How does this look?

[smalljaw]

I did something a little different with this jig, normally when I palmer marabou I'll wrap thread down to where the feather was finished and it is where I start my chenille but on this jig when I got the fullness I wanted from the feather I held the remaining feather tight and palmered it forward tying it in on the collar. I then left that part of it exposed as I started the chenille up higher, I did this thinking it would sort of look like the thorax area on an insect but I'm not sure so I would appreciate your opinion. The top pic shows what I did and the bottom is just a profile pic.

 

[SaltyBuckster]

I like the palmered marabou jigs better without any chenille used at all.I think that you will too if you try it.When you get to the head just make a thread neck with red thread.You get a really big profile and lots of action out of them.Your jigs look very good.

 

[SaltyBuckster]

smalljaw,I tied you one up so that you could see the differance side by side so to speak.I have caught tons of largemouth bass with this jig.Maybe some smallmouth this fall,HOPEFULLY.When I would rip it and then stop,it would get just inhaled.This is 1/8 oz.

 

[AtticaFish]

SJ - I think it looks pretty good. I like the looks of tied jigs (or plastics) that have seperate segments from the nose to the tail. Different colors/shapes/textures from front to back i think represent alot of different creepy crawlies out there.

SB - Yours would be killer too. Thread necks are more a minnow or leech pattern in my mind since they are all tail. As the weather cools down you should have no problem catching smallies on those...... as long as you are ripping them fast. Add some silver (or any bright) flash to finish out the minnow look. Tail spins also worked well last fall on the river. Or any spinnerbait.

 

[smalljaw]

I do tie them like that SB but it is for a fast presentation. I fish the Susquehanna river a good bit and in the cold water I use hard jerkbaits and then hair jigs when the water gets to the mid 40's. Most of the hair I use at that time is bucktail and rabbit but I wanted to see how a marabou jig would work since steelhead seem to like them.

 

[Jig Man]

I think they both look good...

 

[Fatman]

Nice looking ties!!! For me - I find I do better with straight bucktail in moving water, I've always felt that if you have a strong enough water flow the maribou isn't going to pulse as it should but lay there. In lake or pond you stop moving it for a second then move it again it has nothing restricting its movement.

 

[smalljaw]

Nice looking ties!!! For me - I find I do better with straight bucktail in moving water, I've always felt that if you have a strong enough water flow the maribou isn't going to pulse as it should but lay there. In lake or pond you stop moving it for a second then move it again it has nothing restricting its movement.

I know but in the cold water what we fish is extremely slow moving water that are more like pools, this is where the smallies will go as they get out of current and I was thinking if I go with the marabou I can probably leave it sit longer than what I do with bucktail. I know that I do better with rabbit ties when I have to leave the jig sit for a minute or more and that is what got me wanting to try the marabou but either way I'll give it a shot and see what happens.

 

[Fatman]

If you have pools then definately try em, cause that maribou will pulse. Let us know how you do!!