PB RATTLER TUTORIAL

These are 1/16 jigs with a #2 Owner 5318. I tied in 8 strands of chartreuse midge flash then tied in the possum hair for the tail. Tied in the rattle next and added a couple drops of super glue to keep it from moving. Tie in a long grizzly hackle. View attachment 3View attachment 4View attachment 5View attachment 6

I used #5 Hot Shiner chenille for the body and then palmer wrapped the hackle up the body and then tied it off. PB stands for Possum Bugger. View attachment 7View attachment 8View attachment 9

Here are some flash ducks and a Tail gunner that I added rattles to. Need to get some smaller rattles so I can do some in smaller sizes. Thought the rattle baits would be an attractant to fish since noise is amplified in water. View attachment 2View attachment 3

Nice Jim!!!!!!! Only thing I ever worried about was the glass of the rattle if it hit on any rocks!

Thanks for the step by Jim... Gotta find me some rattles sometime..

Very nice work

BucktailJiger said:

Very nice work

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Awesome!!! Did the opossum get upset for steeling his fur. hahaaaa

Nice!!

Jigman, I found the 3mm rattles on ebay and paid $10.99 for 50 with free shipping. Don't know about this possum since it was sent to me by a member here. I know the one that wandered into our yard last week wasn't very happy once the dog got a hold of him. Opposum hair is translucent with black tips, really like it and the crappie do too.

Fatman said:

Nice Jim!!!!!!! Only thing I ever worried about was the glass of the rattle if it hit on any rocks!

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I had a rattle break on a hook set sending glass & bb's down the gullet of the fish - kinda hard on the fish when you catch & release.

I stopped with the glass & went to a plastic rattle or made one myself out of a drinking straw.

These are glass rattles but they have thread, chenille and hackle wrapped over the top so even if a rattle broke I don't think much would get through all that if any. It's a crappie jig so I don't think I'll be setting the hook hard enough to break one. Might do an experiment to see how hard these are to break. A rattle that has chenille and hackle over the top which acts as a cushion shouldn't break even if you hit a rock on the cast.

Nice work, I have been successful , on something similar, seems the rattle makes a difference, when they are tight lipped.

Nice ties!!