Finally Figured Out How to Post Pics

:rolleyes: Well, it's too cold to fish or golf, so I finally took the time to figure out how to post pics...at least I think I did. I've been tying jigs in this cold Illinois weather and thought I'd share a few of my favorite color combos for crappie fishing in this part of the country. I always have enjoyed this site and really appreciate the skilled hands and talent demonstrated here. I hope I don't embarass myself too much. Here goes...

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No need to be embarased cause you have talent!! :cool: Those look very good.

I must be out of the loop with the blue and white combo. I've heard 3 different people in the last week talk about how well it works and I don't think I even own anything blue in my box. That will be changing soon, have an order coming with 2 different colors of blue chennile! :D Do you throw the blue under certain conditions? Sunny or cloudy, warm or cold?

GREAT JIGS!

You need to be in on the next jig swap nice! I could use 1 of each how you doing the bodie's on the orange in bottom pic.

I use a lot of blue on brite days or clearer water .

Nice looking jigs,love the paint jobs on those pillheads.You ought to sign up for one of the swaps when the next one comes up.I'm addicted to the site.I'm right down 70 from you in Saint Louis.Thanks for showing those jigs.I'm going to have to tie up something in blue myself.

Blue and white is a good all around color IMHO...There are days it really produces well. I like it in sunny conditions. It's a good KY lake color, and it has worked well for me on some of the local Southern Illinois lakes that I fish in my home area. A friend of mine guides on KY lake and sometimes uses a blue head with a black and blue body in low light conditions there (early morning or overcast days). Thanks again for the kind words. Good fishing to you.

CR

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Originally Posted by AtticaFish

No need to be embarased cause you have talent!! :cool: Those look very good.

I must be out of the loop with the blue and white combo. I've heard 3 different people in the last week talk about how well it works and I don't think I even own anything blue in my box. That will be changing soon, have an order coming with 2 different colors of blue chennile! :D Do you throw the blue under certain conditions? Sunny or cloudy, warm or cold?

GREAT JIGS!

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Silver/Blue/White is a big deal in my box and if the sun is out and the water is pretty clear, that is the ticket here. If the water is a bit stained or if just the clouds are heavy I want a Chart/Blue/Chart jig right in my box as well. I use several different blue shades and like them all.

Skip

Man, now I'm feeling GREEN :o my fav lake is crystal clear 90% of the year!! I'll take my number of times to hear it in a week to 6 and counting..... Come on springtime!!

Flatfish the orange effect is produced with Pink/Glitter fingernail polish put over a bright red wax thread wrap. I like the glitter finish it produces and I found that it builds up or thickens the wrap area so the finished jig isn't so skinny as it would otherwise be. I even use Clear/Glitter polish over chenille to get the sparkle effect. I was in Walgreens buying a bunch of fingernail polish over the Christmas holidays and had some girl wait on me and she saved me some money. I kinda felt like Clark Griswald.

CR

Man I hear ya I like those hard bodie's in the winter they seem to target smaller jig's ounce again nice work.

really good looking jigs Ranger...I think I like all of them...good paint jobs on the heads and good color combos....good fishing to ya...brim

regarding the blue color, I didn't have any confidence in it either, till someone turned me on to the kalin grub 2" with black blue and chart. I caught everything in the lake on it. I know it was the blue that did it too, cause black and chart. didn't get those same results, altho I know it will at times. have been using some flour. blue calftails for little jigs too, haven't used them yet.

CR

WOW - jigs are very nice. Really like the red hed in the last pic...

You can build up the "skinny body" with thread. I build up a tapered body, with 3/0 flat wax, and use 3-5 coats of FP.

Nice looking jigs.

Great colors! I like the idea of the fingernail polish. Thanks for sharing.

David

Man those are some nice ties!!!!!! Nothing to worry about there. Now you got the same problem as me to cold to go fishing plus theirs alot of ice on the water.

Fatman

Nice jigs; they look good enough to eat! :D Thanks for the pictures and the good ideas.

those are some nice jigs.

As we know, crappie anglers are some of the kindest folks on this earth; jig tyers are the cream of the crop. Thanks a million for your kind words.

CR

That is a pretty nice job. I think the Aqua/white/flash combination is a winner.

Nice looking jigs i always use smaller jigs when fishing thru the ice...

have you ever tryed taking the nail polish and gluing a thin strip of tin foil down the back? seem to work really well when they are deep...