Tail vs. Tail Material

[SuperDave336]

Found this video while watching videos on YouTube. Pretty good comparison on 10 types of tail material.

[MCG1]

Adam has a great channel. Builds a lot of great looking crappie jigs.

[SuperDave336]

I agree. Good stuff.

[Fatman]

Have used all of these materials. Back when others abandoned hair jigs others kept fishing them and continued catching fish.

[redear]

Fatman, hope you are doing well!

[tlefire]

Even though that squirrel tail doesn't have alot of action, that thing looks good in the water. Thanks for the video.

[ksnouf]

Rabbit has lots of action....I have some for you in the classified.

[GrumpyLoomis]

I agree that hair has its place in tail material, I really like bucktail but tie mostly walleye jigs. The walleye like them at least.

[skiptomylu]

Even though that squirrel tail doesn't have alot of action, that thing looks good in the water. Thanks for the video.

You know sometimes the fish don't want much action. Not sure why other than maybe the water is a little cool still and they are not as active, but have seen kiptail jigs do great when the water is still really cool, like around 50 degrees. So for me I want both options available, the not so much action to the great action like marabou. For me Rabbit is really close to marabou and being hair will out last marabou for sure.

Fox is also great to tie with and has some action too.

Skip

[slowhand]

I know the youtuber used exaggerated actions with his jigs to illistrate his point, but...
If you watch all the livescope videos, hardly any of the fishing gurus use much action with their jigs. They dead stick them, both plastic and hair jigs.
A famous guide once related that a fellow wanted a trip with him to learn to fish with jigs. He said he never caught anything on jigs.
The guide asked him to demonstrate his jigging technique, which was a lot of action like in the video above.
Tha guide asked him to then demonstrate his minnow technique, and it was basically deadsticking.
The guide told him to use the minnow technique on his jigs. And he told him he had just saved him $300.
The moral to the long story above being, aggressive fish will bite anything. To get the others, with or without livescope, subtitle is better. Taylor your material to the finer movements.
Just like Skip said.

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