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We'd had a run of dud trips, donuts and crap water and wind and nasty short interval swell. But persistance pays off and we had a good day a few days ago. Eight really solid yellowtail from a tiny reef peak about 30 feet deep. This is Vic, a gun fisho and surfer (one of the madmen who tow surf...

.......and among the bills and junk mail were two packages from JungleJim and Keith from Hawnjigs. Yeha. A selection of sweet plated heads from Jim and some wild wedge (?) style heads from Keith. Still gotta make up some mono and NP eyes for the crayfish for Keith's heads. Been distracted by the...

Trip up to the trophy trout dam has been delayed (forgot about Easter long weekend! d'oh, it'll be crowded). Bloke told me the trout there have also been feasting on crayfish, so tried to tie a couple. The head is a Gamakatsu Cobra 29, 1/28th and no6 hook. Horizontal fall. Tied quick so a bit...

Tied these with plans to drive up to the lure and fly only trophy dam about two CD's drive from home. It's one of those weird lakes where fish grow big, quickly. Free access. Plenty of big rainbows and brown (between four and eight pounds) taken recently. They've been feeding on gudgeons and...

This is my dream head (well one of a few): Chrome plated minnow head, fair bit of detail in the head shape _ maybe a bit of gill arch, a slight "brow" around the indent for stick on epoxy eyes (and the indent should be a bit oversize, I like oversized eyes), NOT shaped at the back of the head to...

I still do it. Swear I'm gonna tie very sparse tales for clearwater saltwater fishing here. Reminded yet again by Jiggerjohn's facinating insight into early jigging and how Bob Clouser's super sparse minnow tie brought questions of if it was even finished yet! I still end up with quite thick...

Just had our wettest week in recorded history. Coming after a record wet summer, so the earth can't absorb anymore water. All the rain becomes run off instantly. Floods are covering an area something like the size of Europe. "My" trout river went from six feet to 27 feet in six hours. No wonder...

This has intrigued me for donkeys years: What's the history of crappie/panfish being fished with tiny jigs? How did it get started? Who first started fishing with little jigs for these fish and in these fisheries? Why did they go to lures? Other parts of the world have sort of similar fisheries...

Hiya, ducked up to the wild river on the other side of the mountains west of Sydney yesterday. Needed to escape as the coast here is just constantly bombarded by 6-8ft swell, 20-30 knot onshore winds and rain, rain and more rain this summer. Every estuary, bay and coastal lagoon and even the...

In a previous post I mentioned the fat wild carp which inhabit the "wild river" along with trout. Attica said try some very small bugeye jigs, so I tied these up in 1/32nd for a trip yesterday. Painted over google eyes with peacock herl bodies and rabbit tails. Probably actually weigh about...

These clear resin heads are from a local company, Squidgy, as an option for their soft plastics. The ones here are no4 hook but they do several sizes to around 3/0. All sized heads have this style of wide gape, shortish shank, heavy gauge hook. The fall is tease-slow, specially when tied...

You call them shrimp, we call them prawns, so in the interest of US/Oz Jigcraft connection they will be called Shawns! Three on left are 1/11th Gamakatsu "Arky 26" heads, one on right (tan head white tail pink eyes) is a 1/8th Gamakatsu "Cobra 27" head. All four dressed in bucktail with only a...

Nursing a brutal hangover (happy new year!) and am capable of doing nothing but put up some pics. Even typing hurts my brain. These are my favourites to tie at the moment. All are 1/16th Cultiva minnow heads with no6 Owner hooks. Cultiva Live-Eye eyes in 5mm,except the Sharpie striped olive...

Been having a shocker lately. Four trips for four donuts, lost jigs, sunburn, aching legs from bouncing around a small boat in rough seas. Then I formally joined Jigcraft by saying hello, and went out again, the day before yesterday. Hard to find bait, water temp down, six hours of trolling...

Hiya, said I'd put up some jigs which went well on the perch. These are simple thread bodies, about 1/18th or 1/20th when the side of the round head is filed flat. Zap a Gap or epoxy keeps the goggle eyes in place pretty well. Painted with nail polish and at least four coats of Hard as Nails...

Thought it was time to say hiya. I'm typing away in a little old apartment beside a beach in Sydney, Australia. Despite there being sensational saltwater fishing at my doorstep, everything from ultra light flats fishing to marlin and mahi mahi, I've become obsessed over the last several months...