carlosmonday, when tying bucktails for casting, I use a round jighead with a collar and barb, 1/16 and 3/32 molds by do-it. the collars on these heads are pretty thin and they taper towards the hook bend. chartruese hair and thread with plain head and white hair and red thread are my favorites with 1 1/2 to 2 inch lenght on the hair. these are for casting and retreive. now the jigs I use for tipping with minnows and worms, have an elongated oval shape, with a collar for the hair. this is a custom made mold by shawn collins, it's 1/16 weight. for these jigs I use kip or calftail hair ( same thing ), and 1 3/8 inch length hair is about average. I use all sorts of colors for these, but all chartruese, gray hair pink head, chart. hair pink head, black hair chart. head, hot pink hair and head, light pink hair and head are some that Iv'e had luck with. with these I paint the head after tying to cover the thread. I like liquid vinyl paint the best tho. it has more vibrant colors and won't chip if you are cutting hair against it with the razor blade. Most all of my info has been gleened from a few people who have fished these jigs for many many years, so when I get around them I'm all ears. there are days when the fish dont want all that bright color, and that is when the gray hair shines, plain, pink or chart. head. you need to learn to whip finish by hand, instead of tying several knots tho. It's near impossible to explain.
Nice work. Haven't tried bucktail yet but that and kip/calf is in my "to do" list. Good colors.
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Great looking jigs.You should have no problem selling them.Great colors and should catch alot of fish.