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here's some jigs i've been tying. just tying some singles to see what i wanna make more of. let me know what you think. Thanks!
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Welcome to Crappie.You have some nice looking jigs there.I see some color combinations that are favorites of mine.I think you'll enjoy checking out and seeing what other tyers are doing.I know that I've gotten some great ideas in the short time that I've been on here.This jig tying section has me addicted.
Welcome to the site. I like the color combo's you've got in that first picture.
J
Think you are on the right track.
You are off to a good start. Keep it up. Now you have to go to the water and see if the crappie approve. That is the ultimate test.
Welcome from Mississippi. Your jigs look good and some nice color combos.
Attachment 23722 From Toledo Bend Texas!
Maybe with the smaller jig heads you should try small chenille especially when trying to do some dual chenille type jigs. I now sometimes it's hard to keep the body from being larger than the head, but at least try. Especially with Crystal Antron which I am guessing some one pointed out to you. It comes in a smaller size and that stuff is a little large on your size jig heads especially using 2 colors on the body.
Crystal Antron is probably the easiest chenille to make a pretty jig that there is and I use it a lot on my personal jigs and if my customers knew the difference they would probably pay the small difference I charge for it.
Your jigs look pretty good basically, but the real test is when you catch fish on them and then no matter how they look you have a couple of things to consider and a couple are...
Do the crappie like them?
Do they hold up well and stay together fish after fish?
I expect my jigs to be able to handle over 100 fish unless the fisherman is like me and loses it before it gets to 100, LOL!
Anyway keep tying and trying to improve as you get more experiance and learn little things that help you work.
Over all not bad if you are new to tying.
Skip
I expect to see you in some swaps I believe those color's will work anywhere Welcome aboard!
those are nice looking jigs good job
those are some pretty jigs and i would bite'em :D
Welcome Aboard From IL......Nice Looking Jigs You Got There
Welcome from Alabama. The Pink and krystal flash on the minnow head looks nice.
Thanks guys!
Skip,
i have actually been tying for quite awhile. Just new to the forum. Like i said in my original post, these were just some ideas i was throwing around to see what i want to make more of. I posted them to see which ones you guys thought were keepers.
There dual color chenille jigs were intended to have a large body....i've been trying to do some pitching to structure rather than vertical jigging so i tied a large fluffy body on a 1/32 head to get a slower fall rate.
I came across the crystal braid about a year ago and have been tying alot of jigs on darter heads with it. In my opintion with it, a darter head, and the right tail material it does a pretty good job at mimicing a baitfish profile.
Yes they catch fish
Yes they hold up well...i take pride in my jigs....i take the time while tying to make sure they are durable.
I have seen pictures of your jigs on the texasfishingforum.com...not bad. Thanks for the criticism, i'll put it to use in my future tying.
And by the way i'm in the Dallas/waxahachie texas area....if anyone ever wants to meet up and share ideas or do some fishing.
Well you ain't to far away that fishing sounds pretty good to Me!
Man they look good, welcome to c.c
Man those are some nice ones. The ones in that first group are right up my alley and they'd work well on the fish in my water.
Welcome to the forum. I look forward to seein more of your work in the future.
I think you'll find some great ideas from some pretty creative crappie fanatics on this site. Looks like you're already "eaten up" with it yourself. Great looking jigs that will catch fish for sure. Great pics.
CR
they look good. for a chenille, marabou jig try orange head, tiny black eyes, chart. green or chart. yellow chenille body ( make the body short ) and white marabou for the tail. 1/32 oz. on a size 2 hook. a freind of mine once caught 3 crappy over 2 pounds in one afternoon on them fished under a bobber , just the plain jig. he showed me the jig and said he couldn't find them anymore. I made him about 30. he says he's catching fish on them too.
i know what you mean about slow fall....i made me up some 1/100oz on #4 and #2 hooks now i just need to tie them up and see how they work out....
Welcome on the board Falco from N Central Ohio. Nice work, I've been thinking of ways to make a slower fall because I do cast alot on small no-boat lakes, and throwing smaller lead usually means a shorter cast. Sounds like a winner!
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We all have our own unique tying styles, and its enteresting to see how many varieties of jigs that are really out there. I like Variety pretty or not thats what im talking about yea!Send me a pic or two. Good luck!
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wow! it's awesome to have some folks to share ideas with...its not often that you run into people that tie jigs. My apologies if i sounded "jerkish" in my last post...i work nights and you caught me right after i woke up....haha. Been lookin at some of the jigs that ya'll tie, theres some really awesome stuff on here. I have a feeling that ya'll are about to make my tying material bill go through the roof.