Simply basket fillers

[quivira kid]

Got some 1/64 heads in a trade with Redman here recently. Got some painted and baked last night... Had to tie a few up to try this holiday weekend! Nothing flashy, just simple, effective jigs. What y'all think? Tied another pink/blue/white, and am working on a couple "dirty chickens" now.

 

[blt]

I love the top 2. Black/pink or black and the dark blue sparkle are 2 great combos IMO.

 

[Fatman]

nice ties but hooks that small are murder on the fingers

 

[LedHed]

oh yeah - them little puppies will hunt

 

[quivira kid]

Fatman, trout flies start at size 12 remember! I just did a mess of #12 floss and tinsel wets and #16 peacock and starlings last week. Jigs are HUGE!

 

[quivira kid]

Led, I'm thinking the black/black/pink should be murder on some gills! Especially when I slap a maggot on there too...

 

[Lost Pole]

Pink/blue/white!
Beautiful work.
Is the blue body a cactus chenille?

Good fishing.


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[quivira kid]

Thanks. It's a tinsel chenille Crazy Angler threw in one of my orders as a sample. Looks pretty dang sharp, I think!

 

[CrappieHappy]

Nice jigs Zac! How's that peak vise treating ya...

 

[quivira kid]

I like it a lot. So far, it's performed well!

 

[Jig Man]

Purdy/....

 

[Radtexan]

Very nice,,,the black pink has been a staple in my box for years...Love the pink blue !

 

[redman]

Glad you like those Zac. Nicely done. Any one of them will take a gill. Try a Berkley Crappie Nibblet on the back and you will take a few also. I have yet to see any maggots for sale in any of the local bait shops down here. I have to make or should I say grow my own. A big old catfish carcus a home built cage and a bucket the far corner of the property. Put wet saw dust in the bottom of the bucket cage with the catfish carcus inside. Wait three days and bait in the bucket. There are some guys that hang them from Cypress trees and they get huge schools of gills to congrate around the falling maggots but it also attracts Water moccasins so one but be a little cautious.

Redman

 

[StumpHunter]

Nice jigs. The 1/64 oz jigs are used a lot around here and catch some nice fish. Good colors.

 

[Pup]

Very nice ties. It's the time for big bluegill in my area. Those would work well.

 

[quivira kid]

Redman, for 15 bucks, I get 1000 of them shipped. Not worth the hassle and mess for me!

 

[Fatman]

Yeah Zac, but take one of those 1/64th's and tie a nymph pattern on it and the hook point is up LOL. I'll take that 12 dry fly hook in the finger any day over the 6.

See you finally picked a vise. Did you get the L atch for the rotary arm.

 

[toadfrog]

Wish I had all the jigs I tied in that style . They sold year after year after year . I don't know how many jigs that were tied but I can tell you how much lead was used . It was a grunch.

 

[Fatman]

Yeah amazing how the pounds of lead add up with all those little bitty jigs LOL