Saturday, December 31, 2011

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.

Friday, December 30, 2011

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

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

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.

Monday, December 26, 2011

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.

Saturday, December 3, 2011