Fav combos - new heads!

[AtticaFish]

I got some Hawn Banana's and must say...WOW!!! These heads are sweet and clean, amazing work. Got a bunch painted and tied up with my favorite colors for the river smallmouth...
1/10 oz. with #2 heavy hooks:

Results of the gray/white buck tail - silver head, from the river today.

Hooked up on 5 fish total with a few other strikes, landed 3. The biggest one got away. :dodgy: NOT ONE jig was lost!!! Was my first day of fishing these hard down in the rocks and i am VERY happy, was only hung up 3 times in an hour and got the jig back - without going for a swim. I'm going to be needing some more of these for other colors.

Here are some that i plan on throwing at the crappies as well. The flat bottom actually raises the jig in the water and you can use a super slow retrieve. High hopes for these...

 

[toadfrog]

LOOOKING GOOD! like those jigs. Bet If I hung a big ole beetle spin on one I could jump stumps and rocks maybe pick off a couple 5 pounders.

 

[Fish Candy Bait Company]

That's some good work there.

 

[JUNGLEJIM1]

Man,those look great,love those brown bass. My favorite is the bunny bait on the bottom.

 

[jiggerjohn]

AF, Yep, ole Keith really does quality work -a genius with his super clean heads & special hook combos ! I've taken a few that he's sent me and used that wide gap hook to shield a small propeller "within" for a new version of my Boolie jig. And soon as he gets back from vacation I'll bug him about molding a few of these in tin to get weight down to about 1/16 oz! But your rabbit ties on these are exceptional !! By the way, I'll try to email to the website address, a few photos of smallies from up your way(Vermilion) 2 weekends ago. We started trolling Keith's jigs near shore and found the big gals in only 6-8' of water!!

 

[Ron Don]

Love the jigs and the heads! Great ties AF.

 

[baitmaster]

AF, as always looking good!

 

[Fatman]

Jeez Doc - going back and putting hmm's to posts from 2010!!!!!!!!!

 

[Shoemoo]

I have some of these heads, but I haven't actually tried using them yet. I was thinking they would be good for a craw pattern. Can anyone suggest one that would work? The native craw is a dark olive morph of the signal crayfish, Pacifastacus leniusculus:

 

[Shoemoo]

Never seen a crawfish in that color pattern pretty cool looking. That would be a good one to post in the patterns on demand and see what someone can come up with. How big was that Crawdaddy

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I found that pic online, but they do get very big. I have caught them up to 7" in my crawdad traps during the summer. I once caught a channel cat with an even bigger one in its stomach. Here's a video someone took of them at one of the reservoirs in ID:

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They were introduced into Europe in the 60s, where they have become an invasive species. Here's a pic of a really big one from there:

 

[Fatman]

Them things are huge!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Shoemoo]

Tasty too. They start out small, though. I was fishing for cats on the Snake River last week and saw a bunch of little babies about 1/2" long chowing down on a piece of used cut bait I'd tossed in the water.

Made a thread in the patterns on demand section.

 

[SaltyBuckster]

I'de use a 1/8 oz. football head to tie that craw with.

 

[Fatman]

I actually have an idea for this one although if it looks really bad I may not post it!!!!!!!! Just have to find a piece of steel plate with a hole in it to mash some ball head jigs!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Shoemoo]

Unfortunately, I don't have any football heads so I have to use what I've got. I think these will work well though. The hooks look about size 2 or 4, so they're a good size for trout and crappie but a little on the small size for bass.

The ones with those big claws sure can give you a good pinch if you're not careful.

 

[Squeakyboatcaptain]

Great looking jigs!!!! And that crawfish wouldn't last long around this coona$$!!! that's fo sho!!!

 

[bombora]

Wow Attica love them. Keith sent me some too, and was thinking of trying to tie a sclupin-style on 'em. But also wanna try a cray/craw tie too. Or a saltwater sandflat crab/yabby. Hey Shoe I'm like you, the heads are so clean and beautiful I can't decide what to tie. Don't wanna do a second rate job on such good heads.

 

[ScottV]

I like those banana heads. Nice ties.

 

[Lost Pole]

I know this is an old post Russ, but are these the same heads that you were using w/ that paint a bit back?
Great looking jigs. Trying to figure if thesed be gooduns for vertical jigging?

 

[Pup]

These are great jigs. How did I miss this post back then? :huh: