV part of that. I use Softex on all my thread neck ties and I know it cost more, but you get a lot more and it's super tuff stuff! I spoke to the CEO years ago when I was developing my glow jigs and I was sold. Now that I have been using it for over 12 years, love the stuff and I use a wood skewer to apply it. You get a really nice size jar that will last you a long time! It's been tested on toothy fish too and hold up well!

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Originally Posted by mchech

Thanks for the advice. Any suggestion on tooling up for the UV cement?

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The UV cement usually comes with a LED light to activate the cement. I got a 12 volt UV LED online and use a plug in charger to power the LED. This eliminates having to mess with batteries.
I would think any type of cement that makes a hard surface would work.