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Jigs, Spinnerbaits and Sinkers => Bass Jigs => Topic started by: smalljaw on 12/09/13 13:58 UTC
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This jig may look funny or weird but it has been a killer on river smallmouth. I thought long and hard about whether or not I should even put this out there but I think it deserves to be tried by others. I call it a "Hairy Back Sculpin" , it is tied on a 1/8oz weedless ball jig with a 1/0 Aberdeen style hook, the head is brown and I use natural buck tail for the main jig body and for the heair back portion I use natural deer hair (belly). The first versions of this jig I would cut the deer hair short on the top part of the jig so the entire collar would be flared for a muddler type collar but I then changed it as it was easier to tie and it didn't make a difference with the fish. I made this by accident trying to make a different type of jig and I saw some potential in the test tank so I tweaked it and this is what came out. The deer hair really slows the fall but changes the way it falls, more of a glide I would say, and the hair compresses slightly when the jig is on the bottom so it sits up surprisingly well, this is one jig I have confidence in without a trailer but I kept it too myself until now, anyway, tell me how ugly you think this is.
(http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b121/smalljaw_/DSCN04302_zps85a18809.jpg) (http://s18.photobucket.com/user/smalljaw_/media/DSCN04302_zps85a18809.jpg.html)
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Looks good to me. I bet it will work in black, maybe purple also!
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I used to tie a similar looking jig with squirrel tail. I would sometimes splay the tips apart to look more like two claws.
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You had me at "killer on river smallmouth" ;D
The weed guard looks pretty "bright" - have you ever tried it with a darker one?
This jig would be awesome in all Black too!
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You had me at "killer on river smallmouth" ;D
The weed guard looks pretty "bright" - have you ever tried it with a darker one?
This jig would be awesome in all Black too!
The weed guard is actually clear, I had to edit the pic because my photography skills are poor and the problem that both the deer hair and buck tail are natural so I had to enhance the color a bit so you could tell the "hairy back" from the buck tail body. That said, I have made this in black as well as black and natural and so far every color has worked but the best one were black buck tail with a natural back and all natural like the one in the picture. I know it doesn't look like much but looks can be deceiving, trust me.
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I don't think it's funny looking at all. I'm not a bit surprised that the smallies like it. The Mepps Aglia in natural fox squirrel has always outproduced the same spinner in other colors for me. Nice work Smalljaw.---Tim.