Twisted Chenille

[AtticaFish]

Johnt-ms was asking about a 'shad' color chenille and thought i might give some suggestions using 2 colors of chenille twisted together. I have lots of basic colors and like using the tinsel or cactus chenille to add flash.

Anyway.... these first couple are some decent shad colors. Gray/pearl would be my pick, but the olive twisted in looked pretty neat as well.

The rest are some other combos i use and a few new ones i have never put together as well. The black/pearl, black/silver, white/silver and white/olive are some favorites that i have done well with.

These last ones are all on different jigs in my smallmouth box... wish i knew what some of the colors are - got them in swaps or lost the original package with the name.

 

[ScottV]

That's neat AF. I've never tried that but I just might now.

 

[oldfox]

Great info AF ! Thanks!

 

[hhawkins]

I've been twisting my chenille when I wanted a color that I didn't have or couldn't find in a split second. Thanks Af, good pics!

 

[crappiecripplerjigs]

Those look fantastic! Thanks for sharing all the different pics. I've got something new to play with now.

 

[CrappieHappy]

Great info, I tied one up after reading the thread you responded too the other night.. Thanks again!

 

[hunter7711]

Thanks for posting this

 

[Lost Pole]

Awesome. Twisting by hand? Sticking em together?
Tried something like this a while back with mixed results.
I used a variable speed drill on low with a couple drops of super glue.

Adam

 

[Radtexan]

Great tutorial AF....Thats some creativity right there

 

[Jig Man]

Great idea...

 

[AtticaFish]

Lost Pole - Yes, i do twist it by hand for each jig. Never tried to make a permanent twist chenille... not sure it would be possible. For the pics, i was just clamping the ends into my vise and twisting it.

It is pretty simple to do it on a jig: Just tie in both colors of chenille at the same time pretty much the same you would tie in a single color and twist them together. The tighter they are twisted, i think they look better - more varigated. But you can twist them not so tight and get some stripped or spotted patterns. Once it is twisted, you just wrap it as you would regular chenille.

 

[JUNGLEJIM1]

Great stuff. I've been twisting chenilles for years,but have gotten lazy and havn't for awhile.The gray/olive and pearl olive are great shad or shiner color combos.

 

[Pup]

Interesting post AF. Great idea.

I've been attempting jigs with combinations of green and brown materials in order to create a "green pumpkin" color effect for quite a while. This just might be the ticket to a very good chenille-bodied prototype.