Clear Water Jigs

[sticksteer]

Skip got me to thinking when he said he used the silver head and blue tail for clear water.....

[skiptomylu]

They look great, now all you need is some with FL Blue a lighter shade to go along with them and you should be set. Bet you do good with them!

Nice work

[Redman]

Have to agree with Skip Silver is a good head for a crappie jig. The other color to never be without is Galaxy Black. Out of my 5 goto never fail crappie jigs three are Silver and two are the Galaxy Black. Yes I do fish other color heads but when I have to put meat in the pot I like Silver and Galaxy Black. The other color heads that work well for me are Red, White, Forest Green, Flo. Pink,and Chartreuse and not in that order any and every day it will and can change. Think that it has to do with the Time of day and how the Sun or lack of it hits the water along with the color of the water. My home lake where I do 99.9% of my fishing is dirty most of the time. Clear water for us is to see 2 feet down. Most of the time clarity is 6 to 8 inches.

Now there is something for you guys to chew on for a while.

Redman

[STUMP HUNTER]

Nice tying work and jigs.

[sticksteer]

thanks guys, the head is unpainted, just double dipped in fire cracker top coat.

[Afterdark]

Sticksteer -
When I first tried dipping an unpainted head into Firecracker glitter, then back in the heat gun for about 4 seconds,
the glitter just fell right off! I spoke to Pepop about this and he suggested I add quite a bit more Clear to the glitter.
Is that the way you do it?

[skiptomylu]

YOu sure don't want more glitter than paint. It doesn't take as much glitter as you may think. It shouldn't ever fall off.

[Fatman]

Make sure it's stirred up really good before you dip, I could maybe see it bumpy but like Skip said it should never fall off. You can always take a tablespoon of it and put in a tablespoon of clear in a separate container and shake it and dip it in that.

[snake River]

you did a fantastic job on your Clearwater jigs.

[sticksteer]

Sticksteer -
When I first tried dipping an unpainted head into Firecracker glitter, then back in the heat gun for about 4 seconds,
the glitter just fell right off! I spoke to Pepop about this and he suggested I add quite a bit more Clear to the glitter.
Is that the way you do it?

Thats how i do it, i will leave the head in the paint a little longer than i normally and let it build up on it before i put it back over the heat.