smalljaw
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I took a break from spinnerbaits and bucktails to see how well the furnace hackle I got from Michaels was and if it was easy to tie or if it broke or had barbs missing and I was really surprised at the quality. The top jig is a 1/8oz round head painted brown with a size #1 sickle hook, the tail is black barred orange and yellow rabbit strip and the body is orange and black varigated chenille with furnace hackle finishing it off. The middle jig is a 1/8oz round head painted dark watermelon with a size #1 sickle hook, the tail is olive craft fur and the body is olive antron trilobal chenille with furnace hackle to finish it off. The bottom jig (my favorite) is a 1/8oz round head painted black with a size #1 sickle hook, the tail is black bucktail with silver flash and the body is black pearl chenille with furnace hackle finishing it off. As I said, I did these to take a break but to try out the hackle from Michaels and I love it, it ties in really well, no weak stems and the feathers are nice and full and there is a wide range of sizes, much more hackle than what it looks like. They have bags of Guinea fowl feathers, pheasent feathers and tails and maybe if I'm nice to Fatman he'll show me how to make that pheasent tail nymph jig and then I'll have a reason to get some.

