A Silent Stinger Frisbee.......

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Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on October 19, 2013 at 4:17pm

Tony I personally don't think the craftsmanship has anything at all to do with the bite. The only advantage to craftmanship is the fact sometimes the bait can be made extremely durable. That's the only advantage I see, but that's just my opinion of course..... Good looking bug and not at all surprized it caught ya supper !!!!!!!! See now you are an advanced tier Tony !!!!!!!!!!!  Lets see what else ya got up your sleeve buddy ........

Comment by Tony Livingston on October 19, 2013 at 11:59am

There are some truly exceptional thread spinners here.....but I still can't help wondering just how much emphasis a BG will place on the craftsmanship of the jig, vs the very same jighead with a splash of color on it:

 

I made this in about 60 seconds, out of a old flip-flop and some red string. Hideous, isn't it!  But, I caught fish on it.

 

 

 I wonder, if the fish prefer color, over attention to detail? ESPECIALLY when tipped with live meat, which is what I tend to do with my jigs.

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on October 19, 2013 at 11:36am

By the way fellas the only thing I"ve changed on the original since inception is I know use a yarn tail instead of the original marabou tail. Yarn is a durable and not as messy as marabou . I still make the ones with rubber legs on the same hook I've been using since the beginning a #10 long shank live bait hook...........

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on October 19, 2013 at 11:20am

JUST MY TWO CENTS WORTH HERE FELLAS: WHEN I originally started making these baits 25+ years ago I had no Idea which colors to make em. My older brother used to swear by Purple worms for bass fishing back then and that's why the first bead head I made was purple. That is still my #1 color with the white legs and tail. The fall rate was the second consideration, and probably should have been the first consideration..... In any case my reasoning was when you watch a bug die in the water , like grasshoppers and crickets etc. they sink really slowly so why not reproduce that effect. It has worked for me for years .
   On to colors now : Until I met Jeffrey I had used pink and white over the years for crappies but never gills . Since making him the cotton's I have had mixed results with those here in his color combo. When I switched over to using marabou with the pink body with red hare's ear rib the bite increased dramatically for me . That's just me here though . Can't remember if I sent you any of the marabous or not Jeffrey . The cottons have a regular medium sized chenille body and no legs of course. Where as the Silent's of regular marabou are just that and as durable as the cottons' , at least in my experience with the baits for the last 10-12 years I've been making em ........ Just some input here fellas ........

Comment by Tony Livingston on October 19, 2013 at 6:34am

Thanks for that, Jeffrey. It bears out what I was thinking.

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on October 19, 2013 at 6:26am

The yarn on a jig works great Tony.....rivals anything else I have in my box.....that's what I have fished most often the last six weeks with great results.....I rank color, fall rate and bait movement/presentation as the top three factors that I can control.....When you find that right combination on the right day....memories are made and that's why I enjoy fishing so much.....I like to try to figure them out on that particular day.....overcome the day's obstacles if you will.....Things that attract me to jig fishing are casting precision, gets right to the strike zone once the float is set.....and finally I like the rigid set up of the hook fished from a jig.....both from the stand point of hook set and strength which obviously is determined by the size you chose......1/32 is the standard for me six months out of the year...... Here's a picture of the yarn wrapped jigs with a little flash as well...

Comment by Tony Livingston on October 19, 2013 at 6:00am

Curious.....it causes me to ask myself that old question yet again.....would a piece of pink yarn wrapped around a jighead and tipped with a cricket or grass shrimp produce as well?

How much impact, does the jig actually have? It almost seems as if color, and fall rate are the two most primary considerations in your waters, Jeffrey?

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on October 19, 2013 at 5:54am

It has caught quality fish.....I just can't fathom the fact that the Cotton Candy has been better on these waters.......I have fished them side by side and that's why I believe the fall rate may be the culprit......gills like this keep me rooted right here in coastal N.C. Tooty.......I know they're in the waters I fish which in turn gives me a lot of confidence on the water.......

Comment by DAVID L EITUTIS on October 18, 2013 at 7:49pm

OH WELL BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD AS THEY SAY ........... HOWEVER JEFFREY would love to have caught that myself buddy !

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