Saltwater Marabou

Figured I'de tye some jigs that would work for the salt or freshwater.Here's a 1/4 oz. with a heavy 1/0 sickle in black nickel.I palmered a yellow marabou on the rear and a red marabou on the front.Finished with a red thread neck.

Looks good. I have been tying some with multi colored tails and I sure like the look of them. I use a lot of Chartruse and yellow marabou and hackle for tails so now I have been tying both on. Best of both worlds.

Come on Doc,let's see some Doccie Boy jigs.Thanks for all the kind words,lol.

Looks great. Wonder what the action under water looks like. Time to fill up the bath tub lol.

When they are drug through the water they are skinny looking,but,when you pause for a second the palmered marabou flares and makes it look bigger around like a Blowfish,lol.

I don't palmer marabou but looking at that makes me want to give it a go,very nice tie.

Jim it's some nice stuff - give it a try

wat is palmred marbiou? adn how do u do it?

Nice job on the palmmering SB

Yellowjacket,you tie the tip of the feather behind the head of the jig.Then you dip your fingers into a cup of water and tease the barbs of the feather back towards the hook point while holding the stem at the bottom of your other hand.Then you twist the feather around the hook shank while keeping the feathers pointed back.You use the whole feather and tie it around the stem and cut it off.Then I usually wrap the thread arond the stem nub until it is all covered and you have a nice thread neck.Look at some U Tube videos.That's where I perfected the way I do it.

Here's the same jighead with a blue marabou on rear and a white one palmered on the front.

Sweet jigs Salty, that palmering looks great and I bet they move like magic. Quarter is such a great inshore all round weight.

Looking good there , hang you a couple hackle down the sides for a bleeder . Then go get you a striper .

nice work Bruce. you should do a tutorial on palmering that ....

Like how the blue shows through when wet

That is a good looking jig. Nice tying.