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    A couple from today

    The top jig is a 1/32oz minnow head, I tied in white bucktail and green flash for the tail and then tied in shiner chenille for the body. The bottom jig is also a 1/32oz minnow head, I tied in two black hackle tips and silver flash for the tail and then flathead minnow chenille for the body.
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    Griffin Odyssey Spider vise review

    I just got my new Griffin vise, after using it for a few hours I figured I'd give a review in case there is a new member with a kit vise and looking to upgrade. The first thing is you notice that at the price point you are getting a rotary vise with no frills or bling, it is straight forward in...
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    More minnows

    Here are 2 more 1/32oz minnow heads. Both are black with silver 3D eyes, the top jig has a tail of black bucktail and silver flash and finished off with anthracite chenille. The bottom jig has a palmered black marabou tail with silver flash and finished off with copper/black chenille. I used red...
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    First ties off new mold

    Here are the first 2 off my new minnow head mold, these are both 1/32oz. The top jig is painted shad gray with black back, I tied black bucktail to the top and white bucktail to the bottom and finished it off with shiner chenille. The bottom jig is shad gray with black back, I palmered a white...
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    Craw Crazy

    These are both 1/8oz ball head jigs, the top one is painted chartreuse and it tied with chartreuse grizzly hackle for claws, some chartreuse craft fur for the mustache and some spey hackle for feelers. I then palmered a chartreuse and white with black bars rabbit zonker to finish it off. The...
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    Rabbit+ Grizzly hackle=Craw

    Does anyone else tie jigs that when you finish you immediately get ideas for other patterns based off the one you just tied? Well that is what happened here, I did the grizzly soft hackle canadian jig and Ron Don said it would make a nice craw pattern and bingo!!! I got this idea and I like it...
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    Grizzly soft hackle bug.

    This is a 3/32oz walleye jighead, it is painted copperhead. I did this one trying to make a canadian jig but using grizzly soft hackle instead, after all, it it looks great in the water as a collar so why not more. I tied in the tips for the tail and then tied the hackle down up to the head. I...
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    An attempt at a couple more.

    The top jig is a 1/8oz ball head painted black. I tried doing a Canadian jig with a bigger tail and I don't like it but maybe it will be better in the water. Anyway, I tied in 2 brown hackle feathers for the tail andthen I tied in some burnt orange and black varigated chenille along with a piece...
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    A couple more for the river.

    These are both 3/32oz jigheads, the top is black and purple marabou tied straight on the hook shank with a purple colored head. The bottom is a craw imitation, I tied in Hareline orange craft fur for the tail and then tied in the sculpin colored UV2 rabbit for the body.
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    A dragonfly or something.

    This is an accident, I was going to tie watermelon craft hair jig with a little flash, nothing else. Well that changed when I realized I wasn't going to have enough craft hair to make it full enough so I grabbed some black hackle and some olive seal-x dubbing and this is what came out. The tail...
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    Matzuo sickle hook ?

    I have some questions for you guys that use them a lot. How good are they at keep their point? What I mean is certain super sharp hooks seem to dull after a few fish or even a single snag so do they hold up better than the Mustads or Eagle Claws, just as good, or slightly less than the others...
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    Strange Trio

    The top and bottom jigs a 3/32oz and the center jig is 1/4oz. The top one is a palmered purple marabou tail with purple seal-X dubbing for the body and finished of with purple soft grizzly hackle for the collar. The center jig is a palmered purple marabou feather for the tail and then hot pink...
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    Chartreuse Rabbit

    This is the new UV2 rabbit zonkers I got. It is a 1/8oz ball head jig, with 2 toned chartreuse and white rabbit strips with black barring. I did just want someone warned me about, and that was tying to many jigs for the river next week and then becoming confused on which ones to use and after...
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    Chartreuse Candy

    This is a 1/8oz ball head jig in chartreuse, I tied in two chartreuse marabou feathers by palmering them on the hook shank and then used chartreuse seal-x dubbing for the body and then I finished it off with a chartreuse grizzly soft hackle collar. I'm excited as I just got my new UV2 material...
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    A couple more smallie treats

    Here are 2 more for my next outing. These are both 3/32oz heads the top jig is white with some blue speckes, I tied in some whire marabou for the tail and then palmered the blue and white two toned rabbit strip and tied it off at the head. The bottom jig is a candy purple head with 50 denier...
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    Smallmouth Trifecta

    Well here are some jigs I tied up to hit the river with next week if I'm lucky and all goes as planned. These are all 3/32oz jigheads with size 1 hooks. The top jig is what I call my "helgricraw", it is brown bucktail with shrimp orange dubbing for the body and a brown hackle collar to finish it...
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    Silly rabbit

    Silly as in silly legs! This is a white 1/8oz football head on a 1/0 hook, I tied in a two toned, blue over white, zonker strip with barring for the tail and then I tied in dark blue silicone stands (silly legs) at a few spots up the hook shank. I then tied in another rabbit strip and palmed it...
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    Marabou on my mind

    Well after watching a video on youtube about the different ways to use marabou I decided to try something new. This is a 1/16oz head and I tied in a straight black marabou tail, after it was tied in I clipped off the remainder and instead of discarding it I cut off a bunch of fibers from the...
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    A bigger and Better Bugger

    This is a 1/8oz round head jig with a 3/0 60 degree flat eye hook. I have a black marbou tail that is tied in straight and then I hackle tied some white marabou for some contrast. I then used fine rust dubbing for the body and on the suggestion of a friend I left a long tag end when I put down...
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    Some sprayed powder!

    I just finished these for a local angler, the top one is "Royal Gill" and the bottom one is "Lustful shad", and I know the second name is lame but there are too many sexy shads! Anyway, these are all powder coated using a hobby sandblaster to spray the powder, there isn't any detail but you...
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