The Color Purple

Materials:

• A 1/8-oz. ball head jig with a #2 hook
• Orbit/Pro-Tec/Harbor Freight Powder Paint Mixture - dark purple
• FlyMasters (Wapsi) Flashabou Accent - red
• Coats Trilobal Polyester Embroidery Thread (40 wt.) - electric violet
• Troll hair (craft fur) - purple
• Tandy Premium Leather Remnant - purple

Preparing for early spring largemouth bass fishing. Tied some hairy worms in purple, a favorite color of mine for largemouth.

Kuttail Jig

Materials:

•  A chrome 1/8-ounce ball head jig with a #2 hook
•  Danville Flymaster Plus Thread (140 denier) - white
•  Gütermann Sparkle Metallic Thread - rainbow black
•  One Zucker Feather Products Schlappen Feather - black
•  One FlyMasters (Wapsi) Schlappen Feather- white
•  Tandy Suede Leather Remnant - off white

Found this chrome jig in my tying box and, at first, did not know what to do with it. Eventually, I came up with what I thought might be a reasonable jig pattern for areas where I don't know much about the species composition.

The Feather Grub

Materials:

• A 1/8-ounce ball head jig with a #2 hook
• Harbor Freight/Orbit Powder Paint Mixture - glossy black
• Gudebrod Fly Tying Thread 6/0 BCS - black
• Four Zucker Feather Products Schlappen Feathers - black
• Two FlyMasters (Wapsi) Barred Schlappen Feathers- fl. fire orange
• Tandy Premium Leather Remnant - black

The Feather Worm

Materials:

• A 1/8-ounce ball head jig with a #2 hook
• Harbor Freight/Orbit Powder Paint Mixture -  glossy black
• Gudebrod Fly Tying Thread 6/0 BCS - black
• Two Zucker Feather Products Schlappen Feathers - black
• Two saddle hackles - red
• Tandy Premium Leather Remnant - black

An Alpaca Grub

Tied this jig with contrast in mind.  Its black and white colors provide it.

Materials:

• A 1/8-oz. ball head jig with a #2 bronze hook
• Harbor Freight/Orbit Powder Paint Mixture - gloss black
• Alpaca fibers - white
• Hareline-Dubbin, Inc. Krystal Flash - black
• Tandy Premium Leather Remnant - black
• Gudebrod Fly Tying Thread 6/0 BCS - black

The Alpaca Hairy Worm

Inspired by Dan Gapen and "Bayou" Bill Scifres.

Materials:

• A 1/8-oz. ball head jig with a #2 bronze hook
• Harbor Freight/Orbit Powder Paint Mixture - gloss black
• UTC Ultra Thread 140 denier - black
• Hareline-Dubbin, Inc. Krystal Flash - pearl red
• Tandy Premium Leather Remnant - black
• Alpaca Hair - black

I really like this jig.  It just might be one of my very best ties ever.  Alpaca fibers are so soft.  I have a good feeling about this one.