FLY TYING & JIG TYING

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Comment by Bill Dungan on March 1, 2015 at 2:24pm

My first effort at a #14 red ant. I see several things I didn't get quite right. I need a smoother transention from the back to the back bead. This photo is pretty close so these imperfections don't show as much when I look at it. I'm not sure how the Bluegill will see it.

I'm open to suggestions. 

Comment by Allen Morgan on January 24, 2015 at 3:55pm

Here you go Sleepy.  That's a 1/64th Shad Dart jighead.  You can use any size/shape jig you want.  Alter the colors if you want, although from what I understand, this is the classic.  I know that the gent that introduced me to this pattern likes to use dyed-chartreuse and dyed-pink duck flank.

http://bigbluegill.com/photo/20151015shaddartflashduck?context=user

Comment by Mark Sleeper on January 21, 2015 at 10:03pm

do you have any pic of the flash duck thanks Mark

Comment by Allen Morgan on January 21, 2015 at 8:04pm

Right colors, wrong material.  Instead of the white marabou, try using some barred Mallard Flank.  Just a few of the feather barbs, not the entire feather.  Maybe something for flash, like some Flashabou and/or Krystal Flash.  The pattern is an old one, called a "Flash Duck".  I've done a few, haven't really had a chance to fish them.  Supposedly, they catch anything that swims.

You could do the same thing I did on my Electric Chickens.  Tie in a marabou tail, then a small barred duck feather on each side of the tail.  Once it gets wet, the duck feather becomes translucent, and lets the color of the marabou beneath it show.

Comment by dick tabbert on January 21, 2015 at 4:14pm

I'm sure your right about catching fish. My go to color 99 percent of the time is white pearl but that just me.

Comment by carl hendrix on January 21, 2015 at 4:06pm

good idea Andy;; let us know how they work for you!

Comment by Andy is OptiMystic on January 21, 2015 at 3:51pm

So I wanted to try some really tiny jigs and I bought some tungsten jig heads on size 14 hooks. They are shown below; 4 glitter finish, 2 pearl. First thought I have is to do a very simple white marabou tail with red thread on one of the pearl heads and maybe just give it Sharpie dot black eyes. BORING, but I bet it would catch fish. Soliciting ideas...

Comment by David, aka, "McScruff" on January 5, 2014 at 12:46pm

The Humbug, as originally tied by the Gaines Company out of Florida, is unweighted (supposedly you can still order them from the company). They are part of that outfits series of flies called "The Grubby Bugs." The others in the series are :

Grubby Gert, the Marabou Miss, and the Nifty Nat.

The Humbug can be weighted however, and I have done it to make it sink faster.

Thus, they could be useful in the summer months when the fish go deeper. An alternative would be to use sinking lines sinking tips or weighted leaders.

Comment by Bill Purmort on January 5, 2014 at 8:12am

These are un-weighted, David..do you put lead wire in yours?  I was thinking about making some to sink.

Comment by Bill Purmort on January 5, 2014 at 7:38am

Thanks all, I've got to get some yellow chenille to make a few look like bees and I think some with a pink color to them would work as well.

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