JUNGLEJIM1
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I turned back time a little with these,almost 15 years.First crappie on one of my tied jigs was a duck feather without flash and crappie ate the feathers off. These are tied on 1/64 #8 dart jigs,70 ultra thread,trimmed mallard flank with 4-5 strands of midgeflash. Step #1 Starting at head,wrap thread back almost to bend and back to head building a thread base so feathers don't slide later as my first few did after some gills hit..#2 Turn jig over,hook pointing up and slide flankfeathertips between the hook,tie down and trim. One feather is usually all you need. #3 Turn over and if there are any gaps or hook showing trim off a small piece of feather and fill in. #4 Add the flash,your choice,build a thread base and tie off. It took 33 minutes to tie 15 so they are very easy to do and the crappie and gills love them. These are best tied on jigs with size 6-8 hooks,any style jig head will work. In a week or so when they start stocking trout in some of my local lakes I'll start throwing these with my 3wt fly rod and see what the trout think. Any questions feel free to ask.
