Ultra light trout jig ideas

I will be taking a friend of mines daughter to a trout park in Missouri for a kids fish day. I would like to make some jigs to take with me to use with an ultra light but I'm not sure what exactly to tie. I have tied trout flies and crappie jigs but I tried tying some pony heads one time for trout and could not get them to bite them. They would follow them but never bite. I was hoping to get some ideas from you all that have tied ultra light stuff for trout before so maybe I can make something that will work. Any picture would help also as I can usually replicate pretty good if I can see it.

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Pheasant tail patterns on a jig hook with a small tungsten slotted bead should work well.

Black or olive woolly bugger

Pattern called a John Benjamin. Black head, black bear wing, gray squirrel, pearl Krystal flash on sides. Use black bucktail in place of bear. Check youtube for video

Thanks guys! I will definitely work on some of those. I've tried wolly buggers and bead head pheasant tails for use on a fly rod but didn't really think of it for ultra light. I will check out the John Benjamin too that sound interesting. Thank you all for the idea

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Simi seal leech jigs with marabou tails in various color combos.

Fast easy ties with minimum components.



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I fish at a couple of the Missouri trout parks every year and for the last few years a simple tie using Sculpin olive grizzly marabou or Canadian Pine Squirrel zonkers with a few wraps of olive palmer chenille around the collar have been working very well for me. Bright green head has been #1 color on a 1/32 head with a #6-8 jig hook. These are pine squirrel ties. I like working them fast so trout react and chase. Some will strike and miss the bait several times before they catch it so I keep it moving in an erratic manner. Attachment 426716

A Clouser minnow or Crappie Candy might work well.

Could be tied on a streamer hook or jig head.

Thanks guys! I got some work to do by next weekend! Junglejim thank you for the picture I'll definitely be trying to replicate some of those, just don't know that I have any zonker strips but that gives me a good idea on colors.

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A black, brown or olive grizzly marabou feather would be fine, do really well with the darker colors at the trout parks with the darker colors. 2# test is what I use.

Wild turkey marabou with a silver sparkle braid body on a 1/32 #6 jig head works well on western trout.

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Originally Posted by sweathermon

Thanks guys! I will definitely work on some of those. I've tried wolly buggers and bead head pheasant tails for use on a fly rod but didn't really think of it for ultra light. I will check out the John Benjamin too that sound interesting. Thank you all for the idea

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Yea, woollybuggers work great on U/L.
Bob