Recent content by creekychub

I happily got married to my long time girlfriend this summer, but before that my buddies and I took a long road trip from Nebraska down to Lake Powell. Lake Powell is a HUGE reservoir located on the Arizona Utah border. It is a dammed up portion of the Colorado river that eventually leads to...

I tied a few boolie style jigs of various weights and materials and thought I'd give them a shot. We caught several nice bass and a few small walleye on the boolie with a #18 dry fly hook tied on as a bait keeper with a twister tail. I even managed a few nice stripers down at Lake...

I'm curious if anyone uses electric turners to dry their jigs/lures? :huh: I've been looking into purchasing one specifically made for this purpose but they seemed a bit overpriced to me. They look easy enough to make at home with a low, < 10 rpm motor. I was wondering if anyone has made their...

This past weekend I had the whole afternoon to myself to hit the water. I thought I would pack light with a few of my jigs that I tied up this winter. The wind was pushing 20 mph from the south, so I was wading the shallow leeward end of a local lake targeting schooled up yellow bass. I...

I tied some flashy jigs for a Missouri river trip this weekend and they ended up being the only thing to get bit. I managed my first open water fish of the year, a 29" pike. Along with the toothy fish we snagged several big and small-mouth buffalo, common carp, bighead carp, and a couple of...

*Update* Here's a link to the success thread> http://www.jigcraft.com/jigcraft/showthread.php?tid=5569 I'm going walleye/sauger fishing this weekend with some buddies on the Missouri River (SD/NE border) and I thought I should bring some jigs for the occasion. I found some 1/4oz round glow in...

Pup shared a link the other day to a cool fly pattern called Lefty's Red and White Hackle Fly. I had a couple of 1/4 oz. red powder painted jigheads that seemed perfect for this pattern. I substituted flash for the grizzly hackle on these jigs. I think some local pike might find this pattern...

My first attempt at a wool/satin tie. I used wool roving and found it pretty easy to work with. I like how the minnow profile stays pretty stable (stiff) in the water, a good compromise from the flowing marabou/bunny action. I'm sure there are situations when more or less action will be...

I asked a friend to hook me up with a few pheasant feathers this past season and was treated to several freezer bags full of feathers and plenty of tails. I came up with a few simple patterns. These are both on 1/32oz lead-free heads with nail polish. Left jig's body is home blended dubbing...

I have always had great luck chasing crappies with small red/white soft plastic tubes. I think some home brewed red and whites should work just as well. This is also my first experience with powder paint and it worked out great! All are pro tec red powder paint cured at ~325 degrees for about...

A buddy of mine is planning a walleye trip in the northeast and asked if I could make him a few black/purple bucktails. I tied a few for my buddy and a few for myself in 1/16 & 1/8 (lead free) and leaded 1/4 ouncers with nail polish paint jobs. I added some stick on eyes to seal the deal. I...

First post of my own ties, here goes... I was at Cabela's and saw a pack of pine squirrel zonker strips in a sweet crawdad color, the wheels started turning and I had to tie some jigs with it.. I took some hints from CrappieHappy's craw and made the body out of home blended dubbing (didn't...

Hello everyone! I'm a new guy from eastern Nebraska. I'm new to jig tying/lure crafting but not new to fishing. I'm exited to learn as much as I can from this cool community, as well as sharing what tricks I've pick up over the years. Thanks Everyone!