Crawford-Style Bass Minnow Ties - Silver/White/Black

Materials:

• Southern Pro Tackle, Inc. Unpainted  Wide Gap Crappie Jig - 1/8 of an ounce
• Original Buffalo Hay 'Hay-Lites' - black
• Devcon 2 Ton Epoxy for topcoat
• Black and white acrylic paints for eyes
• Rosey's Powder Coating - silver sand metallic
• Gudebrod 6/0 BCS Thread - black
• Mangelsen's Craft Fur - silver and white
• Two chinchilla grizzly hackles (one per side)
• Two white saddle hackles (one per side)
• Danville Flat Waxed Nylon Thread (210 denier) - black

 Each jig is designed with a reverse countershading pattern.

The Binkelman Jig - My Version

A jig produced by Gapen's back in the 1970s.  This is my version of the red-tailed chub.  Its name is a bit of a misnomer, as it would appear that the red fur is attached to the collar (or throat) of the jig.  To me, this wasn't exactly a fun tie.  Wrapping and trimming folds of Mylar (Flashabou) around the circumference of its collar became tedious to me.

Materials:

• Silver Flashabou or Christmas tinsel
• Westrim Craft Fur - red
• Blue craft fur with silver flash from a bolt (Jo Ann Fabrics)
• Two chinchilla grizzly hackles (one per side)
• Gudebrod 6/0 BCS Thread - black
• Danville Flymaster Plus Thread (140 denier) - blue
• Black and white acrylic paints for eyes
• Harbor Freight Powder Paint - red
• Devcon 2 Ton Epoxy for topcoat
• Southern Pro Tackle, Inc. Unpainted  Wide Gap Crappie Jig - 1/8 of an ounce

Kelly Craws

My latest Crawford-style jigs.  Each weighs about 1/8 of an ounce and has an approximated 1/0 hook gap.

Materials:

•  Darice Craft Fur - kelly green and brown
•  Black and white acrylic paints for eyes
•  Harbor Freight Powder Paint Mixture - black/red (1:1 ratio)
•  UNI Thread 6/0 - dk. brown
•  Orbit Clear Powder Paint mixed with emerald green glitter (extra fine)
•  Devcon 2 Ton Epoxy for topcoat
•  Barred saddle hackles - green and brown (2 of each)
•  Original Buffalo Hay 'Hay-Lites' - orange
•  Southern Pro Tackle, Inc. Unpainted  Wide Gap Crappie Jigs - 1/8 of an ounce

'Hay-Lites' is a decorative product that I've substituted for Flashabou. It's comprised of 100 percent polyester, so it's a Mylar film.  Looks great on the vise.  I sure hope it looks and moves well under water.  The wide gap jigs are new to me as well.  Scorpion tails with stingers! :)