Cane Pole, I had an old buddy, Jack Murtha from NC, who specialized in lightweight kip tail jigs -beautiful ties & skillfully crafted jigheads,from his own handmade silicone molds, and he caught everything with them ,freshwater and salt! He often told me it was the only tie you really needed & that a slow hop with his plain white & yellow models (with a strand of flash on the sides) ,would get him bluegills, crappies, bass, flounder, and many other varieties. Later on, famed fly tier Bob Clouser produced his "Darter" series -really just his "deep Minnow" fly with kip instead of bucktail, and long flashabou out the back -for me, these small dumbbell headed "jigs" were what really opened my eyes to the productivity of the kiptail. But, as Bob warned "kiptail is very slippy,so layer small bundles & secure it with a few loose ties at first before wrapping tightly!" Clouser loves the way kip maintains its shape in water,and I know I sure caught a ton of fish on his darters!
