Yarn Jigs

[Pup]

Tied an assortment of 1/8 and 1/4-oz. jigs recently. Included are a slimmer ugly bug and a couple of electric chickens...for bass.



Tied the black/pink ones below in an egg-sucking leech pattern and a couple of others to mimic roe skein for steelhead.



Will likely fish all of the jigs above for smallmouth bass at some point too.

 

[AtticaFish]

Excellent ties! I have never tried Elec. Chicken color on bass, would assume it should work for smallies but have never tried anything close on LMB.

But... I have been catching all different size crappie on some big 1/4oz. jigs using a cheater float pegged 2'-3' above the jig. You can really swim them slow. Can't wait till my river goes back down, but rain forcasted till Fri and the river is already high... :dodgy:

 

[ScottV]

Pup those are some great looking ties. How do you fish jigs for bass? I've used the store-bought weedless bass jigs where you cast and bump it off the bottom on the return. Do you usually fish these under a cork? Scott

 

[ragged edge]

The body and tail are from yarn?

 

[StumpHunter]

Those are nice looking jigs

 

[Pup]

Thanks for the comments everyone.

I use a bulky chenille yarn (#5) for the body. The tail is tied with an eyelash yarn. Been tying with this combination of yarns for about 6 years now, off and on.

I fish jigs of this type in my local river by bottom-bouncing them with a taut line. Just cast and let the current take over. I reel in just slowly enough to keep the slack out during my drifts.

The 1/8-oz. jigs get used in lighter current. The 1/4-oz. versions are for stronger flows or for when I fish a local reservoir.

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AF,

I figure that the electric chicken color combination would be worth a try for bass. Chartreuse/Limetreuse is a good color for smallmouth bass imo and bubble gum (pink/fuchsia) is a popular color for both green and brown bass at times.

With those ties, I'm hoping for the best from both colors. We can't let the crappie guys have all of the fun.

 

[Pup]

Tied a couple of larger jigs of the "electric chicken" variety the other night.



Used 1/4-oz. ball heads with 1/0 hooks. Each jig is approximately 2.5" long.

I'm eager to see if these will work well for smallmouth bass. :huh: Maybe, I can field test them this weekend...

 

[ScottV]

Awsome!

 

[Pup]

Thanks for the comments Doc & Scott.

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Doc,

Great question. Not sure if I've found the originator(s) of the color pattern, but here's a darn nice discussion at any rate.

South Carolina's Electric Chicken

 

[StumpHunter]

Yes that's it. Call that pink/chart

 

[crappiecripplerjigs]

You certainly have the creative touch! Looking good. Those tails are sweet!

 

[Pup]

Thanks CCJ and SH.

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This is the last one of these that I'll tie for a while...I promise.



Decided that I had to do a little bird banding.

 

[ragged edge]

colors are light green back and pink belly. looking at one on my table........

 

[ragged edge]

Bass Assasin might be the originator of these

 

[StumpHunter]

Good looking jig. I got some eyes like that but have not used any. They look good on that jig.