JWSmith Posted January 18, 2020 Report Share Posted January 18, 2020 (edited) I've been tying flies for about 30 years, but I've just joined this group. I enjoy playing around with materials and creating my own fly designs, mainly for warm water fishing. I make my own jig heads with different sized non-lead split shot crimped and glued to jig hooks. This allows me to use the hook sizes I want and the jig head weight I want. Here's one pattern that works well for me. It imitates a small bluegill and when at rest on the bottom, it stands on its head a bit like a Ned rig. Just a bit of hair for the tail with a couple strands of copper colored Crystal flash added. The body is made from a synthetic dubbing brush and the collar is a red hackle. I like to paint the jig head and add 3D eyes before giving it a coat of UV epoxy. Edited January 18, 2020 by JWSmith typo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swimb8s Posted January 24, 2020 Report Share Posted January 24, 2020 Welcome ! Great pattern and materials and nice proportions , I like to make small dubbing brushes for jigs like this too, good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
