Been in the jig tying business for a long time and I must say that this is one of the best jigs I have seen in a while. Love how you broke up the jig color by utilizing a mixture of the buck tail. I use this method on all my smallmouth jigs and I think it gives the pattern a more realistic look. Buck tail also does a good job on Gobey patterns. The white saddle hackle does represent the thin white mark of a walleye. Well done sir.....well done. Another head that would do well is a do-it walleye head with the sunken eye sockets. I primarily use the do-it walleye mold becauae it does so well in rocks.
Sorry for the delay buy I had fell asleep. Yes....I do pour all my own heads using do-it molds and molds I customed designed and machined out myself. I tie smallmouth jigs, short armed spinner baits for night fishing for smallmouth, crappie and sauger/walleye jigs. I haven't purchased a pre-fabricated jig head in many years. Pour your own heads saves a lot of money. Word of caution....if you end up pouring your own lead heads, make sure you are in a well ventilated area or even better yet I stall a vacuum vent hood that vents to the outside. I bought my vacuum vent hood at harbor freight many years ago and it does a really good job at keep the lead fumes and particles away from you.
I forgot to mention what would really make this jig pop is a olive schlappen feather for the color. In north Alabama, walleye do have some olive in their scale patterns.
Very nice jig but sure takes a long time to tie. If you were just tying this without the video, how fast would it take? I have got it down to about 8 minutes per jig and since I lose so many to snags, I have to tie alot.
If i needed to crank out a few for a trip for the weekend i could probly make 3-4 in an hour. Im a slow tier. But yes definitely slowed down a bit for the video. thank for the watch!
I beg to differ as far as buck tail not being realistic. What you have to keep in mind is predator fish like smallmouth, spotted bass and largemouth do don't necessarily look at the bait for realistic properties. Buck tail depending on where you take the material from the hide will determine how it flares, the action it gives and how it lays on tbe hook shank. Crawfish for example when escaping from a bass will normally flee by flicking third tails and moving back words. They also have a defensive mechanism by spreading out the claws and flaring their tail segments to make them look bigger and more aggressive then they are. Buck tail flares when worked under water. Most of the time when fishing bucktail patterns, you are fishing the pattern in deeper water. Preditors will concentrate on sudden movement and profile. I have tied several patterns using Buck tail that looks almost identical to the real thing. Prime example is go over to coast fly and check out some of his patterns in the glass shrimp. He ties one with bucktail that is crazy when it comes to the real thing. Now, with this said, I think for the most part, fish such as smallmouth are not that particular when it comes to eating....probably one of the most viscious predators I have seen in my waters. They are just mean and will kill anything they decide to attack. This is especially true during the spawn.
Really like your interpretations of natural forage, natural colors.....here and with the redhorse tie. These are some sweet jigs. Thanks for sharing.
Been in the jig tying business for a long time and I must say that this is one of the best jigs I have seen in a while. Love how you broke up the jig color by utilizing a mixture of the buck tail. I use this method on all my smallmouth jigs and I think it gives the pattern a more realistic look. Buck tail also does a good job on Gobey patterns. The white saddle hackle does represent the thin white mark of a walleye. Well done sir.....well done. Another head that would do well is a do-it walleye head with the sunken eye sockets. I primarily use the do-it walleye mold becauae it does so well in rocks.
Thank you sir! Do you pour your own Do-it jigs? thats something I have not gotten into yet.
Sorry for the delay buy I had fell asleep. Yes....I do pour all my own heads using do-it molds and molds I customed designed and machined out myself. I tie smallmouth jigs, short armed spinner baits for night fishing for smallmouth, crappie and sauger/walleye jigs. I haven't purchased a pre-fabricated jig head in many years. Pour your own heads saves a lot of money. Word of caution....if you end up pouring your own lead heads, make sure you are in a well ventilated area or even better yet I stall a vacuum vent hood that vents to the outside. I bought my vacuum vent hood at harbor freight many years ago and it does a really good job at keep the lead fumes and particles away from you.
Great job, I appreciate your attention to detail. I'm going to tie some tonight.
Thanks for the support! Lots more to come!
Excelent work beautiful fly.
Thanks! I love a good deer hair jig. Lots more to come in the spring!
I forgot to mention what would really make this jig pop is a olive schlappen feather for the color. In north Alabama, walleye do have some olive in their scale patterns.
Incredible
Very nice.
Thanks! Lots more walleye jigs coming soon!
Very nice jig but sure takes a long time to tie. If you were just tying this without the video, how fast would it take? I have got it down to about 8 minutes per jig and since I lose so many to snags, I have to tie alot.
If i needed to crank out a few for a trip for the weekend i could probly make 3-4 in an hour. Im a slow tier. But yes definitely slowed down a bit for the video. thank for the watch!
Great jig. But there is nothing realistic about a bucktail jig. lol Fortunately fish don't care. You've been cranking out some good work. Keep it up.
I give fish more credit for their intelligence lol but you are right! Still, its fun to dream.
I beg to differ as far as buck tail not being realistic. What you have to keep in mind is predator fish like smallmouth, spotted bass and largemouth do don't necessarily look at the bait for realistic properties. Buck tail depending on where you take the material from the hide will determine how it flares, the action it gives and how it lays on tbe hook shank. Crawfish for example when escaping from a bass will normally flee by flicking third tails and moving back words. They also have a defensive mechanism by spreading out the claws and flaring their tail segments to make them look bigger and more aggressive then they are. Buck tail flares when worked under water. Most of the time when fishing bucktail patterns, you are fishing the pattern in deeper water. Preditors will concentrate on sudden movement and profile. I have tied several patterns using Buck tail that looks almost identical to the real thing. Prime example is go over to coast fly and check out some of his patterns in the glass shrimp. He ties one with bucktail that is crazy when it comes to the real thing. Now, with this said, I think for the most part, fish such as smallmouth are not that particular when it comes to eating....probably one of the most viscious predators I have seen in my waters. They are just mean and will kill anything they decide to attack. This is especially true during the spawn.