Bass Gill Jigs

[QPassage]

Tied up a few of these yesterday. I started dying my own deer tails this year after the prices they are getting. I like the fact I can make my own colors up. My gill colors came out nice I think. 1/4 oz through 5/8 oz.

 

[Arne]

Nice. What kind of dye did you use?

 

[QPassage]

Rit Dye 4oz, 1.5 gal water, 1/2 cup vinegar, TBSP salt, TBSP blue Dawn Soap. Heat water to 140, maintain 140 for 30 with tails in the batch "8-10 tails" Cut heat off soak another hour. Rinse in cool water and let dry a couple days.

 

[Arne]

Thanks, sounds pretty easy. Will have to try it one of these days. Probably next year, deer season is about over unless I stumble across a few fresh road kills. Arne.

 

[Fatman]

I've been using Fly Dye from Lure Parts online but sadly just learned that they aren't going to carry it anymore!!! I complained loudly!! I'm picking up a few jars of each of the colors they have left. After that It might be back to the Veniards fly dye even though it costs more.

 

[Hawnjigs]

Those barred orange feathers make the tie pattern special, what kind are they?

 

[QPassage]

Those barred orange feathers make the tie pattern special, what kind are they?

Just some Hen Back Saddle I found on ebay.

 

[Thinkingredneck]

Do you like them better with the orange feathers inside or outside thw hair?

Nice ties!

 

[RockGeo]

Nice ties QPassage! They look like walleye and smallie jigs. The blend of colors and feathers is good looking.

I too, dye my own bucktails and feathers using RIT liquid dyes and Dharma acid dyes. They each work well but I prefer the Dharma (powder) dyes for bucktails for their richer colors and a wide variety of colors. Creating my own custom colors by mixing powders is fun, interesting and sometimes frustrating. Kool-Aid will work for dyeing small batches of feathers in your microwave but I don't feel you get strong colors and the color tends to fade with use when using it for bucktails.

Thanks for sharing your work!

 

[QPassage]

Do you like them better with the orange feathers inside or outside thw hair?

Nice ties!

II like a deer hair base first on my jigs then add feathers. on these the hair is also rolled slightly over the feathers.