Thursday, January 9, 2014

Black Neon River Bass Jigs

Tied two pairs of jigs for the smallmouth bass in my local river.  Each features "Merry" eyelash yarn from Premier Yarns.





Materials:
  • Harbor Freight Powder Paint - matte black
  • Southern Pro Tackle, Inc. Unpainted  Wide Gap Crappie Jig - 1/8 of an ounce
  • Orbit Powder Paint (clear) with extra-fine red glitter mixture
  • Premier Merry Eyelash Yarn -  red globes, black ice
  • Danville Flat Wax Nylon Thread (140 denier) - black
  • Darice Craft Fur - black
  • Hareline Dubbin, Inc. Crazy Legs - black/red tipped
  • Tandy Leather Factory Suede Remnant- black

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Lemon-Lime Jigs





Materials:

  • Southern Pro Tackle, Inc. Unpainted  Wide Gap Crappie Jig - 1/8 of an ounce
  • Devcon 2 Ton Epoxy for topcoat
  • Black and white acrylic paints for eyes
  • Harbor Freight Powder Paint - red
  • Coats & Clark Trilobal Polyester Thread (40-wt.) - electric green, electric yellow
  • Colorado blade #1 - silver
  • Swivel and small split ring - silver
  • Card Basics Coated Beading Wire (7 Strand, 0.3mm) - silver
  • Lion Brand Fun Fur - neon green, neon yellow
  • Michaels Craft Beads - coated lime
  • Tandy Leather Factory Suede Remnant - black