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Offline smalljaw

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Craft Fur "Sissy Jigs"
« on: 04/07/14 15:44 UTC »
These are 1/8oz ball jigs with a 1/0 sickle hook, they are called sissy jigs as they have a small profile and are fished on light line and can even be used under a float.  The ones in this picture are minnow patterns made of craft fur, I tied them two different ways for a friend to try out and see which he likes better. The top jig has a type of flash tied in first, it is called Senyo's predator wrap, I made a single wrap and then tied in gray craft fur for the body, Do-it black frost craft fur for the belly, and black craft fur for the back with some red hackle barbs tied in for the throat just for a little color. The bottom jig is basically the same as the top only I tied in the gray body first and then the flash wrap over top of that and finished off with the belly and back material with nothing used for a throat. These are new to me and I've only used and tied them for 2 years, the one thing I can tell you is that they are effective, I use them in cold water around docks and under cut banks and around flats with sparse cover, these things can be amazing at times which is why I keep making them as I do lose them. Give it a try, I know they don't look like much but they can coax bites from fish that turn their nose up at everything else.


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Re: Craft Fur "Sissy Jigs"
« Reply #1 on: 04/07/14 17:51 UTC »
Very nice ties smalljaw, and I've no doubt that they are effective.

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Re: Craft Fur "Sissy Jigs"
« Reply #2 on: 04/07/14 19:46 UTC »
SJ - excellent as always!!!  Went and looked the stuff up - $7.  With that 4" length it looks great on the 1/8th oz. but can you see it being wasted on 1/16th or smaller heads?  or would you cut it off and tie in that way? 

Thanks for the great report!! 

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Re: Craft Fur "Sissy Jigs"
« Reply #3 on: 04/08/14 07:33 UTC »
SJ - excellent as always!!!  Went and looked the stuff up - $7.  With that 4" length it looks great on the 1/8th oz. but can you see it being wasted on 1/16th or smaller heads?  or would you cut it off and tie in that way? 

Thanks for the great report!!

FM, I actually cut a small section and cut the small thread the flash is attached to and used the strands like normal flash on a 1/16oz jig. The color I'm using is called barred UV so it is a silver with black bars but reflect purple light because of the UV treatment, I simply tied 2 strands in and folded it over and tied the other half in on the opposite side of the jig and trimmed the excess, it looks awesome. It comes in a long card and looks like 1 big length but it isn't, it is actually like 5 separate lengths, it is pricy but it goes a long way, the jigs in the pic are tied in as it is meant to be tied in but I have used it like normal flash and it looks great like that.

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Re: Craft Fur "Sissy Jigs"
« Reply #4 on: 04/08/14 09:20 UTC »
Thanks for the info  -

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Re: Craft Fur "Sissy Jigs"
« Reply #5 on: 04/09/14 14:53 UTC »
Very Nice Smalljaw!!!!!

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Re: Craft Fur "Sissy Jigs"
« Reply #6 on: 04/11/14 17:26 UTC »

 Smalljaw, who's hook do you use, see any difference in one brand over another?  Haven't used many sickle hooks , but think I'm going to try them.