Crickets

[AtticaFish]

Been spending some time playing around with ideas, thought a cricket jig might be a challenge. These are pretty small and took awhile to tie..... but was fun and i think they turned out prety good. The poly yarn bodies should also soak up & hold scent - thinking i may try to dunk them in some of the Gulp! juice.

Both of these are 1/80 with #8 sickels - thanks JJ1!
Materials: Black poly yarn body with contrasting thread colors. Black silicone for legs. Boar hair for antenae (sp?)

 

[oldfox]

Very nice Russ..... Now we need a tutorial

 

[StumpHunter]

That is a good looking cricket!! The fish should kill that.

 

[CrappieHappy]

Very nice Russ. X 2 on the tutorial...

 

[Ron Don]

AMAZING!!!!

 

[Len]

Your sure have alot of patience to tie something that small.That is very nice!!

 

[toadfrog]

That would kill the rock bass around here.

 

[Radtexan]

Well done sir !!

 

[Fatman]

Very nice, not many realize how many good fly tying patterns work just as well on jigs

 

[JUNGLEJIM1]

Nice looking crickets.I think I'd lose it knotting those rubber legs.

 

[JSC]

Very Good

JSC

 

[Pup]

An extremely :jig:!

Very intricate. I like your design. :icon14:

I've wondered if boar hair bristles might have an application for weed guards. Aren't boar bristles often used as whiskers on deer hair mice?

 

[jjsjigs]

Yes, I use boar, moose mane, lacquered thread as mice whiskers. (However, I think boar works the best).

 

[Lost Pole]

:beer:
If itcould get any more real you wldnt be able to sleep with a few of those in the tackle box.
Amazing work

 

[AtticaFish]

Thanks everyone!

I think the boars hair (in single or double fibers) would work well as weed guards on small jigs. Going much larger than 1/16th and i am not sure if they would have the strength to be useful..... unless you used a large bunch of them maybe?

The knots in the legs are cake - i tied them in the middle of a skirt strip and just cut the length so the 'knees' were in the right place after they were tied in.

Getting the shape right (still not 100% satisfied) and putting the contrasting stripes of thread on were the toughest parts for me.

Will see on that tutorial......

 

[Ron Don]

I think this is showcase material fo sho!