Some hair and feather jigs for trout

[bombora]

Hiya, just thought I'd show some jigs made mainly for trout. Have tied for a fair while but only very recently been hooked by the trout thing. It's harder making tiny jigs compared to big salty jigs - I think I may finally have to accept I need glasses!!!!!

The 3cm Rapala minnow and No1 Celta are for size comparison:

The orange and black belly spinner is to try something that fishes like a Celta, but has a single hook and no line twist. Idea stollen from US crappie fishers.

A tiny plastic will work just as well no doubt, but it's just fun making your own lures, and it's a buzz when they actually fool a fish! There's an argument that no plastic moves like rabbit or marabou.

Edited March 3, 2012 by bombora

[The Iceman]

Very nice Bombie Reckon they might work on bream as well

[irongustavius]

Love em Bomb.

I can see you tying some dynamite flies if you ever come to the dark side.

[bombora]

Iceman for some reason I've never been able to do any good on bream with tiny hair or feather jigs. They go good on most everything else but on bream........??? Actually I'd like to see what a gun bream fisho could do with em.

Iron, I fight the call of the dark side constantly Some of the best trout jigs are just trout flies tied on a jighead. Then again, to me, any tungsten beadhead nymph fly is a little jig. Only the method of delivery is different.

[The Iceman]

Iceman for some reason I've never been able to do any good on bream with tiny hair or feather jigs. They go good on most everything else but on bream........??? Actually I'd like to see what a gun bream fisho could do with em.

Iron, I fight the call of the dark side constantly Some of the best trout jigs are just trout flies tied on a jighead. Then again, to me, any tungsten beadhead nymph fly is a little jig. Only the method of delivery is different.

They may work on marinas in the same way we fish SPs like hawgs gulp craws and crabbies but in natural colours such as olive brown or dark green

[bombora]

Iceman I've tried that. I think I am just a very crappie bream lurer!

[The Iceman]

Have you ever thought of tying them on hidden weight jigheads?

Maybe a wooly worm or a mudeye immitation

[bombora]

Hiya Iceman yep have done some on hidden weights but they are somewhere deep in my garbage dump of a garage.

Here's some 1/16ths based on a mudeye, with spinnerbait skirt rubber legs:

Jighead woolly buggers and woolly worms are lethal. But so far the trout have been just as happy to scoff the slightly more simple jigs without the palmered feathers.

Edited February 13, 2012 by bombora

[The Iceman]

Look pretty good How do they cast?

[bombora]

Heaps far enough on 3 pound Crystal Fireline and a 7'6" ultralight for a trout stream, in my limited experience. Wet fur and chenille helps with casting weight and casting profile. What's a pain for fly fishos is a a friend to a spin fisher!