Mr_Scrogg Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 I was wondering if people just came up with some on their own, found some online, looked at a jig they liked and tried to copy. I have a couple that a friend shared with me. But for the most part, I'm trying to figure some out. Looking at jigs and trying to find what colors they are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jig Man Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 I just go to a place like fishing skirts . com and pick a few hundred out and order them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Scrogg Posted October 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 Lol no rhyme or reason? Throw a bunch in and go to town, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smalljaw Posted October 13, 2014 Report Share Posted October 13, 2014 I don't copy jig skirts unless a friend wants something similar to a mass produced model. That said, I like to have fun with it, check out forage species in the waters you fish and look at their colors. For example, I will make a jig to mimic craws, well I will go to the local river and lakes and flip rocks over and check out the colors, I also will catch them and look at them out of the water, you'd be surprised at how much color is on some craw at different times of the year. If you don't want to do that because the cold water period is on us, check out the internet for pics of craws and other forage in the area, then look for similar colors and don't worry about what the name of a color is. What I mean by that is I make a swim jig in a pattern I call green gill, the head is a custom mixed green pumpkin on the top and steel blue on the bottom, the skirt colors I use is sexy blue and....Molting Craw, yep, molting craw for blue gill imitation, I say don't mind the name because there are guys who will not use it for a gill imitator because it has craw in the name, and that is what I mean by not worrying about the name, it is just for reordering purposes anyway. In the waters I fish, that color on a swim jig is fantastic, it does a great job of matching the blue gill here which I think has some green sunfish mixed in with it and that is why I call it green gill. Have fun with it, don't worry about specific recipies but do this, get a composition book and write down which colors you use and the amounts like 1/2 tab of A and 4 strands of B etc. etc. That way if you hit on something that is good you can replicate it, and while color isn't a factor most of the time, there are times when it will be the major factor, these times are rare but it does happen so write it down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
