Grizzly soft hackle bug.

[smalljaw]

This is a 3/32oz walleye jighead, it is painted copperhead. I did this one trying to make a canadian jig but using grizzly soft hackle instead, after all, it it looks great in the water as a collar so why not more. I tied in the tips for the tail and then tied the hackle down up to the head. I then wapped the thread back down and tied in some varigated chenille in brown and black but you can't see it...lol. After that I brought my thread back up to the head and wrapped the chenille up to the head and tied it off and then palmered the hackle back down the chenille and used a long tag end of thread, that I left out at the beginning, to tie the hackle down and secure it along the body back up to the head where I tied it off. Aftter all was said and done this is what was left, let me know what you think...Honestly!! I don't care if it looks bad, this was an experiment but I'm going to give it the tank test tomorrow and see what it looks like in the water.

 

[Fatman]

Gonna be a lot of movement in the water with that. Nice tie

 

[Pup]

Looks good to me. Bet the fish will like it too.

 

[Ron Don]

Sweet Jig! Could make a great craw pattern.

 

[CrappieHappy]

nice work....

 

[AtticaFish]

Jig looks good to me - can picture all that soft hackle 'breathing' in the water, either stop/go retrieve or just changing speeds.

...used a long tag end of thread, that I left out at the beginning, to tie the hackle down and secure it along the body back up to the head where I tied it off...

^^^^^ Cool Idea! ^^^^^
That would be a simple way to help tack down hackle palmered over chenille or dub. Never thought to do it that way and will give it a shot.

 

[StumpHunter]

I would like to see that one going through the water, nice tye.