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[ClancyS89]

Thank y’all for the help... i has to make a trip outta town this weekend but will be back to my vise tonight so hopefully get a few more tied up... I’ve been having addict withdrawals for the past 48 hours lol


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[skiptomylu]

Skip I do like those jigheads and every time you show them I have the urge to make a one cavity mold of that head except I would move the hook back a little so I could hang it on a loop knot and get a horizontal presentation under a float.

I will have to check these, but I think they hang level under a cork. That is how I first tired them, I had one of the tiny corks and just had the jig set like 12" to 14" under the cork. I bet the spot I put it was no more than 2 feet off the bank and a lot of floating limbs and other floating stuff. I was probably standing about 4 feet from the cork, lol! I will have to check how these sit in water under a cork and I will let you know. Also are you talking about a tied kip tail jig, if so I will use one of them?

I will tell you when he first made these he used a single shot mold he made, then he changed over to spin casting them, I was very happy that I held on to a few hundred of the hand pours as I like them better and the spin casted ones were a little lighter and I didn't care for the finish on them.

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[redear]

those are some pretty ties you did up on that head Skip.

[skiptomylu]

Thank you redear! Hey if you ever want to try some of these let me know as I have more than I will ever use.

Skip

[thinkingredneck]

One trick is to only wrap a couple wraps, just enough to hold the hair in place. Then add a drop of thin superglue. Then finish wrapping. You probably already new that. Once you master kip tail, move on to Squirrel. Squirrel is slick. You will say bad words and disparage the Squirrel's ancestry, at first. BTW, fly tyers try everything from road kill to the fancy housecat. Don't be afraid to experiment! All of those jigs look great!

[thinkingredneck]

Another thing, usually, in fly tying, bucktail is used on flies 1 1/2" or longer. Calf tail for shorter. You can get fairly straight calf tails by hand sorting them. On buck tails, the 1/3 closest to the deer is useless. Some buck tail is a little crinkly and easier to tie with.

[skiptomylu]

Another thing, usually, in fly tying, bucktail is used on flies 1 1/2" or longer. Calf tail for shorter. You can get fairly straight calf tails by hand sorting them. On buck tails, the 1/3 closest to the deer is useless. Some buck tail is a little crinkly and easier to tie with.

I don't tie a lot of buck tail, but like the more Southern deer over the big Northern ones. It makes a difference!

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[redear]

there is a 50k acre lake in Va. that is probably the best crappie fishing around here and one of the local favorite jigs is a 3/32 bucktail with a size 4 jighook, plain unpainted head, red thread, flat waxed nylon 210 denier, and plain white doe tail or bucktail from local deer. there is a bait shop on the lake that carries these jigs, made by a local young man, and the store can't keep them in stock. they cast and count down and retrieve very slowly over brush piles and fish vertically beside bridge pilings. everyone down there would use them if they were more available to them. the trick to the bucktail is to make them about 2 inches, to 2 1/2 inches and tied kinda sparse, so you can hold it up to the light and see light through the hair.

[redear]

the deer tail tho, won't last real long because once it kinks, it will break off, not so with the calf tail, but you need both jigs, kiptail for under a float and bucktails for casting. my favorite kiptail jig color combinations are pink/green chart or yellow chart, purple/ green or yellow chart, those two there work real good around here with a crappie nibble.

[skiptomylu]

the deer tail tho, won't last real long because once it kinks, it will break off, not so with the calf tail, but you need both jigs, kiptail for under a float and bucktails for casting. my favorite kiptail jig color combinations are pink/green chart or yellow chart, purple/ green or yellow chart, those two there work real good around here with a crappie nibble.

Not sure if you ever read my kip tails story or not, but the first two sample heads I got and tied and also sold me on kip tails were these two I first tied. See pic...

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