For a Christmas gift

hhawkins · Dec 9, 2010

O.K. I am making a couple of friends of mine some jigs for Christmas. They live in Ga. and fish in Fl. So What I need to know is what colors are good to fish with in Fl. and what size jig head should I use? I was thinking 1/2oz or 1 oz. They fish for drum, sheepshead, snapper, and some others that I can't think of :huh: <---(clueless at the moment) Thanks guys, Heather

Hawnjigs · Dec 10, 2010

For salt water, I prefer heavy wire tinned or black nickel hook heads to tie on.
For shallow water flats, seems like 1/8 -3/8 oz. is a popular size range on light spinning tackle.
But, head weight is determined by what is castable or what can be dropped efficiently to desired depths with your friends' gear.
Bucktail & nylon floss in white, chartreuse, & pink maybe with a red accent seem popular for SW ties, but I prefer rabbit fur.
So, when you get the proper heads I'd say anything goes on the ties.

toadfrog · Dec 10, 2010

Anything a striper will bite so will ocean fish. just google striper jigs and pic your colors.

hhawkins · Dec 10, 2010

Thank you, this help me out! I'll take a pic of them when I'm done.

Hawnjigs · Dec 10, 2010

Here's a link showing some pro SW jig ties:
http://geoffsjigs.com/Boxing_Glove_Jigs.html

And, here's a pic of basic crosscut rabbit fur ties on the same Sparkie heads. I like my ties off the collar on the shank.

StumpHunter · Dec 10, 2010

Those look good. Nice work!! They will be great Christmas gifts, hint-hint LOL.

jjsjigs · Dec 13, 2010

jjsjigs · Dec 13, 2010

Whoops that link isn't gonna work.

Try this one:

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid1543292789?bctid=3130509001

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