Monday, September 28, 2009

Looking to buy a vise?

Check out this review first. It's the best review that I've seen with regard to selecting a fly tying vise.

Fly Fish Ohio's Vise Review

Friday, September 25, 2009

Tie a Simple Crappie Jig



Try to tie a crappie jig sometime. Really, it's pretty simple. There's no feeling quite like the one you'll get when catching crappie on a jig that you've made.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Monday, September 14, 2009

Pair of Hair

Pair of Hair



Materials:

Top Jig

  • One-sixteenth ounce darter head jig (collared) with #4 hook.

  • White/black acrylic paint for eyes and base coat.

  • Bone-colored nail polish.

  • Orange/fawn craft fur.

  • Gold Krystal Flash.

  • UTC Ultra Thread (flo. orange) - 140 denier.

  • Devcon 2T Epoxy for topcoat.


  • Bottom Jig

  • One-sixteenth ounce minnow head jig (collared) with #4 hook.

  • White/black acrylic paint for eyes and base coat.

  • Gold-colored nail polish.

  • White craft fur.

  • Olive Polar Fiber.

  • Gold Krystal Flash.

  • UTC Ultra Thread (olive) - 140 denier.

  • Devcon 2T Epoxy for topcoat.
  • Saturday, September 12, 2009

    Odd Stuff (?)

    Stuffed Bristle Jig

    Materials:

  • One-sixteenth ounce darter head jig (collared) with #4 gold hook.

  • Orange nail polish.

  • Devcon 2T Epoxy for topcoat.

  • Black/white acrylic paint for base coat and eyes.

  • Coats polyester monofilament thread #9900 (clear, 0.004-in. diameter).

  • Orange marabou feathers.

  • Blond nylon bristles.

  • Thin tinsel (assorted dark colors).
  • Pup's Jig-N-Minna

    Patterned similarly to the Falls Bait Co. Jig-N-Minnow, a fine crappie jig.


    Materials:


  • One-sixteenth ounce darter head jigs (collared) with #4 gold hooks.

  • Greyish-silver craft fur.

  • Silver Mylar tinsel (holographic).

  • Coats Polyester Monofilament #9950 (0.004-in. diameter, smoke).

  • Orange-colored nail polish.

  • White and black acrylic paint for eyes and base coat.

  • Devcon 2T Epoxy for topcoat.
  • Monday, September 7, 2009

    Approximating a Hawg Catcher

    It's tough for me to do, particularly when I design with a lighter-weight head and shorter hook shank than the original. I want to create a jig of my own, not simply copy another one. Let me show you what I'm typing about.



    The top jig is my 1/4-ounce version of a swimming jig for big bass. It's made of red and white craft fur and incorporates white saddle hackles for tail feathers. Its purpose is to catch big largemouth bass in situations where shad are schooling and the bass are feeding on them. The bottom jig is a Mann's Preacher Jig that I'd estimate to weigh 3/4 of an ounce and has a 3/0 hook. This is a very bulky deer hair jig. Its tail feathers appear, to me, to be comprised of thin, white saddle hackles or coque. It serves as my model.

    I believe that I'm getting better at tying these. The Mocha Shake Jig (previous article) is one other version. My red and white jig is tied with 0.005-in. diameter monofilament (clear), which differs from the Mocha's 40-wt. trilobal polyester (embroidery thread).

    I must field test one of these very soon.