Likes Likes:  0
Thanks Thanks:  0
HaHa HaHa:  0
Results 1 to 9 of 9

Thread: favorite color combos

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Location
    DUBBERLY,LA;
    Posts
    30
    Post Thanks / Like

    Question favorite color combos


    Was tying a few jigs today in the color combos i normally tie and got to wondering what is everyone else favorite color combos

  2. #2
    Join Date
    May 2006
    Location
    Marengo Indiana
    Posts
    859
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    black/cart

  3. #3
    skeetbum's Avatar
    skeetbum is offline Crappie.com Legend - Moderator Jig Tying Forum
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    Florida
    Posts
    22,856
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    Natural colors. gray or black head, silver or gray body, tail color varies. Some chart, white, gray, blue works well for the tail. Maribou or hackle, best to have both.
    Creativity is just intelligence fooling around

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Apr 2011
    Location
    Tennessee
    Posts
    794
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    Black/chartreuse. I use a lot of orange too. I mostly fish stained waters. You folks think favorite color combos are a regional thing depending on water clarity/food sources? Wonder what the most important factor in color selection is?

  5. #5
    CrappiePappy's Avatar
    CrappiePappy is offline Super Moderator - 2013 Man Of The Year * Crappie.com Supporter
    Join Date
    Apr 2004
    Location
    Lexington, KY
    Posts
    23,501
    Post Thanks / Like

    Wink IMHO ..... (& JUST my opinion)

    Quote Originally Posted by Splitshot82 View Post
    Wonder what the most important factor in color selection is?
    LIGHT Thumbs Up

    Or more accurately:
    Light penetration potential. Without light, all colors are basically black. Then water clarity comes into play, as particulates filter out the lights ability to penetrate to any great depth. Then depth, as color is lost across the spectrum ... due to the lack of light.

    This is one of the reasons why "contrast" is sometimes key in color selection. With contrasting colors (bright/dull, dark/light) your bait is still noticable to the fish, in a greater amount of water depth & lighting conditions.

    "My" favorite color combos are:
    Electric Blue/Chartreuse (*elec blue = bright blue w/silver sparkles)
    Lime Green/Chartreuse
    Junebug/Chartreuse

    ... cp

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Dec 2008
    Location
    DUBBERLY,LA;
    Posts
    30
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    I have been tying what my wife and I call the "carrot" has orange body and olive tail. Got the idea from a tube bait, long story short ,my wife,friend and I was on Black lake, my wife is the only one that caught fish, 5 over a pound and a half, on her carrot . So after i started fly tying she ask me if I was tying any carrot colors.So one night I tied some crystal buggers in orange and olive next trip to Little Mo trout fishing caught 5 rainbows on color comb. Now that I am doing panfish jigs it is my #1 color combo, I can tell story of the "carrot" and it always makes someone want some .Have caught crappie, bream, bass, rainbow trout on this combo

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Oct 2008
    Location
    Tampa / Gainesville
    Posts
    466
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    it depends on water color. stained= bright oranges, pinks, chartreuse clear water i like natural colors white, silver, blacks, browns browns are lottery when they work they work gooooodddd useless when their not working, im guessing it has something to do with crayfish spawn.
    I aint here to tell you anything. You want to know what Im doing....pm me and meet me on the lake.

  8. #8
    Join Date
    Jun 2010
    Location
    O'Fallon, MO
    Posts
    44
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    Black/Chart
    Red/Chart
    Chart
    White

  9. #9
    Join Date
    Apr 2011
    Location
    Illinois
    Posts
    16
    Post Thanks / Like

    Default

    For crappie, I love the following combo:

    quarter ounce (eighth ounce if fish are a little tentative) lead head, coloured white, with a red eye. On this, I put a sparkly translucent chartreuse grub with a twister tail.

    Nothing natural looking about it, but crappie love it.

    If fishing is slow, or if you are trying to pull some bigger ones out of a nest, tip that jig with a minnow.

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

BACK TO TOP