Recent content by Thinkingredneck

Do you like them better with the orange feathers inside or outside thw hair? Nice ties!

I ended up with the Colorado Angler 102 jig vise

Thanks.

My Regal doesn't quite hold it and I am afraid I will damage it. On another site I heard that a Cascade Crest would work. I don't want to spend much as most of my flies and jigs are 2/0 or smaller. I would appreciate your input.

Interesting. I don't think matching the hatch is very effective in warm water. In fly tying I have found that the fly exaggerates some trigger mechanism in the fish. I often joke that to catch bass just tie a bunch of "jiggling stuff" on it.

Do you ever use elastic baits (Z-man)?

Beautiful work, BTW.

A hollow tie as I understand it is when the bucktail is tied forward, then bent back by building a thread dam in front of and on the edge of the hair. Sometimes there is a large thread dam or bump behind the hair to keep it from collapsing on retrieve. It is hollow because of the space under...

I may be poking a bear, but much of what y'all are describing looks like the Ned rig. I have used it with fair results. Elastic is amazing stuff.

Don't forget the good ole beetle spin

Crappie. 1/64 jig

I am back after a long absence. I have been tying some jigs with black squirrel tail. My brother in law caught several with them.

I stumbled across this website this week and joined.  Very good site with a lot of good information and collegial environment. I have been a fly fisherman primarily until moving back to the deep south.  I want to learn to catch crappie with jigs.  So my question is, how do you decide whether to...

I am from central MS.  I tie flies and am getting into jigs.  I live on the reservoir,  which has a good crappie population.  Mostly I fish from a kayak.  Good forum!