Red Raider

Last night, I tied this red and black creature with a "Fish Head Jig" that was produced by a very fine jig maker hailing from Louisiana.  The jig's name, "Red Raider", came about while thinking up the jig's color scheme and about West Texas, Lubbock, and  Texas Tech University, specifically.  Why not?  Makes sense, right? ;)

Materials:

• A 3/16-ounce "Fish Head" jig fitted with a 2/0 black nickel sickle hook
• Boot lace
• Darice Craft Fur - red and black
• Caron Glimmer Yarn - black
• LashMax Yarn - Black Star
• Gudebrod 6/0 Fly Tying Thread - black, 125 denier
• Devcon 2 Ton Epoxy
• Orbit Powder Paint - clear
• Harbor Freight Powder Paint - matte black and red
• Eyes are homemade from black acrylic paint, tin foil, and hot glue

And, in case you might be thinking so, Bobby Knight had nothing to do with this. :) ;)

Two-Toning With Chartreuse

Received some new-to-me powder paints over the weekend.  So, I went to work.  Here are a couple of 1/8-ounce ball heads with number #2 hooks.

The top jig's color is black over green chartreuse and the bottom jig is black over yellow chartreuse.  Used green chartreuse "troll hair" and yellow chartreuse Targus Foxxfur for belly fur.  Black-colored Darice Craft Fur comprises the dorsal area.

Painted the jig head base coats with Pro-Tec Powder Paint in green chartreuse and yellow chartreuse colors.  Tapped some Harbor Freight black powder onto the heads in order to create a black dorsal appearance.  Finally, I dipped the jig heads into Triple Thick Gloss Glaze to provide a clear protective coat over the acrylic eyes.

Two-Tone Jig Colors

The bottom three jigs are my initial trials/examples. I added a coat of black powder paint to the top of the yellow jig heads in order to produce a two-tone effect.

Will be attempting several with green and yellow chartreuse base coats later this weekend.

Black 'N' Blues

Tied these on 1/8-oz. ball jigs with # 2 hooks.

Materials:

• A 2:1 mix of Orbit Powder Coating (clear) to Harbor Freight Powder Paint (black matte)
• LashMax Eyelash Yarn - Black Star
• Wapsi Streamer Hair - Saltwater Blue
• Darice Craft Fur - black
• Gudebrod Fly Tying Thread 6/0 - 125 denier

Superpede

A creepy crawler for bass.



Materials:

• Eagle Claw 249WA-1/0 hook
• Boot lace
• Small dumbbell eyes - unknown weight
• Lion Brand Suede - Coffee
• LashMax Eyelash Yarn - Caffeine
• Coats Trilobal Polyester Thread (40-wt.) - Chona Brown

Total length is about 3.5 inches.

Holiday Ties

Tied a few "spider grub"-styled kreature baits and some assorted craft fur minnows.  Mixed a new-to-me powder paint color called "Cotton Candy Confetti".  I think that it's a nice-looking combination of glitters and clear powder paint.

Hope you had a great Christmas and best wishes for the New Year.

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