Thread: Hand tied Deer hairwhacks the gills!!

Use to always use 1/32 with collar , but dont like to tie on collar jigs. and 1/24 no collar is very close in weight something like 3 grains heavier I am thinkin.

Originally Posted by trypman1

Love the jigs & catch. Makes me hungry.

2 questions (at least 2). The jigs look very good, but don't recognize the deer hair, what kind is it? The cooked fish looks wonderful, I would like to cook some that looks that good. The fish appears whole. I assume you descaled and gutted them, and cut off the heads. Did you remove the bones or do they desinegrate (spelling)when frying? Did you fry in deep fryer or pan with oil? And lastly what kind of bread crumbs? Thanks, Pop

Nice ties,I'm no good at tying,but I have tied that style,( yours look better), but the fish sure like them.

Originally Posted by pop

2 questions (at least 2). The jigs look very good, but don't recognize the deer hair, what kind is it? The cooked fish looks wonderful, I would like to cook some that looks that good. The fish appears whole. I assume you descaled and gutted them, and cut off the heads. Did you remove the bones or do they desinegrate (spelling)when frying? Did you fry in deep fryer or pan with oil? And lastly what kind of bread crumbs? Thanks, Pop

Hair is off the center strip from a mature whitetail bucks back I like it cause it is always darker.
Fish are deep fried whole in canola oil. and I use only martha white yellow cornmeal mix and salt.
The ribs and center bone are still there . Very easy to eat around.
I dont scale I always skin them. I prefer them on the bone VS fillet. ( Just the opposite of how I like crappie)
I had some guys on another forum ask how I skinned them so I did a you tube video.
The way I make the last cut thins the ribs ( so they fry up crispy enough to eat kinda like the tail)
I had been skinning a horrid amount of fish when I done the video so I used glove cause my hand was so sore. without glove I can do it in just under a minute.

Originally Posted by Yaker

Nice ties,I'm no good at tying,but I have tied that style,( yours look better), but the fish sure like them.

The jg looking pretty is for the fisherman, the fish dont care at all. lol

Really appreciate the info and video. Thank you, Pop

Thanks Bowmender. I like both the ties and the results. You say a piece of rubber worm. Do you mean a gulp worm or just a small plastic? You obviously know more of this than I do.