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smalljaw

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Here are some jigs I did for a friend as he is gearing up for the early spring smallie bite on hair jigs! The top jig is a 1/8oz weedless football jig painted dark watermelon, the jig has an under body of green bucktail and over top is dark flourescent blue bucktail. The 2nd jig is a 1/8oz weedless football jig painted brown, the jig is primarily brown bucktail with some orange buctail on the back. The last jig is a 3/32oz walleye head painted pumpkin brown, it is done with dark brown bucktail with black over top to give sort of a light and dark contrast. I had to post these simple jigs as I've been all over the place since I joined this site and with the wool and satin experimentation and trying to incorporate hackle, and marabou and everything else, it was kind of nice to make these.

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third jig down.....where are you getting that blend. I am getting all my powder from Colombia Coating by the pound.
 

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PB - make sure to look through the paint receipe section there are alot of different mix's. Len has one like that in a mustard color.

I just ordered $50 bucks worth of powder from Columbia myself and have a couple more colors from ProTec to get.
 

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plateboater said:
third jig down.....where are you getting that blend. I am getting all my powder from Colombia Coating by the pound.

Thanks guys, I'm now up to my arms in bucktail ties I need to do, I should have made a few up knowing what time of year it is.

PB, that is a blend of Columbia coatings flat brown, pro-tec yellow, and columbia white. The exact formula isn't exact but it will get you to the point of adding a little white to lighten or a little brown to darken it. 1 ounce of the yellow, 3/4 ounce brown, and about 1/4 ounce white for 2 ounces. I work with custom colors in 2 ounce increments because it is easier for me to replicate. I came up with this as the pro-tec pumpkin brown changed to a darker color so rather then chance another jar I decided to try making my own and that is what I came up with, BTW I did add about a 1/4 ounce of clear to it as the flat brown made it dull but the clear really made it gloss nice.
 
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