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3/16 road runners and 1/16 pillhead spinners. Some are with some tumbled, polished rock or rock crocs. Three hobbies in one picture. Crocs were made using a two part resin and added some polished rock.

I've had this custom mold for a few years and for some reason hardly ever use it. A tied jig with blade weighs 3/32 oz, great in between size weight. There are some of these in the guessing game with and without swivels. Poured these this morning and tied them up. The orange black chenille was...

I was pouring this morning and came up with an idea for a guessing game. All but one of these are from custom molds that CAT made for me a few years back.11 different jigs total. I didn't pour with all that I have because I got hungry. Rules are simple. Guess how many are in the pile in the...

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.

3/8 oz with a 5/0 gama and stinger fly hook. Used hackle, baitfish emulator flash in the 5.5 which I doubled up and finished with buck tail.

I used a #6 Matzuo Aberdeen sickle for the stinger hook and added blades to a couple of these crappie baits which average about 2.5 inches long. Had to do a few of the duck jigs, hope they have a nice wobble to them in the water.

While recovering from shoulder surgery I've been looking around for ideas for something new to try and decided to try articulated jigs. I called these the Kitchen Sink because of all the different materials that went into tying these. Slow tying these because of the shoulder, took an hour to do...

Been home over a week and finally getting around to posting some pictures. We fished Perris, Vail lake and Lake Havasu. Bluegill at Perris, Bass and crappie at Vail and the Redear and smallmouth at Havasu made it a great trip. Caught 4lb. 9oz redear on a live crawfish. Might have weighed more if...

I'm working on a few types of craw baits in preparation for my trip to Havasu. These are 1/16 craw tail jigs on a #4 sickle and 1/8 footballs on a #2 37188 mustad wide gap jig hook using mink, kiptail, fox squirrel, silicone rubber and neck hackle for the tail, claws and antennae, twisted...

Final tally was 14 crappie, 4 bass and a drum. Jig appears to be working just fine. Further research in the morning. Outfished my favorite duck jigs 19-1. I did use it a lot more.

I've been fishing this lake from the bank for over 30 years and know it has some nice crappie in it if you can find them. Fished it several times this year with the normal close spots not producing much. Decided it was time to take a walk to the back side of this lake where I haven't fished in a...

1/16 in the first picture on a #2 Owner 5318 jig hook. 1/8 in the other two pictures. Been catching some nice crappie the last few years early before the spawn on these. Seems like I lose more on the safety pin type in the first picture then the regular type in the other pictures. Lost four on...

These fire tigers weigh 3/8 oz with a 3/0 gama 111 jig hook. Total length is about 4 inches long. Might be a little big for crappie but walleye might like them.

I was informed last week that I'm the host for swap #29. I've never hosted one on JigCraft so bear with me. Sign ups will start today and run through March 15th. Anyone and everyone is welcome. Jigs need to be mailed to me by March 31st. Only one jig per person is required but you can make two...

These are 1/16 on a #2 Owner 5318. Watching too many fishing videos with people fishing with them so tied a few up. These are 2.5-3 inches long and thought a crappie or two might like them.

Dyed a few colors this morning of opossum, last picture is some pank coyote. Should be able to tie something nice with this, hair has some translucency to it. I kept it simple and used food color, vinegar and two of my daughters coffee mugs. After mixing colors I put it in the microwave for 1:30...

Ice was finally off this city park lake,(cement pond) so thought I'd try since it's close to the house. 40 degrees, cloudy and breezy and didn't dress warm enough so didn't stay but a couple hours. Caught a few small gills on a duck jig and this crappie on a black/chartreuse glow tube jig. Not a...

1/32 #4 first and some 1/16 #2. Just can't stop making these.

Warning!!! Tying with craft hair is addictive. Found some old stuff that I had, bought 8 colors from Punisher Lures and tomorrow I plan on visiting FeatherCraft to see what colors they have. Bigger ones are 3/32 on a #1 574 long shank jig hook and smaller one's are 1/32 on a #4 sickle hook...