hey there Jungle jigs btw .....

[Ketchn]

Do you think eyes really make a difference to the fish?

And more importantly, are you going to start the New Year off right by going fishing today?

My grandfather always worked on New Year's day, telling me that what you did on New Year's day is what you will be doing for the rest of the year.

I've always taken his once I become an adult. I"ve made sure I spend at least a couple of hour fishing every New Year's day. If it's not too windy I will take the boat out to fish the submerged trees shown on the map. If it is too windy I will fish the piers. But I will wet a hook today, and if the crappie gods smile upon me, I will catch a few.

Black cats, broken mirrors, ladders, black eyed peas , resolutions and etc etc etc are all classified as superstitions basically and even though I joke around about my lucky this and that and my horoscope and the salt I spilled and etc ....
I was taught they have nothing to do with my “luck”, being raised in a house by someone with a major in psychology had it ups and downs for sure

[Tradbow]

Very nicely done with those jigs. I myself have never used a pill type head. Those look very fishy

[BuckeyeCrappie]

Super looking jigheads

[ezgoing]

Black cats, broken mirrors, ladders, black eyed peas , resolutions and etc etc etc are all classified as superstitions basically and even though I joke around about my lucky this and that and my horoscope and the salt I spilled and etc ....
I was taught they have nothing to do with my “luck”, being raised in a house by someone with a major in psychology had it ups and downs for sure

Some superstitions can be very helpful. Such as what you do on New Year's day is what you will be doing for the rest of the year. It has made it possible for me to go fishing on New Year's day for 53 years now. So I firmly believe in this superstition.

Those jig heads look as they would be difficult to paint. Like Pepop's handtied jigs, I would be hesitate to fish them where and how I fish, as I would knock the paint off them and be unhappy about it. Sometimes jigs look too nice to risk in the water.

[Ketchn]

The very prettiest folks send me are typically dropped down and IMMEDIATELY hung up ….

[JUNGLEJIMJIGS]

They aren't hard to paint, average time to paint one is 15 seconds and the baking creates the swirl and scale effects. I mix my own paints and the extra additives I use is the reason I can do this. The painted head holds up very well, really hard finish. I tested the hardness casting a bass jig against a concrete wall hard on purpose a half dozen times and only the top layer had chipped. Most of these have several layers of paint.

[ezgoing]

They aren't hard to paint, average time to paint one is 15 seconds and the baking creates the swirl and scale effects. I mix my own paints and the extra additives I use is the reason I can do this. The painted head holds up very well, really hard finish. I tested the hardness casting a bass jig against a concrete wall hard on purpose a half dozen times and only the top layer had chipped. Most of these have several layers of paint.

You do a beautiful job.

But you haven't seen me casting under docks and bridge pillars. It's rare a painted jig head keeps it pristine look more than a day with my fishing. And as Ketchn says, I lose them on a regular basis in the brush piles, for if you aren't in the middle of the brush pile or submerged tree, you aren't catching the bigger crappie. I do cheat and use 20 lb braid instead of that skinny 6 lb line he uses so I don't lose as many as he does.

[Ketchn]

You do a beautiful job.

But you haven't seen me casting under docks and bridge pillars. It's rare a painted jig head keeps it pristine look more than a day with my fishing. And as Ketchn says, I lose them on a regular basis in the brush piles, for if you aren't in the middle of the brush pile or submerged tree, you aren't catching the bigger crappie. I do cheat and use 20 lb braid instead of that skinny 6 lb line he uses so I don't lose as many as he does.

BUT , my hooks are straight if and when they do come back to me .....just saying

[ezgoing]

BUT , my hooks are straight if and when they do come back to me .....just saying

But mine are broken off and I only get the body back.

[Ketchn]

I'm not sure of the size jig since I have several custom chub molds that were made by Robert Howell of Crazy Angler Tackle in 2010 as well as some custom pill heads and other molds. Jig hanging from the crappie lips is an opossum hair jig, one of my favorite tying materials. I painted all of the jigs using paints I mix myself. Typically use about four colors of paint on one jig. Nice catchin Ketchn.

his mean minner 1/48 oz minnow head with a number 8 sickle is a bream killin machine