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HYBRID JIGS FOR PANFISH
I have been experimenting with what I call 'hybrid' jigs for panfish, that is...jigs that are made or fashioned with more than one basic component to create a new, and hopefully, fish catching lure. Examples would be a hairjig with both hair/rubber legs. Or a ledhead jig tied with hackle, like a dry fly. Again yet would be the use of plastics and rubber legs, or plastics and hair. The possibilities are endless.
I invite all the jig tyers out there to post your ideas, thoughts, photos and favorites in this discussion. I know LedHed has an innovative flair, and I am excited to see what shows up! Here is my latest 'hackle jig' that has a plastic tail Super glued to the hackles near the head. The idea is to get a super slow fall on this 1/32 oz jig with movement on both the hackles and the filament tail.
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Permalink Reply by Jeffrey D. Abney on
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Neat looking idea Jim......
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Permalink Reply by carl hendrix on
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great idea jim! jigs like these makes you think [ out of the box] .
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Permalink Reply by Tony Livingston on
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Me like this......
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Permalink Reply by John Sheehan on
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Good work Jim!
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Permalink Reply by Craig Stockton on
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Very nice. I like to do that same thing. Buy different materials and then sit down and make up something, Fun!
Craig
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good looking jig I started tying jigs like that for ice fishing this winter. had great suscess with them.
waiting for the snow to go away so can try them on open water as a droper fly
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I have an older friend, a legend on PA's Pymatuning res., who has taught me to tie a 1/32 or 1/16 oz leadhead with a natural,raw wool body and an overlay of fabric-store satin & metallic material (shiny cloth). This old guy has caught about half a million crappies & bluegills on these jigs over the past 40 years! This past week I took the 1/32ozers out just at ice out (mon) and tho bluegills weren't too active yet,my son & I in 5 days (3to 4 hrs each day) caught & released an actual count of 409 rainbow trout.
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Photos please.
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Badger, I'm terrible with getting photos onto forums,but if you'll check the "vertical jigging master" thread on the fishing section of jigcraft.com you can see photos of the jigs.
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Permalink Reply by jim cosgrove on
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i got a couple i will post later
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here are 2 jigs and 2 flies i would use for crappies or warmouths, tied with the same materials.i can get deep with the jigs or swim the flies shallow over the weeds or sunken trees and brush
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