Another Ugly Bug 2010

Tied this one this morning.  Has a sleeker body and a slightly longer tail.

Ugly Bug 2010

My version. A 1/4-ounce ball head with a 1/0 hook.

 

Materials:

• Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Nail Polish - cardinal.
• White acrylic paint for base coat.
• Caron Glimmer Chenille Yarn #5 - apple.
• Coats & Clark Machine Embroidery Thread (40-wt.) - electric green.
• Two-part epoxy for jig head topcoat.
• Westrim Elastic Cording - silver.
• Googly craft eyes.
• Cyanoacrylate glue to attach craft eyes.

Chenille-bodied Minnow Heads

Materials:

• Arkie Minnow Head Jig - 1/16-ounce with #4 hook.
• Lion Suede #5 in scarlet, seacrest, and ebony colors.
• UTC Ultra Thread in red and black - 140 denier.
• Marabou/feather in limetreuse, black, and gray.
• Flash in red and gold.
• White and black acrylic paint for eyes and base coat.
• Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Nail Polish - cardinal.
• Two-part epoxy for topcoat.

Thin Minns

Materials:

• 1/16-ounce ballhead jig with #4 hook.
• Gray, white, and black acrylic paint.
• Two-part epoxy for jig head topcoat.
• Uni-Floss 600 1x - gray.
• Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Nail Polish (invisible) for body topcoat.
• UTC Ultra Thread 140 denier for underbody - red.
• Wapsi Marabou (Blood Quill) - shad gray.
• Flymasters/Wapsi Flashabou Accent - red.

Canvasback Jig

Tied this one last night while thinking of duck hunting. 

Materials:

• Wapsi Mallard Barred Flank Natural.
• Arkie Minnow Head Jig - 1/16-ounce with #4 hook.
• White and black acrylic paint for eyes and base coat.
• Sally Hansen Hard As Nails Nail Polish - cardinal.
• Two-part epoxy for topcoat.
• Flymasters/Wapsi Flashabou Accent - red.
• UTC Ultra Thread - 140 denier (red) and 70 denier (black).
• Darice Craft Fur - red.

Assorted Football-Headed Hair Jigs For Black Bass

Materials:

• Flymasters/Wapsi Flashabou Accent - red.
• Darice Craft Fur - brown, gray, and orange.
• Orvis Polar Fibre - olive.
• UTC Ultra Thread 140 denier - red and olive.
• Coats & Clark Machine Embroidery Thread 40-wt. - olive and chona brown.
• Deluxe Craft Fur - sage green.
• Red and green acrylic paints.
• Two-part epoxy for topcoat.
• Football jigs (1/8-ounce) with either a #1 or 1/0 hook.

The last jig on the right is a sage green and gray half-and-half combination that I think looks interesting in clear water. The jig to the left of it is designed for trailerless fishing. All others are designed to fish alone or with a chunk trailer.

A Caramel-Colored Craw for Bass

Materials:

• 1/8-ounce football head with #1 hook (I think...)
• Caramel brown chenille yarn (#5)
• UTC Ultra Thread (brown) - 140 denier
• Copper brown and burgundy eyelash yarn
• Red acrylic paint
• Two-part epoxy for topcoat

Black Neon Football Jig for Bass

Materials:

• Black with silver glimmer chenille (#5)
• Black and red eyelash yarn
• 1/8-ounce football head jig with #1 sickle hook
• Red acrylic paint
• Two-part epoxy for topcoat
• UTC Ultra Thread (black) - 140 denier

A Jig Design for Riverine Black Basses

Here are a few 1/8-ounce ball jigs tied to emulate popular tube jigs. I use them in fishing situations where I might otherwise select a green pumpkin or watermelon-colored tube.

Materials:

• #5 willow green glimmer chenille
• Dark, olive-green eyelash yarn
• Black UTC Ultra Thread - 140 denier
• 1/8-ounce ball head jig with #2 hook
• Yew-colored acrylic paint
• Clear nail polish with glitter
• Two-part epoxy topcoat

This type of jig tumbles along pretty well in current, even with its exposed hook.