Would a jig-n-trailer like this catch something along the Riverpark?

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I am experimenting with yarns to create bass jigs. Also, I am curious about what local anglers think. Fish will, of course, be the final judges. Thanks for your input.

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Looks wise,I think it would work. I just don't know how yard would be in the water. It sure is pretty though!emoThumbsup
 
Thanks for your input. I'm not a lure manufacturer. Just a hobbyist. I hope to be able to try a few of my creations out the next time I visit Chattanooga.

Trout fishermen have used yarns for years. They spread pretty well in the water and pulse somewhat like silicone skirts can do.
 
Here's a picture I linked to of some February craws regurgitated by spotted bass in one member's report.

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I tied these jigs to somewhat mimic those. I'm still looking for their trailer.

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<font color="#ff0033">that looks purrrty.  and it will catch fish.... the bass down here love black/blue or black/alittlebit of red on the bottom side...too much yarn will decrease to movement of the fibers.  so, my suggestion is don't make it soooo thick... but I Gar un tee it will catch fish...and they look good too.   FA</font>
 
I tied these jigs to somewhat mimic those. I'm still looking for their trailer. [/QUOTE] </p>



Zoom has a plastic mini chunk in orange that with a brown jig has been effective on smallmouth on the river.  Lately, I have been moving back toward more simple, less expensive lures, like a 4" green pumpkin grub on a plain 1/16 oz jig.</p>
 
Bomber they look good, but as FA said I think less is more. I'm curious to see how the yarn works. Lets go try them out next week. 
 
Fat Albert,

Thank you for your compliment and duly noted. I'll try tying a sparser jig.

MadBomber,

These jigs are pretty inexpensive to tie. I don't powder paint them, but use nail polish enamel instead. Yarn can be found for around $2.50 for a huge skein that will last me for at least a year. It's cheaper when my gal finds it at a yard sale for me. ;) The jigs themselves were purchased on clearance and the thread costs lests than $1.50/spool.

Also, decent nail polish enamels seem to cost less than $3.50 per bottle. They are even cheaper if bought at yard sales and seem to lose their scent on a jig within a day or two. emoThumbsup
 
Pup, the Nov. 06 issue of Bass Masters magazine has a great article on hair jigs you might want to take a look at. Page 38. hair do's for Smallmouth.
 
Those are all pretty looking. I would think they would be hot for some big smallmouth. One of those bouncing and banging the bottom look like a smallmouth killer below Chickamauga Dam. What size jig head you using?
 
Thank you for the compliments, everyone.

2jigs,

Thanks for the Bassmaster reference. I'll review that article. Many of my friends tie hair jigs and they seem to work very well. Especially, in cold water.

JerDog,

So far, I've tied jigs in sizes 1/8, 3/16, and 1/4 oz. The ones pictured here are tied on 1/4 oz. heads. I could tie larger ones, but they wouldn't be as useful for most of my fishing.

Which sizes are good to use in the river below the Chickamauga Dam?
 
HEY! Thats my table and crawdads..LOL</p>

Throw in a Pumkinseed Baby Paca Chunk on those red jigs and I think they would work VERY well at Riverpark.</p>

Heres a link to thier color chart. Might even go with the smaller version...Paca Crawl.</p>

http://www.netbait.com/pacachunk.asp</p>
 
I'd have to agree with Flip and LL on the green. I tried a ton of different jigs on the Chick last summer and shades of green were by far the best. My favorite is the Eakin's football jig in green pumpkin/green flash with Cutthroat's bruised melon a close second. However, I was targeting largemouth and the dominant species along the rip-rap of the Riverpark are spots...they may favor a different pattern.
 
Pup, you have a PM.</p>

I'l agree with that Jason. Flip also got me tossing the watermellon colors and they work well on Chick but I have GOT to try those red ones at Riverpark. They look too good not to give them a go. </p>
 
 I've tied jigs in sizes 1/8, 3/16, and 1/4 oz. The ones pictured here are tied on 1/4 oz. heads. I could tie larger ones, but they wouldn't be as useful for most of my fishing. Which sizes are good to use in the river below the Chickamauga Dam?[/QUOTE] </p>



<font color="#ff0033">I like to use 1/8, 1/4.... that way the fall is slow and easy...MHO, if you use heavier they fall too quick and you get hungup more easily...FA</font></p>
 
Pup, those are great looking jigs. I saw a B.A.S.S. Insider program yesterday that showed something interesting that I had never tried. It had to do with getting a jig with a craw trailer to stand up more vertical, like a crawdad stands with his claws up when a fish or other predator comes after him. It's a defensive posture that I have seen many times while rock flipping in creeks when I was a kid. What they reccomended was wrapping a collar of chenille right behind the jig head which make the jig really stand on it's head when it falls to the bottom. The hook and trailer therefore ends up up off the bottom in that defensive, claws up posture that fish are used to seeing when they come accross a crawdad on the bottom. The person who made the jigs showed how they stood up in a little tank of water on the table and it really looked great. See if it works for you as I plan to.
 
I agree 1/8 and 1/4 are going to be your best bet. Don't be afraid to fish deep with those as well. Lots of smallmouth hang out in the 10-14 feet range from by experience.
 

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