Just One....

[macon1]

If you were only allowed one jig to fish for one year, what would the recipe be? A detailed answer would be appreciated.

Mine would be a 1/16 oz red head, red thread collar with a silver mylar vertical fan skirt having a red mylar stripe running down the middle of each side. So far, it's caught 21 species.

 

[redear]

A 1/16 threadneck kiptail jig, tipped with a minnow or peice of worm. macon1, how about a pic of that mylar jig, you got me curious.

 

[Len]

1/16oz. Fl.Pink
Minnow Chenille
Hackle tail...black/white

 

[Fatman]

Thats's a tough call to make

 

[Radtexan]

I have gone a little more maroon lately with the head but this is by far my #1

1/16 chub/minnow/ball/walley head,,,not real particular,big slab chenille,flo green hackle with some flash..

 

[quivira kid]

Lately, this one...... 1/16-oz minnow head, black/chartreuse/orange paint, orange hackle underneath hadwall flank.

 

[AtticaFish]

One jig for one full year...... better be a durable jig!

I'd keep it simple with lots of flash:

1/16 (think i would prefer a regular bend hook but is what i had painted)
Silver head
Silver tinsel chenille
Gray & white craft fur
Pearl midge flash (lots)
Couple strands of black (or peacock) flash for contrast

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[ragged edge]

This has been a show stopper for me.....

1/16 minnow head on #4 sickle hook
copperhead coated
brown neck hackle
silver flash
root beer chennile

 

[Fatman]

thought about this last night and for where I do most of my fishing I'd have to go with my Doll fly copy

1/32nd Ball head
Polar bear hair
Red thread neck

 

[JUNGLEJIM1]

1/16 flash duck," float n fly on a #4 sickle hook. Flo yellow and natural mallard flank with a sparkleflash underbody,red thread and flo. yellow throat.View attachment 4

 

[Fatman]

Never get tired of seeing that tie Jim!!!!! Like I've said before I need to learn how to dye feathers or find a place to get really good ones. the feathers right off the birds are the best!!!!!!

 

[hookup]

Only one ..........

Mmmm.

Have to be a jig I can put a pig on, with enough weight to sit in a deep river hole & stay with any swirls or current.



Or a swim bait jig I pour w/ an erie darter style pig



Come to think about it, can't do just one.

 

[Hawnjigs]

The preponderence of 1/16 preferences is interesting. Wonder what Salty would post? Here's my well floggered 1/12 oz. #2 hook Boolie for most anything in fresh water and even a few salty tidbits.

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[Pup]

This jig in a 1/8-oz. version.



Materials:

• 5/32-oz. ball head jigs with #2 bronze hooks.
• Darice Craft Fur - silver (not gray or gray/silver).
• Black UTC Ultra Thread - 70 and 140 denier.
• Silver and/or chrome paint for head - the type is your choice (jig head is epoxy covered).
• Black and white acrylic paint for eyes.
• 5-minute two-part epoxy for jig head top coat.

Catches bass, white bass, walleye, channel cats, & larger crappie. I have great confidence in this simple jig.

 

[quivira kid]

The preponderence of 1/16 preferences is interesting. Wonder what Salty would post?

If I fished from a boat more, it would be a 1/4-oz bucktail for sure. Pink head, white buckail with silver holo flash. But I mainly fish from shore, and a 1/16-oz works best for how I fish and what I fish for if given one jig.

 

[StumpHunter]

I would have to pick one of the boolie also, been catching a lot of fish on them since I been using them so if I had to use only one jig it would be this one.

Custom olive head with fl. chart tapped on the bottom 1/16 shad dart head
Gold cone head with gold blade
Olive rabbit / dyed chart squirrel tail with pearl flash for the tail

 

[JUNGLEJIM1]

I chose a 1/16 since I fish for many kinds of fish. You can catch almost everything with that size. It was avery tough decision. All these jigs look great and I can see why they were chosen.

 

[yellowjacket]

1/16th oz char head black chennile body and hackle cut in V's for the tail

 

[Hawnjigs]

Well, that explains your name YellowJacket. Are you born on the bayou?

Live ones scare the sh** out of me, especially if theres no water to jump into nearby.

 

[smalljaw]

Up until last year I would have said a 1/8oz brown and black bucktail jig with some black and red silicone strands tied in would be my choice but now I'm going to say a 3/32oz brown and black bucktail with bloack and red silicone skirt strips tied in. The reason is the 1/8oz bucktail was a small offering but it still had enough bulk that it would catch larger fish as well as numbers but the 3/32oz has done better in ultra cold water, 35 degree water and the 1/8oz was falling too fast, we couldn't cast the 1/16oz far enough but the 3/32oz was killer and even in warm water when you want to retrieve this slowly just keeping it barely off the bottom you can do it even slower than the 1/8oz which makes it that much better.