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Turkey Feather Jigs
I am a very green beginner at tying. My focus is for Crappie and Panfish.
I was given an assortment of turkey feathers. Very little were marabou type. Most seamed to be square ends from body feathers. I also got 4 long wing feathers.
I tied one today. It's using the barbels of the feather. I don't have any "normal" materials. So I didn't use chenille on this one.
This is a 1/32 #6 hook, round ball jig. It only has 1 1/2” barbells tied on, with off white regular sewing thread.
Just asking you guys that tie up Crappie and Bluegill jigs whether this that I tied will catch fish.
This isn't a finished and pretty jig, yet. I want to get colors using chenille and jig head paints.
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Last edited by hankll; 02-08-2020 at 01:14 PM.
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The fish should like them
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You might be surprised what would bite on that jig. I started with some just like that with a black thread body and blue maribou tail and caught loads of crappie and bluegills on it. Congrats, now you have started something that is hard to stop. Good luck.
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Yup fish will hit it. Very nice making it happen and getting results.
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That jig is going to do better than you think. Coat the thread with some clear nail polish to help it hold up better. That’ll work!
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I did another, it's a bit of a different 1/16th where I didn't paint the head. Fingernail polish doesn't work well. Powder paint will be on my list.
These are using the barbels of the wing and body feathers. When I can get some flash and chenille, I can go with different body coloring and flash effects.
I can't wait.!
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Thanks, skeetbum,Originally Posted by skeetbum
I was wondering about coating the thread. I thought it might cause an unnatural look. If I had some feux fur, I could tie it to float around the barbels.
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Nice start! Pretty much guarantee those will catch fish.
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