What's an Auto?

[steve kooyers]

Hi, amigos... I've fished for 50 years, but never heard of this lure. Help an old geezer out?

[steve kooyers]

thanks guys, for the help. I've never been one for tying flies but you have dragged me kicking 'n screaming... OUT of the closet! 

[Dwayne Denison]

Thanks guys for all the help on this. I have been wondering for sometime what an auto was. I cannot wait to try one out. Ledhed any special method of fishing this jig? Once again Thanks.Dwayne

[Greg McWilliams]

Heard it!!!!

Semi = Great

AUTO = AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can do semi!!!!!!!

[LedHed]

You are right Greg "Recently it has been his go to WEAPON of CHOICE!!!!!". That's all we were using this morning and the gurlyz got some nice ones today.

[LedHed]

Hola Steve

The Auto is short for Automatic and we also have the Semi - auto. 

Tried a copy of a new chub head pattern (Semi-auto) in July that was a producer. The original knock off (1/80th & #12 hook) was too small (almost all gut hooks). When it unravled (Auto) it seemed to produce a little better. So bumped it up to a 1/32nd roundhead jig & #8 hook and tyed the jig both ways.

The Auto got it's name because the first tye caught 7 fish with 7 casts. The Semi-auto was 5 for 7. Easy and cheap to tye - we like the chartreuse green & yellow & glo-pink colors.

[David, aka, "McScruff"]

Well, there you go!

[Greg McWilliams]

http://bigbluegill.com/photo/sotua?context=user

This is my version of the Autos, it is not an Auto till it produces so it is the sotua!!!!

[Greg McWilliams]

http://bigbluegill.com/photo/fabi-first-tyes?context=user This is a picture of the Auto. It is a little bit of flash for the tail with rubber legs tied in!!! 4 legs to the back and 2 to 4 to the frount!!!!! Check out LedHeds photo's and he goes into more detail in some of his pictures!!! Recently it has been his go to WEAPON of CHOICE!!!!!

 http://bigbluegill.com/photo/maddy-s-pb?context=user This is a good picture of it in the MOUTH of The WHALE!!!!

 Ask LedHed he will correct what I have told and go into more detail!!!! Til he does his photo's are a good place to start!!!!

[Dwayne Denison]

would love to know myself.

[David, aka, "McScruff"]

Can we get a little more to go on? "Auto" by itself doesn't google up as any sort of fishing lure....