Tied Stingers

I have been hearing alot about people using baits similar to the stinger shad, crappie stingers and slab bandits... they are pretty much a grub body with a thin single tail. Thought i would give a shot at making my own. I used the yarn to build up the top and bottom of the jig to give it some-what of a shad profile. I thought they turned out decent, need to play around with a few more colors.

1/32 oz.
Hide from chart. zonker strip
Craft Yarn Body - chart. & silver

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The zonker hide was the left overs after trimming the hair off for some smaller jigs. I have a hard time throwing away my scraps. I also have some edge trimmings off of whole rabbit hides i have zonker cut myself that i am going to try and trim into craw pinchers... winter time project.

Very neat AF. Like the body weave too. Did you use your chenille bobbins to do it? I bet they would come in handy for this!

Man, that is sharp! Let us know how they produce.

That's a killer,heard the trimmed rabbit makes great tails with good movement. This proves it.

Scott & JJ1 - Thanks! Hope to get out and throw them at some fish before my water gets 'crusty' on top. :-/

RD - Thanks. Did not use the bobbin... I have waaaaaaay too many colors of chenille and this yarn for how many 'deep' spools i have made. I have cut 6 spools so far and loaded them with my favorite chenille colors. Need to find someone with a wood lathe to make me about 30 spools... think i am getting carpal tunnel from trying to cut them by knife and sandpaper!!!! :beat-up: Boss is starting to wonder why i am always hiding in the back room too. HaHa!!!!

Those look like the Panfish Assassin for sure. The weave looks great!

That is some nice jigs and good work weaving.

Would pass for the B.G. baby shads I use, AND LOVE, easily.
Lemme get 6 of those and no more 3.49 for an 18 ct.
Would love to see a tutorial one day.

Adam

Attica,
The weave make a great looking segmented body. Nice work!

AF,

Great idea and ties. Counterparts of Panfish Assassins!

Excellent tye – awesome work – definitely tutorial material

Where can information on weave tying be viewed? thanks

Nightprowler - FAOL has a step by step in their advanved fly tying articles for a few different weaves... the first 4 in the list. I used the hook weave style on these but also use the tiger weave. Have never tried the granny weave, but it pretty much looks like macramae knots around the shank - now, the hackle weave looks like a 12-pack night worth of a headache!!!! :beat-up:

Hope to put a tutorial of my tie on here, but that won't happen till after the holidays. Hope this helps.

Holidays are over...!

Adam

Ain't no way I could do that without a 500x magnifier. Ya know when you're getting old can't poop , can't pee , can't see . Keep going that direction and I'll need tennis balls stuck on the legs of my walker as slip and slide precautions.

Did up a tutorial for them today, haven't got a chance to 'explain' all the pics and post it to the site yet... will let you know when i do - should be SOON! Here is the one i made....

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BTW - Thanks for the kick in the pants - i DO NEED IT at times. :blush:

Lost Pole - Got it posted in the patterns/recipes...... Stinger - Weaved Body

The weave can be a pain and i'm not sure how good a job i did explaining and showing it. Hopefully enough info to get the idea. Just don't give up on it, i promise that it gets easier the more you do it. - Russ

Fantastic joB AF - really enjoyed it - thnx

Bringing this back up so I don't have to search for it anymore.

AND hoping for a video one day.......:beer:[/align]