[stream stalker]

Snooterfish:

Be careful, there is a big difference between craft hair and craft fur. Craft Hair is what you want. Craft fur is crap. Many times catalogs refer to it as craft fur and you think it is the same........IT IS NOT!!!!!!

[BigTimeBuzzer]

Yea, that is a old habit that is hard for me to break. I HATE CRAFT FUR...It is like trying to tie something from a cotton ball with the knots left in.

[HookUp]

Good thread.

I tie a rabbit hair jig for a f-n-f guy who says it kicks on Dale Hollow. I only wish I could try it myself.

I'm not a fan of craft fur, but it's probably because I got the stuff streamstalker was talking about. Guess I'm old fashion and like rabbit fur the best of them all.

[snooterfish]

guys if i can figure out how to post a photo of my efforts with the F-N-Fly jigs i have tied i will let ya see my efforts. i will have to figure it out first.

[stream stalker]

Go to Tinypic.com. Great site for downloading pictures to be put on websites.

[snooterfish]

guys i hope you can see these. i know there is several things i did wrong. if ya don't mind i would appreciat you pointing them out to me and tell me what i need to do to correct my mistakes.

[stream stalker]

snooterfish:

They look pretty good to me. I know those jigs would fool smallies in my neck of the woods. Question for you: How are you doing the eyes on your jigheads? Thanks.

[snooterfish]

ops!!!! now thats a good question. i hate to get ready to tie on a fly and the hole has been painted over. what would be a good way to prevent this from happening when i paint them?

[stream stalker]

No, I meant the painted eye on the side of the jighead?

[JBlaze]

First effort? very good. Put one or two back to compare with what you will be tying a year from now. You will be amazed at how much your skills will change.
To keep the paint out of the hook eye, grip the hook eye with forceps which will keep most of the paint out of the eye. this also works with powder paint.