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By lunch on Sunday I had caught over 100 fish on this same jig including 20 largemouth up to five pound class....thanks Carl Hendrix for this creation.....

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Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on May 31, 2021 at 7:54am

Thanks Dick......working good!

Comment by dick tabbert on May 28, 2021 at 9:09pm

Looks like a fish getter to me.

Comment by John Sheehan on May 26, 2021 at 5:44am

You are a fine Craftsman Carl!

Comment by carl hendrix on May 24, 2021 at 8:57pm

thanks again Jeffery; and John Sheehan for the kind words;; I have always messed around with different models; projects some even worked out desccent !!!060908_12351.jpg;;here;s a water fountain my wife had me to make fo...

Comment by John M. Grimes on May 24, 2021 at 5:14pm

    Thank you Jeffrey for the reply on hooking crickets. I always hooked them through the collar, but the fish would get about all the cricket except the head and not get hooked. I will try the way you put them on the hook and not worry about keeping them alive.

                            Thanks

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on May 24, 2021 at 1:46pm

Hey John Grimes thanks for the question......I'm not an expert on anything but I will provide you the technique I like to use....When I hook the live cricket I start right on the under side of the body where it joins with the head....I pass the hook through coming out of the end of the tail past the barb and kind of secure them there.....I like to use a small weight to assist with casting such a light offering  but water logged crickets will start coming off......I personally rarely use|"cricket" hooks because wire hooks will cause too many lost fish where I fish most often....I prefer a more rigid hook but this becomes a preference thing.....I don't expend effort trying to keep them alive.....when you find them effective it won't matter in my opinion.....The folks that took me fishing when I was kid introduced me and now I'm a 50 year veteran.....I will post a picture close up next time I get crickets, right now they are difficult to find as a major fire damaged the largest farm in the Country down in Alabama......good Fiahing to you!

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on May 24, 2021 at 1:20pm

Yep John, I didn't need the latest batch to consider Carl a great craftsman........I already have things he made that are permanently in my box.......I also got some beautiful quills that I love to use on my telescopic gear..

Comment by Jeffrey D. Abney on May 24, 2021 at 1:17pm

Hey Carl I can't venture far from the proven methods of the past......always have above average results on anything pink......

Comment by John Sheehan on May 24, 2021 at 12:24pm

   Wow a Hendrix original !!That's great . Excellent painted heads and Jigs from the great Carl Hendrix!

Comment by carl hendrix on May 23, 2021 at 5:27pm

your very welcome Jeff;; only to glad to help out;;;; with Jeffery;;; it doesn;t matter what color the jig is;;;;;; as long as it;s pink !!!!!

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