SOME BIGGER BOOLIES

[JUNGLEJIM1]

These are 1/16 and 1/8 on #1 gamakatsu's.Tried a new skirt material called reptile rubber on some. Doctored the blades and added eyes. Used palmer chenille for the bodies on these.View attachment 7View attachment 8View attachment 9

 

[JUNGLEJIM1]

Here's a couple more. View attachment 1View attachment 2

 

[Hawnjigs]

Wow, your ties - material selection and balance - always impress! Is that barrel head new?

 

[plateboater]

Killer

 

[JUNGLEJIM1]

Barrelhead I call a pillhead and weighs 1/16 oz. This mold I've had for a few years now. I don't use it as much as I should because I like the smaller weight pillheads better,easier to pour.

 

[Fatman]

Jim

Those are sweet!!!!!!!!

 

[eyecrosser]

Very nice work Jim. All of them look great and will get it done.

 

[StumpHunter]

Awesome tyes. You are a craftsman in your tying, beautiful work JJ.

 

[jiggerjohn]

Some beautiful Boolies there,ole pal -and I,too, like your bigger pillhead for these!! I've been making a bigger Boolie,also, for this year's pike & muskie -been using Hawn's 1/10 oz HU head with a 1/0 hook and have been tying on up to a 6" tail of red or black,relatively thickly clumped, satin strands. The main body is,of course, wool with red & black satin fibers surrounding. Especially the long ,flowing tail is dynamic with the motion imparted through the propeller!

 

[AndyLane]

I tip my hat to you! Some Fine looking Boolies!

 

[eyecrosser]

I've never seen a Boolie jig before coming to this site. Closest I have come is a Northland Whistler jig. How do you fish these jigs??? Vertical? Rivers? Or just a cast and slow retrieve? I love the concept and may have to add a few to my arsenal.

 

[goodtimesfishing]

Those are some fine looking jigs!!!!!What is the paint on the second set?...I will call it the lemon/lime colored ones.

 

[redear]

that is some beautiful work my freind!! can't get over them! at a loss for words.

 

[LedHed]

Extraordinary amigo. Can't wait to see how they work.....

 

[jiggerjohn]

Eyecrosser, When I first came up with the idea for a Boolie, I actually wanted to take my rabbit/flash tail jig (1/24-1/32) and fish it vertically -on the drop ,under a slip float.The prop spins easier & at slower speed than any other blade, so any diving jighead sets it into motion. It worked so well,that I eventually used them without a float, slow & steady with a series of drops (the propeller functions smoothly on the drop down or while pulled straight up-this latter motion superb for largemouth bass along a rock ledge or wall)).For a longer tail as shown above, the easy turning,constant motion spinner creates a neat little water turbulance that adds a lot of swimming action to any material.

 

[smalljaw]

Simply beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You do some excellent work with that palmer chenille, just fantastic!!!!

 

[JUNGLEJIM1]

The paint in the second picture was purchased from fishingskirts.com and has a silver foundation starter coat after which I applied candy yellow to get that color. Paint is similar to silver vein but a little different. I've had good luck on the smaller size boolies so I made these for some river applications.

 

[Fatman]

Jim - fishingskirts has some nice colors and you've used it well with those

 

[CrappieHappy]

nice work Jim!

 

[creekychub]

very nice ties!