Crappie Dot Com Steelhead Jig Swap - Part 2

Finished tying these on Thursday evening.

Each is tied on a 1/8-oz. ball head with a #2 hook. I believe that I'll call this pattern Citrus Drink Mix. ;)

Crappie Dot Com Steelhead Jig Swap - Part 1

This is my first group of ties submitted to a Crappie Dot Com jig swap of steelhead jigs.

Watched a couple of videos on tying Schlappen feather jigs. I've used Schlappen before, though not in the manner shown in the videos. The west coast guys in the videos are real pros at tying these. Mine look nowhere near as good as theirs. I've got a ways to go with this style.

Taught myself some important points about feather selection and learned how to turn these feathers over the shank from the videos. Not all Schlappen feathers are created equal. Watch out for feathers with twisted plumes!

This is turning out to be a very good learning swap for me. :)

Red Heads

Red Heads

Used 3/16-oz. ball heads with #1 hooks. Intended for swimming among young gizzard shad and bass.

More Glitter Head Jigs

More Glitter Head Jigs

But, where is the glitter? :(

More Pepper Heads for Smallmouth Bass

More Pepper Heads for Smallmouth Bass

Tied a few more Friday evening. Added a little flash to some sage-colored ties with pepper heads as well as another black-n-gray.

Pepper Heads for Smallmouth Bass

Pepper Heads for Smallmouth Bass

I'm going to try my level-headed best to get out and fish for smallmouth bass next week. So, in preparation for that, I tied a few jigs this evening.

Three-sixteenths of an ounce on #1 hooks. I plan to trail a Baby Guido Bug behind the brown and orange ones and a Falls Minnow behind the black-n-gray. Actually, the black-n-gray jig weighs about 1/4 of an ounce and has a 1/0 hook.

Worked with some black-colored NST glitter to create pumpkin pepper and silver/gray pepper heads.

Picture Test of Flake/Glitter and a Question

Picture Test of Flake/Glitter and a Question

What is a good way to photograph flake/glitter shine? I don't seem to do it very well. :(

Redfins for River Bass

Redfins for River Bass

Materials:

• Northland Gumball Jigs (1/4-oz.) with 1/0 hook
• Sally Hansen Nail Makeup - pure chrome.
• Cover Girl Continuous Color Nail Polish #130 - quicksilver.
• Naturalstar Glitter - red.
• PermaPoxy (30-minute) topcoat.
• Darice Craft Fur - silver.
• Westrim Craft Fur - red.
• Plaid black and red acrylic paints.
• UTC Ultra Thread (210 denier) - red.
• Britelace - silver holographic.

More Hair Jigs for Bass

These are a few ties that I plan to use this fall for local largemouth and smallmouth bass. Each is tied on a 1/4-oz. ball head with a #1 hook.

Also, I hope to fish these in the Indiana waters of Lake Michigan. The big lake has a healthy goby population that serves as forage to its smallmouth bass. So, I hope that the smallmouth might find these tempting.