Super Simple Mini-Bou Jig

[JoJoPro]

Materials:

Hook: #10 - 1/80 oz, or #12 - 1/100 oz Painted Tout Head Jig
Thread: 6/0 Tying Thread
Tail and Body: Single marabou feather


Step 1: Tie in thread base.


Step 2: Tie in marabou feather.


Step 3: Pull feather back towards tail end, and advance thread forward towards head.


Step 4: Tightly twist the feather.


Step 5: Wrap the twisted feather up the shank of the hook to create the body. Secure the feather with several tight wraps behind the head.


Step 6: Trim off excess twisted feather immediately behind the head. Whip finish.




John

 

[LedHed]

WOW - excellent tutorial - need to tye this

 

[hunter7711]

WOW AGAIN. SURE GLAD YOU SHOWED UP HERE. SOME FANTASTIC IDEAS.

 

[Hawnjigs]

WOW x3 - never learned to tie a Woolie, this looks EZer.

 

[Ron Don]

SWEET TIE! Give this guy a raise!

 

[AtticaFish]

WOW X5 and then some - This is a technique i have never seen, why am i using dubbing?!?!?!?!?! Got to try this. Will be putting these and the other tutorials you have posted up on the main site in the next update i make and will make sure to give you the credits. Awsome steel/gill jig. :jig: Thanks! This is a short response - for me... i'm speechless

 

[jjsjigs]

agreed!

 

[ScottV]

I'm learning more and more. Thanks again!

 

[Lost Pole]

Fooled with your awesome technique this morning, but just could never get that fluffy body like yours. Dunno if it was the short bou or if I was wrapping to tight? I even wrapped the second with two diff. colors to see if it would fluffen up.

RR head was sent to me from a nice guy that calls himself LedHed.

Gon keep at it b/c this is something that'd come in super handy with limited colors of chenille and plus I like learning .
Thanks so much for sharing.

Adam

 

[JUNGLEJIM1]

Great looking mini jig,very impressed.

 

[jjsjigs]

Adam I think it has to do with the type of marabou... there are many kinds. All are marabou of course but some feathers are a bit more "plumey". If you know what I mean?

But this would be a good question for John!!

John,
Inquiring minds want to know. Are you using a "select plume" grade feather with the long barbs and stem (like when you make a marabou spey collar) or are you using the blood quill feathers that are about 3.5 to 4.5" long, or just a run of the mill wooly bugger sized 'bou feather?

JJ

 

[Lost Pole]

Adam I think it has to do with the type of marabou... there are many kinds. All are marabou of course but some feathers are a bit more "plumey". If you know what I mean?

But this would be a good question for John!!

John,
Inquiring minds want to know. Are you using a "select plume" grade feather with the long barbs and stem (like when you make a marabou spey collar) or are you using the blood quill feathers that are about 3.5 to 4.5" long, or just a run of the mill wooly bugger sized 'bou feather?

JJ

Goodness gracious! I'm in way over my head.

Adam

 

[Lost Pole]

trying to figure this out

all from this gifted bag:

I usually use whole on the one 4th from the right and sometimes the 3rd one. The 5th is prob cut and I'll also use that one whole. First two on the right, I've always found the stems to thick for manipulation so I usually just tear and stack (I really don't like these feathers). Wrong?

Adam

 

[JoJoPro]

I usually use whole on the one 4th from the right and sometimes the 3rd one. The 5th is prob cut and I'll also use that one whole. First two on the right, I've always found the stems to thick for manipulation so I usually just tear and stack (I really don't like these feathers). Wrong?

Adam

Adam,

I have generally the same assessment as you of those feathers. Going left to right, feathers 1, 2, and 3 would be best suited for tying this particular jig. Feather 4 looks good for using as a tail, but that thicker stem would be no good for wrapping the body of this jig. Feather 5, like you said, I would mainly tear and stack.

This maribou plume is the ideal feather to use for this tie IMO. These blood quills are about 5" long.

I twist the feather pretty tight, and I make sure that it remains twisted as I wrap it around the hook shank. Also, I don't overlap my feather wraps, but rather try to make wraps even and side by side.

John

 

[JoJoPro]

When I first started tying jigs, I mainly tied up crappie style jigs with a marabou tail and chenille body. I would tie in the tips of the marabou for the tail, then cut off and throw away the majority of the feather, (which always seemed like such a waste to me). Eventually, to achieve a beefier body on my larger ties, after tying in the tips of the feather for a tail, I would pull the rest of the feather forward towards the head and wrap with thread before wrapping with the chenille. In an effort to add even more bulk to the body I tried twisting the feather and wrapping it around the shank before wrapping the chenille over it. I really liked the buggy look and naturally tapered body that came from twisting and wrapping the feather in this way, and thus I didn't bother tying in the chenille over it.....and that's how this pattern has become one of my favorite ties.



When I tie this pattern on a size 8 or larger hook, I use two marabou feathers, tied in side by side, and then twisted into one strand. Pictured above is a size 4.



This pattern makes for a great streamer fly as well. A simpler alternative to a whooly bugger.

John

 

[hhawkins]

That is a cool technique! I have 1/80 and 1/124 oz here, I'm going to have to try that out.

 

[jjsjigs]

TO QUOTE: This maribou plume is the ideal feather to use for this tie IMO. These blood quills are about 5" long.

I see that your using strung bou... If one had the full quill body you may soak the feather in a bowl of water with one drop of liquid soap in it. This will make the quill pliable to wrap. It's an old skool tyers trick. I've been doing it with peacock hurl quills for years to made quill body dry flies. I tried it out with a bou quill today. It works like a charm. My mini bou is full and fluffy... (after it dried, of course). I then took a piece of velcro hook and "ruffed" up the body.. kinda like when you ruff up dubbing on a nymph body. Or have I lost you?

 

[JoJoPro]

JJ,that's a cool tip about soaking the quills like that. I had never heard of that before. I will definitely give it a try some time. Thanks for sharing the knowledge.

John

 

[jjsjigs]

One tip when soaking. I learned this just yesterday while soaking my 'bou. Just submerge the last 1/4 or 2/3 of the full quill marabou (just the part of the 'bou where the quill is thickest and most dense) since the rest of the upper quill near the tips is rather pliable and doesn't need to be soaked. I know that's just common sense but a severly soaked 'bou feather takes 2 hours to dry under a heat lamp. LOL!

 

[Lost Pole]

This look any better, JJP?

Adam