Laminates for crappie

[Muskygary]

Now here's a new topic. When making laminates for crappie does it matter what color is on top? Pearl over chart., or chart over pearl? What about colors like baby bass or wild colors like purple over pink; or pink over purple.

[Fatman]

On the two tones I think most match the plastic or if tying the materials to match or single color tailing material to the paint on the head.  Sometimes switching the tailing material to opposite of the head works too.







Tail is one color but the head is 2 toned, the gray hackle twisted in the chenille sets off the top grey color


Ultimately the fish tell us if we did any good!!

[Muskygary]

All of your ties look good to me!

[Fatman]

Thanks - the tough one was the twisted chenille!!  buddy on another site did it and I had to go to the video to really learn it. 

[ctom]

On all of my hair/feather jigs and on head colors I like the dark on top. I tend to orient my plastics in the same way.

[WALLEYE WACKER]

Great looking jigs all you need is some time on the water.

[2XL]

Paint,hair, feathers, I pretty much put dark colors on the top and lighter colors on the bottom. I figure most fish have that color scheme so why not try to semi duplicate that pattern.

[JaradRoper]

@Fatman Dude how are you fishing with the two jigs in the middle? Are you casting, jigging, trolling, etc.

[Denny Welch]

I just spent some time on your website, Jared.  It looks and sounds like you and your dad have a good thing going.  Keep up the good work.  Welcome to the forum.

[efishnc]

Sometimes switching the tailing material to opposite of the head works too.

I do this a lot for walleyes... I don't know if the fish think it is a minnow swimming upside-down (light color on top and dark on the bottom) and it is on its way out or what, but I am a believer in this trick when the bite is tough and you don't have the tackle with you to downsize your presentation.

[JaradRoper]

I just spent some time on your website, Jared.  It looks and sounds like you and your dad have a good thing going.  Keep up the good work.  Welcome to the forum.

Thank You. We try to promote the great outdoors and sport of crappie fishing the best we know how. It's not easy but somebody has to do it  . Thanks again.

[Fatman]

A buddy on jigcraft.com started making them - kind of like the Northland whistler jig head.  I either cast and slow retrieve them like a  horsehead or a hard float over the grass in my local pond.  Under the float you make a long cast and as it falls and gets under the float a 6-7 inch pull on the bobber will make it do it again.  I like the Betts oval weighted floats for doing it - I'm going to try the Betts weighted pear shape this year as it's less mass for a fish to pull it under. 

[JaradRoper]

@Fatman I think I'm going to make me some and try them out. This is my first time see something like that. They might work in these central and southern states.

[Fatman]

The tough part can be getting the prop blade and bead on.  I use a 3/32 metal bead, the prop blade is a medium.  Make sure to leave enough space so that when the blade starts turning it can move easily.  The prop blade I take an old pair of tying scissors with the blades closed and push them through the front hole and make the hole a little bigger and make sure there are no burrs on the back side of the blade. 

They are a fun little bait to use. 

[efishnc]

Thanks - the tough one was the twisted chenille!!  buddy on another site did it and I had to go to the video to really learn it.

How 'bout posting the link... I would be interested in seeing it.