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.

Alpaca

Purchased a big bag of this material from an alpaca rancher recently.  It contains all-natural hair fibers (no dyes) in black, brown, beige, white, and gray colors.  Below are four of my jigs tied with the brown alpaca fibers.

This material seems much like wool roving.  The major difference is that alpaca fiber is hollow and water resistant, meaning it would tend to float initially.  Lambswool or wool roving absorbs water rapidly, making jigs fairly heavy.  All of the fibers mentioned move well under water.