PB RATTLER TUTORIAL

JUNGLEJIM1 · Aug 3, 2015

These are 1/16 jigs with a #2 Owner 5318. I tied in 8 strands of chartreuse midge flash then tied in the possum hair for the tail. Tied in the rattle next and added a couple drops of super glue to keep it from moving. Tie in a long grizzly hackle. View attachment 3 View attachment 4 View attachment 5 View attachment 6

JUNGLEJIM1 · Aug 3, 2015

I used #5 Hot Shiner chenille for the body and then palmer wrapped the hackle up the body and then tied it off. PB stands for Possum Bugger. View attachment 7 View attachment 8 View attachment 9

JUNGLEJIM1 · Aug 3, 2015

Here are some flash ducks and a Tail gunner that I added rattles to. Need to get some smaller rattles so I can do some in smaller sizes. Thought the rattle baits would be an attractant to fish since noise is amplified in water. View attachment 2 View attachment 3

Fatman · Aug 3, 2015

Nice Jim!!!!!!! Only thing I ever worried about was the glass of the rattle if it hit on any rocks!

Jig Man · Aug 3, 2015

Thanks for the step by Jim... Gotta find me some rattles sometime..

BucktailJiger · Aug 3, 2015

Very nice work

HairyMooseKnuckles · Aug 3, 2015

BucktailJiger said:
Very nice work

Awesome!!! Did the opossum get upset for steeling his fur. hahaaaa

StumpHunter · Aug 4, 2015

Nice!!

JUNGLEJIM1 · Aug 4, 2015

Jigman, I found the 3mm rattles on ebay and paid $10.99 for 50 with free shipping. Don't know about this possum since it was sent to me by a member here. I know the one that wandered into our yard last week wasn't very happy once the dog got a hold of him. Opposum hair is translucent with black tips, really like it and the crappie do too.

hookup · Aug 4, 2015

Fatman said:
Nice Jim!!!!!!! Only thing I ever worried about was the glass of the rattle if it hit on any rocks!

I had a rattle break on a hook set sending glass & bb's down the gullet of the fish - kinda hard on the fish when you catch & release.

I stopped with the glass & went to a plastic rattle or made one myself out of a drinking straw.

JUNGLEJIM1 · Aug 4, 2015

These are glass rattles but they have thread, chenille and hackle wrapped over the top so even if a rattle broke I don't think much would get through all that if any. It's a crappie jig so I don't think I'll be setting the hook hard enough to break one. Might do an experiment to see how hard these are to break. A rattle that has chenille and hackle over the top which acts as a cushion shouldn't break even if you hit a rock on the cast.

CrappieHappy · Aug 4, 2015

Nice work, I have been successful , on something similar, seems the rattle makes a difference, when they are tight lipped.

Deepfry · Aug 6, 2015

Nice ties!!

PB RATTLER TUTORIAL

JUNGLEJIM1

Well-known member

Attachments

JUNGLEJIM1

Well-known member

Attachments

JUNGLEJIM1

Well-known member

Attachments

Fatman

Active member

Jig Man

Active member

BucktailJiger

New member

HairyMooseKnuckles

New member

StumpHunter

Active member

JUNGLEJIM1

Well-known member

hookup

Well-known member

JUNGLEJIM1

Well-known member

CrappieHappy

Moderator

Deepfry

New member